The lack of moral outrage and the judgment of God The other day I was in my car listening to the radio when the topic turned to Tiger Woods. The analyst began to wax eloquent in his pleading with Tiger to come out of hiding. The argument went something like this. “Tiger, this is America. [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Somethings Missing! What happened to Moral Outrage? UPDATED
Posted in Bill Foote, Current Events, tagged judgment of God, Moral outrage, Tiger Woods on December 29, 2009 | 14 Comments »
God’s Stunning Grace
Posted in Bill Foote, Christian living, grace, tagged acceptance, Amaznig grace, forgiveness, Peter's denial, Prodigal Son, stunning grace on December 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here is a snippet from the sermon I preached last night. We looked at God’s grace in the life of the Prodigal Son and in the life of Peter after his denial of Christ. The primary lesson was, there is a door open to go back to God after sin. God is willing to forgive [...]
Horrifying Words Mingled with Indescribable Gratitude
Posted in Gospel, tagged Gospel, grace, judgement, mercy, Wrath on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Bill Foote Amos 4:12 (ESV) “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!” Prepare to meet your God for what? For judgment! This is one of those verses that knock the wind out of you. Almighty God telling a [...]
How the Gospel Saved a Hero
Posted in Bill Foote, Gospel on December 9, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Henry was a hero to me. I met him while serving as a missionary and pastor in England. He was a WWII vet and I learned from him what it was like to be a soldier. I sat transfixed by his stories of landing on that blood-drenched beach on D-Day and the circumstances that led [...]
The Value of Being Weakened by God
Posted in Christian living, Trials and Suffering, Video on December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
To make us strong our heavenly Father must weaken us. Taken from the sermon “Paul’s Pastoral heart”
How to Fight Sin – Video
Posted in Video, tagged holiness, Pleasure in Christ, sanctification, Sin on December 3, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’ve discovered it is a lot easier to fight sin by finding a greater pleasure in Christ than what the sin can offer. A short one minute segment taken from the sermon “Gazing on the glory of God”. To get the full sermon and download the notes I preached from: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonid=1130091353150
PASTOR’S PRESSURE: The Coolness Factor
Posted in Pastoring, tagged coolness, jokes, pastors, teaching on December 3, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Having our pastors proclaim the truth clearly and passionately doesn’t seem to be good enough today. We want them to be cool. Entertainment in church is as important as what is being taught, maybe even more important. This attitude in congregations puts pastors under tremendous pressure to compete. If I want my church to grow, [...]
