"You can not control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering cvhange rather than allowing it to master you." C.S. Lewis

What if darkness, distress, despair and death are just a prelude to glory?

In this last presentation of the series we will consider a biblically based afterlife and the hope that Christians have that death does not have the final say.

The audio quality of this presentation is not up to an audiophile's standards. You will have to use your equializier to try to overcome the weird sound quality. There was some nasty background noise that we reduced but it caused that funky sound. 

If you suffer through you will learn that Christians are called to be their brother and sister's keeper and what being one anothers keepers is all about.

An unedited manuscript of this message can be found at www.hbcc.org, click sermons/podcasts. 

Every one is tempted. God gives us the grace to remain faithful, to choose to be a lover. Sin is choosing not to love. Forgiveness can be found for our sins, but sometimes we have to live with the consequences. Spiritual maturity is desiring to be a lover thereby avoiding the detering, damaging, or destroying right relationships. If such stuff interests you, you may want to listen to this presentation. 

I wish living a life of simplicity was simple--well maybe it is. In this presentation you will discover the secret to contentment as you learn the right heart attitude of being a steward instead of being an owner. 

I had prepared this message for Sunday Feb 13. On Friday Feb 11 my son Grant was in the Emergency Room for a spinal tap to rule out meningitis. He was given a pain reliever that caused him to go into respiratory arrest. We believe he was 20 minutes without oxygen. Grant is currently emerging from a coma. The medical prognosis is grim, but we believe that there is a great Physician who can overrule any diagnosis. If you would like to follow the updates on Grant’s progress on FACEBOOK become a friend of Pray for Grant. Also on the web www.prayforgrantboswith.com and http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/grantboswith.

This presentation has had a month to percolate. I hope it resonates with your soul and encourages you as you face the craziness that too often visits us in this life.

A right relationship with the Earth is more than just managing the assests God has entrusted you with. All of Creation is a means of grace through which God speaks to us. Creation is a means of encounter.

This presentation's focus is on Jesus, fully God, fully human, a real person. Unfortunately something happened during recording that we were unable to repair. We suggest you read this on on the HBCC page http://www.hbcc.org/thoughts_of_a_ragamuffin%204.html You can still here the audio but the recording is of extremely poor quality, bummer too this was a real good message.

God loves me. How do I close the gap between knowing this truth and feeling this truth?