by Domenic | May 27, 2016 | Weekly Spiritual Checkup
“We work ourselves up into a state of self-righteous indignation over the disgraceful behavior of other people, while the very same behavior seems not nearly so serious when it is ours, rather than theirs.” John Stott, The Message of Romans “Condemning others while...
by Domenic | May 24, 2016 | Weekly Spiritual Checkup
“Imagine a person who comes in here tonight and argues ‘no air exists’ but continues to breathe air while he argues. Now intellectually, atheists continue to breathe—they continue to use reason and draw scientific conclusions [which assumes an orderly universe], to...
by Domenic | May 14, 2016 | Weekly Spiritual Checkup
We were created to worship the Creator, so if we reject Him, we will worship something else. We are “tellic” creatures—purposed people; we have to live for something. There has to be something which captures our imagination and our allegiance, which is the resting...
by Domenic | May 7, 2016 | Weekly Spiritual Checkup
Honor your father and your mother Exodus 20:12 ESV “There is something infinitely moving in the fact that Jesus in the agony of the Cross, in the moment when the salvation of the world hung in the balance, thought of the loneliness of His mother in the days when He...
by Domenic | May 2, 2016 | Weekly Spiritual Checkup
If you missed the last few weeks, or simply need a reminder, here’s an imaginary dialogue with the apostle Paul that reviews the last few messages from Romans chapter 1. ESV Paul: I am not ashamed of the gospel. (16a) Q: Why not, Paul? Paul: Because it is the power...
by Domenic | Apr 22, 2016 | Weekly Spiritual Checkup
“Righteous anger bears redemptive fruit. In righteous anger, we join God in anger toward evil. It is an anger we feel with God, not at God. This kind of anger moves us toward acts of faith and love and true justice. Righteous anger feels grief (Mark 3:5), and because...
