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Purpose Driven Fellowship
1. Let’s Introspect In Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 Jesus tells the parable of the sower, explaining people’s response to the Kingdom of God. A farmer sows seeds, and the seeds fall in different places. Let’s introspect where we fall in the spectrum. 1.1. Seeds on the Wayside Shallow rejection – finding excuses
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Good Measure of Good Faith
1. Faith – Misused and Misunderstood Word What is the difference between love and lust? In love, the care for the other (often sacrificially) is the central focus, while the physical intimacy aspect is incidental. In lust, the physical aspect becomes the whole point, and the care may not even
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Freedom: Test of True Faith
1. False Religion Enslaves There are those who love religion for selfish and self-serving reasons, for the benefits it provides to themselves (like control of people, properties, jobs, praise/respect from people, easy money, power, opportunities to exploit, abuse, cheat, etc). False religion enslaves. Galatians 2:4: “Some false believers had infiltrated
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Answering the Noblest Human Longing
1. The Noblest Human Longing Humanity has always wanted to know God intimately. Part of that is the desire to see God in a human understandable, and even visible form. Some philosophers and psychologists tried to explain it away as a psychological need for a powerful father figure or some