Obstacles to Disciple Making
Robby Gallaty September 27, 2015 Message, Robby Gallaty, Senior Pastor Good morning! Good to see you this morning. I want to give you the title of the message today and the title is, I want to talk about obstacles that will derail a disciple making movement. I want to talk about obstacles that will derail…
Read MoreWater Does Not Equal Habitability
By Dr. Jeff Zweerink (Reasons to Believe) “The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). This verse often gets overshadowed by the preceding verse, which declares, “In the beginning God created the heavens…
Read MoreCreationism vs ID
Published 9-24-2015 Creationism is a faith-based belief. As a verb, “create” has multiple meanings including “bring into being.” If we count the creation of all things in our universe as “bring into being,” we assume that our universe did not exist before. Therefore, when we use the word “creationism,” we posit that God initiated the…
Read MoreStephen Meyer, Design Advocate
Published 9-22-2015 Stephen C. Meyer is director of Discovery Institute, possibly the most high profile organization promoting the theory of Intelligent Design. The theory (ID) endures criticism from a variety of sources ranging from atheists to theists, and from naturalistic evolutionists to theistic evolutionists. Even some evangelical Christians have taken up the anti-ID cause. Meyer…
Read MoreMigration Mysteries
Published 9-18-2015 Sources of wonder and worship spring from knowledge of mysteries of the distant universe. But lest we overstress the mighty wonders of astronomy discussed in the last few posts, we have decided to devote our current post to the wonderful animal residents close to our home in the northwest corner of Illinois. We…
Read MoreJust Right Elements
Published 9-12-2015 As we study the history of the universe from its beginning until the present, the word “miracle” or a similar term is sometimes used by materialistic scientists notwithstanding their unbelief in supernatural creation to explain our current reality. Even if scientists do not believe in the action of a divine Creator, almost all…
Read MoreA Christian Response to Planned Parenthood
With all the political, ethical, and religious noise in the media recently, one issue stands above the rest regarding its importance. As most of the nation knows, videos have been released by a group called The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) allegedly showing Planned Parenthood illegally profited from sales of human tissue. The videos suggest…
Read MoreAddition By Holy Subtraction
Robby Gallaty September 6, 2015 Message, Robby Gallaty, Senior Pastor Good morning. The title of the message today is “Addition By Holy Subtraction.” Addition By Holy Subtraction. A young man asked his pastor one time, what is the difference between a sin and a crime? The pastor said, there are a number of crimes that…
Read MoreFearless – Part 1
Message, Robby Gallaty Every member is a minister of the gospel. Many years ago, Billy Graham was about to come into a town to do a revival, a big crusade. And one of the local pastors who was a little bit liberal at times pushed back and said, “There is no way we want Dr.…
Read MoreTHE GIFT OF SALVATION
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him (John 3:16–17). We give thanks to God that…
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