The Gospel

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

The Family



This is a demo for the outreach video that it is still in the making! Please keep my family and co-workers in prayer that God would be glorified and that He would open their hearts to His Glorious Gospel.

FILTHY RAGS

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Friday, November 21, 2008

COMING SOON TO THE CITY OF GOODYEAR




PLEASE KEEP MY BROTHER IN YOUR PRAYERS. HE WILL BE COMING TO OUR HOME FROM TEXAS FOR A TWO WEEK STAY. HE IS DEAR TO US AND WE SO WANT GOD TO CONSUME HIS LIFE. PRAY THAT GOD WILL BE GLORIFIED, TRUTH WILL BE ILLUMINATED, MY BROTHER WOULD BE EDIFIED, AND THAT MY FAMILY WILL BE FAITHFUL TO GOD BY HIS GRACE.

Bridgette Ann Gonzalez was baptized Nov. 15th at the Kirkpatrick's House. What an awesome time to give glory to God!



Monday, November 17, 2008

Sunday, November 16, 2008

The Conscience: Friend or Foe?





The conscience is that “inner voice” that is in all of us. It comes from the Latin and means “co-knowledge.” It is how God wired us. He gave us a “voice” to guide us, but when sin is thrown into the mix the conscience can fly sideways and easily send us adrift from what God desires for us. Most certainly the conscience is our guide, but sometimes it can get us lost because of the deceitfulness of sin. The conscience is our highest level of moral authority according to the teachings of Scripture.
Romans 2:15 gives me hints about how the conscience can permit or accuse what I do.
1 Timothy 4:2 talks about how my conscience can be hardened.
1 Corinthians 8 tells me about how my conscience can be weak and condemning.
In counseling I typically see three types of consciences:

#1-A biblically informed conscience. This is a person who has over the years informed their conscience with the bible. They have gone from a hard conscience not caring about God to living within God’s kind guidance. They are not typically bound in their conscience by legalism. For example they can drink a glass of wine, not get drunk and their conscience is free and clear and God-glorifying. Or they can dress like their culture, but not draw attention to themselves by either being very different in dress or by being immodest and seeking acceptance by showing off body parts: they, just like the Savior can blend, but not sin.

#2-A hardened conscience, influenced by sin. This is a person who does not really care about morality, God or others. Their god is their belly, as the bible calls it. They live for themselves. They are selfish, self-centered and pursue various forms of hedonism for self-gratification. They may give a courtesy nod to their conscience by saying that as long as I’m not hurting anyone then I’m okay. This is a conscience-acknowledging statement. Their conscience does not let them alone, at least not in the beginning. The logical end of this kind of living is God turning them over to their sin. You can find this downward spiral in Romans 1:18 through the end of the chapter. The beginning of the path downward is the person who tries to suppress their conscience. If they succeed, which they really cannot do, they will head into deeper sin while hardening (suppressing) their conscience along the way so they can live with their sin. They are usually miserable, though they go to great lengths to mask their misery.

#3-The weak conscience informed by tradition, culture or religion. They have lists, rules, regs, laws, preferences and more. They can be tightly wound and very opinionated regarding their preferences and do not necessarily struggle with imposing their “standards” on others. They can struggle with anger and it is not unusual for them to be participating in some kind of secret, habitual sin.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Saturday, November 8, 2008


"All this emergent church stuff, much of the church growth stuff, all the cultural sensitivity throwing out the window biblical sensitivity, it's just a bunch of little boys wanting to play church without the power of God on their life, and I'll stand on that statement. It's a lesser than David trying to fit himself in Saul's armor. To the wind with it. The more you trust in the arm of the flesh, the less you're going to see of the power of God."
-Paul Washer

Monday, November 3, 2008

Please Take the Time to Find Out

The audience was in shock then and many audiences continue to be shocked by it today.

The Most Terrifying Truth of Scripture