November 4, 2018 I’m not going to wade into the current political climate in which we find ourselves. Record numbers of voters have already turned out in early voting – most will go to the polls this Tuesday to cast their votes. I encourage you to do so. Here’s my question – why? I […]
HEBREWS 11:1-2
October 28, 2018 https://abfmessages.org/Podcasts/2018_10_29_091727.mp3 It’s the time of year we call the Holidays. Stores start decorating, advertisements start bombarding us. Stretching from Halloween, through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, most enjoy these special days for different reasons – family, friends, fun, food, feasts and festivities. And of course, candy. Of course, when I said […]
HEBREWS 10:32-39
October 21, 2018 Most of us know, likely by experience, that new believers and new churches are much better at evangelism than older, established, seasoned, mature believers and churches. That is, the so called conversion-growth-rate is much higher in new churches than established church. What is the conversion growth rate? The number of new […]
HEBREWS 10:26-31
October 14, 2018 [Audio currently unavailable] I’m sure most of you are aware of the current, passionate disagreement that exists in the church regarding both the reality and the duration of hell. There are basically three positions – again, within the church – that you can hold: First is to deny the existence of […]
HEBREWS 10:19-25
September 23, 2018 The numbers are all over the place, depending on where you get the stats. The Gallup polls suggest U.S. church attendance has remained about the same for decades – close to 40% of Americans say they attend church about once a week. There are others, however, who suggest church attendance […]
HEBREWS 10:11-18
September 16, 2018 It is difficult to determine the most-printed books of all time, but everyone agrees the number one book, with an estimated 5-6 billion printed, is the Bible. If included on the NY Times monthly best-seller list, it would always be number 1. I suppose the reasons they don’t include it are, […]
HEBREWS 9:23-28
September 2, 2018 While the quote may have originated with Christopher Bullock in 1716, it was Benjamin Franklin who made it famous in a letter to a friend in 1789, when he wrote, “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said […]
HEBREWS 9:15-22
August 26, 2018 The story is told of a husband and wife who had a miserable marriage – largely because the man was a tyrant. He was just plain mean. On his deathbed, he told his wife, I want you to convert all our assets to cash, put it in a suitcase, and leave […]
HEBREWS 9:11-14
August 19, 2018 Some of you have perhaps heard the name Bishop John Shelby Spong, especially here in North Carolina. You see, Bishop Spong was born in Charlotte and eventually went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This was deeply disturbing to me, until I found out after seminary in Virginia, he […]
HEBREWS 9:1-10
August 5, 2018 Some of us can remember the first installment of the Indiana Jones franchise – Raiders of the Lost Ark. A Lucasfilm aired in 1981, the movie was directed by Stephen Spielberg with the story co-written by George Lucas – both heavy hitters. As a result, the movie made almost $400 million at the […]