Posted on March 26, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
I’ve been so swamped the last couple of days, that I haven’t even been able to update my blog, so I apologize to those of you who ‘religiously’ look for a daily update. Any way, enough of the platitudes and let’s get down to the business at hand. You see, I’ve been thinking a lot [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Not long ago my wife, Sola, and I went on a ‘movie-date’ and saw the movie “The International.” It was quite the intriguing movie and it was peppered throughout with aphorisms that seemed to me to be really great life lessons. Here are a couple of them posted below. What do you think? Do you [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
This week we’ve been talking about ‘rocks’ of dishonor, toxic rocks, and we’ve even taken a toxic test. If you tested ‘positive’ for toxicity, then I need to give you a real incentive to let go of the bitterness and find it in your heart to extend forgiveness to whomever the source of your pain, [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
So, yesterday I spoke about being hit by ‘toxic rocks’ that may well have shaped your outlook and approach to life, and I suggested that you might be interested in taking a toxic test to determine whether or not you actually have toxic residue clinging to you like cologne. I would make the case that [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
This is a photo of me delivering yesterday’s sermon at The Well! I know, I know, you wish you went to a church like that too, huh? Seriously, this was my sermon illustration and it just so happened to be ‘Mission Sunday’ as well, and so I was dressed in my traditional Nigerian attire in [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Bernard Madoff, 70, bilked and swindled ‘investors’ out of more than 64 billion dollars in what is arguably Walls Street’s grandest ponzi scheme, over a period of more than thirty years. No one was safe, from actor Kevin Bacon, to Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, to Charities and foundations, everyone fell under the greed-driven [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Let’s talk about sex…
I’m just playing with you! I only said that to get your attention (we probably will talk about sex one of these days, just not today) because I really need your input on this. Seriously though, while we won’t be directly talking about sex today, in a roundabout sort of way we [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Yesterday we celebrated our ‘re-emergence’ service. It was a really exciting day and my message was simply the fact that God uses ‘blackened pots.’ (If that analogy is completely lost on you then you’re going to have to download the message from our website once it’s up). Any how, my point was made that much [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Here are a couple more questions for you to ponder as we approach the weekend.
What, in your opinion would be the starting point for a conversation about Jesus in today’s world, bearing in mind that we live in a world which largely considers Christianity irrelevant and Christians to be hypocritical and judgmental?
Who speaks for God [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2009 by jthelmsdeep
Over the last few posts we’ve been on a quest to answer the following questions:
Is it possible to have an authentic relationship with God without ever having heard of or knowing Jesus Christ?Are we saved by cognitive acceptance of certain dogmas or by reciting a rote prayer, or are we saved by the trajectory of [...]
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