sermons and other Biblical thoughts
“The Fruit of the Spirit; The Weeds of the Flesh” Length: 20:26 Size: 5.8 MB Format MP3 Speaker: Glen Davis – 2/17/2004 [FLASH]http://xastanford.org/playmp3.swf?mp3=http://xastanford.org/messages/fruit_of_spirit.mp3,200,35[/FLASH] Summary: Most people plan to become good by not being bad. That’s as silly as weeding a plot of grass and hoping to get oranges. Removing weeds is important, but it doesn’t…
“Don’t Be Derivative – Integrate!” Length: 22:44 Size: 1.43 MB Format: WMA Speaker: Glen Davis – 2/10/2004 Summary: Integrity is the framework within which character grows. Integrity has three components: 1) Telling The Truth 2) Keeping Our Word 3) Practicing What We Preach Note: I trimmed off the Q & A session at the end…
What’s up with the platypus? I mean, have you ever looked at the things? They’ve got fur, a duck bill, webbed feet, they lay eggs, and they’re poisonous–what’s up with that? It’s almost as though some demented scientist went Frankenstein on a farm. The pieces just don’t seem to fit.
We believe that all religions are basically the same–
at least the one that we read was.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation,
sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.
Note to guests: these are the notes from a message I shared at one of our Chi Alpha meetings. My goal in this message was not to establish Christianity as true, but rather to demonstrate that God’s existence is a reasonable belief. Most everything I said applies to any theist, whether Christian, Muslim, or Deist.
Since war is a such a regular part of human experience, it’s crucial that we reflect on war and answer two urgent questions about it:
* What should we think about war?
* What should do in a time of war?