Archive for October, 2008

Destruction and violence are before me

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Recorded September 21, 2008. Sometimes the words in our Bible look like they were copied straight from today’s headlines. Habakkuk noticed violence and destruction in his world. Governments were corrupt, and justice seemed to be non-existent. His book reminds us of today’s headlines. Richard looks at the book of Habakkuk and shows us God’s response to the depressing news we encounter whenever we read the newspaper or turn on the television.

Hard to believe this is our sixteenth podcast episode. i’m also amazed how eerily similar Habakkuk’s words are to today’s headlines. Thankfully through God’s grace we enjoy peace. Through God we can know personal victory in every circumstance.

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“Billy the Early Years” now in 15 States

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

The biographical movie about Billy Graham’s early life is now being shown in 15 States. Unfortunately it is not available in Colorado–yet. Remember when Billy Graham came to Denver, and we participated in the crusade? Remember when many famous evangelists and tv preachers were caught in some very compromising situations at that time? Remember the Denver area media trying their hardest to uncover some scandal associated with Billy Graham’s evangelical team? Remember the tv and newspaper people concluding Billy Graham and his people were boring–boring because no one could find any scandal associated with the Billy Graham team. Anyone remember coming to know Christ through his ministry?

i challenge anyone associated with Mesa Community Church to pray for the success of this film. i challenge all of us to pray that the film becomes available in theaters throughout Colorado. i challenge us to go to Billy the Early Years‘ web site and send Billy Graham a special greeting for his 90th birthday. A link to the movie’s web site is available on our Links page.

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Do we experience Jonah’s fate?

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Recorded on September 14, 2008. Sometimes we choose to run away from God’s calling. We go to extraordinary lengths to escape God’s plan for us. This often results in disaster for ourselves and those around us. When we choose to return to obeying God in our lives, we witness a mighty work by the hand of God through us.

Richard looks at the book of Jonah today. He shows how costly running away from God is. He shows when Jonah finally does yield to God, Jonah saw many people escape certain death.

At times we struggle with God’s will. He sends us into enemy territory to show our enemies that God loves them. We know God loves us, but does He have to love our enemies too? Like Jonah, most Christians know in their heart that God prefers granting mercy to those who want us dead. God asks us view our enemies from His perspective.

Hear what Richard has to say about Jonah by visiting the “From Richard’s Heart” page.

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Calendar page now available

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

i’ve installed a calendar program on our site now. It is still in beta development, so not everything works correctly yet. However, most of the features work correctly. Let me know about any other events we should add to the calendar.

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