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Why Doesn’t God Always Heal the Sick? by Dr. Sam Storms

“Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this [thorn], that it should leave me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” 2 Corinthians 12:8–9
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Masterpiece: A New Humanity by Erwin McManus

Masterpiece: A New Humanity The hard work of a life well lived May the world I touch be more beautiful and better off for my being here. May my life be a work of art, and may I always live as an artist at work. May my life be a mosaic: a work of art […]

Episode 023 – Lies We Hear and Speak

What are the voices in your head saying about You? What is the recurring image, picture, or perception which plays like a broken record? No, you are not crazy. These are LIES! What you are experiencing is the work of the evil one seeking to disrupt, distort, and destroy God’s creation life. The Apostle John […]

Interpretation: Translation of Life by Erwin McManus

The hard work of changing our perspective Begin a process to investigate how you see the world. Make two lists: everything good in your life; everything bad in your life. Now examine your lists. Which list is longer? Which list came more naturally? Is it easier for you to be pessimistic or to be optimistic? […]

Episode 022 – Who are You?

How do you respond when someone asks “what do you do?” A simple, and cultural normal greeting, but isn’t the question somewhat limiting. Are you only identifiable as your vocation? Is your identity limited to your career? True, your vocations may tell me quite about about you but it will never reveal who you truly […]

What is the Bible? by Mark Driscoll

Why are there so many Bible translations, and how do we choose between them? Can the Bible be trusted as accurate? In this new blog series, Pastor Mark Driscoll offers a guided tour of how the Bible has been transmitted, translated, and trusted by Chr…

Episode 020 – Expectancy or Expectation

Do you live with Expectancy or with Expectations? Is there even a difference in these two words? is your future one of expectant hope or littered with rigid expectations. Are you surrendered to the journey of faith or trying to control the outcomes? Tune in this week for a discussion about how living with Expectancy […]

8 misconceptions about the Bible by Mark Driscoll

“How can you trust the Bible when it’s been translated so many times?” “Isn’t the Bible full of mistakes and contradictions?” Pastor Mark Driscoll debunks 8 common misconceptions about the Bible in this fourth…

Episode 012 – The New Year 2018

2018 is upon us. What does God have in store for you in this new season? Tune in. Subscribe on iTunes to the CounterPoint podcast I was Just Thinking with Stephen Adams

Living Community Part Five

(18) Children, you show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it. (19) When we love others, we know that we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God. This is fundamental to all that Jesus taught. Love each other, don’t simply talk […]

Living Community Part Four

So HOW do we go about loving one another? The idea of ‘what is love’ is tainted by the influences of our culture. Some may say that sex is love or that love is found in the giving of extravagant gifts. John makes it real clear in his letter: “We know what love is because […]

Still Here…Living Outside the Box

The Apostle Paul was inside-the-box (ITB) until his encounter with Christ on the Damascus road. He fully renounced his ITB credentials in his letter to the church at Philippi. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort, though I could have confidence in my own effort […]

Episode 007 – Fully Alive

One of my favorite quotes, which I repeat often is the famous line from Saint Irenaeus: “The glory of God is man fully alive.” Would you consider your live “fully alive”? So many of us trudge through the drudgery with no real joy or contentment. Tune in. Subscribe on iTunes to the CounterPoint podcast I […]

Episode 004 – What is He After?

Is your life a mere chain of random events with no seeming rhyme nor reason? When things go wrong do you consider God may be after something in your life which is not readily apparent within the given circumstance. Subscribe on iTunes to the CounterPoint podcast I was Just Thinking with Stephen Adams […]