I traveled to India for the first time last week. I spent most of the time in Delhi which is in the north. We took one day and traveled to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. It's a fascinating place full of all different kinds of people. You can view my pictures here.
For those of you who were coming here to download the sermons from UCCD church, they are now posting them on the church website. You can get the rest of the 1 Peter series plus John Folmar's new Genesis expositions. Also, you can get the sermons from the summer from John Welkner, youth pastor, and from Daniel Splett, pastor of cell groups.
If you use the iTunes software you can set it up so that it will automatically download the sermons as well. This is a very nice feature. Enjoy them!
My apologies for the delay. I've been traveling in the Western Hemisphere...
2006-6-16
1 Peter 2:4-10
Home Away from Home
2006-6-23
1 Peter 2:11-3:7
An Honourable Lifestyle
New sermon posted. How to live overseas. It's the third in the series. I only am posting one file this time. It's about 14mb so it's halfway in between the size of the others I've posted before.
2006-6-9
How to Live Overseas
1 Peter 1:13-2:3
Take it to heart...
My pastor has just started a new sermon series on 1 Peter. It's great teaching... click on the links and download to listen on your computer or to put on your mp3 player.
2006-5-26
You Were Chosen for this Assignment
1 Peter 1:1-2 (mono ~10mb)
1 Peter 1:1-2 (stereo ~20mb)
2006-6-02
Retirement Benefits
1 Peter 1:3-12 (mono)
1 Peter 1:3-12 (stereo)
Enjoy!
p.s. If you just want to listen to it on the computer simply click the link. If you want to download and save it for later or to put on your mp3 player... then right click and chose "save link as...". It will then begin to download to your computer. It may take 5-10 minutes depending on your connection speed. Leave me comments if you're having trouble.
3"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses"... Jesus said, "9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings."
It's amazing that Jesus would advocate thinking of yourself and your eternal destiny in order to motivate selfless living in this world. Jesus is telling us that if we are smart or shrewd about life and the "hereafter" then we'll act now in such a way as to ensure a secure future for ourselves. And the way to do that is to benefit others in this present life... to spend your time, energy, money, etc on others now - selfless living in order to secure your life in the future.
This is what makes Christian living so 'upside down'... so counter cultural. We live with abandon for the benefit of others knowing that God has secured our future in Christ, through the Cross.
Question for you: How are you using your time, energy, and money now to 'gain friends for yourselves' in the future (eternity)? Are you investing a lot or a little in your future?
Remember, you reap what you sow.
