A Blessing
“The Lord our God be with you, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave you or forsake you, that he may incline your hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his...
View ArticleSouthern Gables Church History 1978-2009
SGC History 1978-2009 The post Southern Gables Church History 1978-2009 appeared first on SOUNDLIVING.
View ArticleThe Creative Love of God
“Human love, Martin Luther claims, is reactive: it responds to something intrinsically attractive in an object, which consequently draws it out. In other words, human love is attracted to what it first...
View ArticleEternal Hell? What Kind of God Do We Have?
What Kind of God Do We Believe In? Jerry Nelson February 2023 The following is addressed to Christians who struggle with the concept of what happens to unbelievers when they die. This is not for those...
View ArticleI Got it Wrong! 50 Years of Ministry Part 1
I Got It Wrong: Reflections on 50 Years of Ministry Part 1 Jerry Nelson In 1960 the Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive. Within 24 months over 1.2 million American women...
View ArticleI Got it Right! 50 Years of Ministry Part 2
I Got it Right – Reflections on 50 years in Ministry Part 2 Jerry Nelson In other “parts” of this intended series, I write of how I got it wrong. See Part 1 as an example. This time I will write about...
View ArticleAm I a Christian?
Am I a Christian? Jerry Nelson Have you noticed the answers you hear when you ask evangelical Christians how they know they are Christians? At least in my social circles, I have heard such answers as,...
View ArticleI Got it Wrong – Reflections on 50 Years of Ministry part 3
I Got it Wrong – Reflections on 50 years in Ministry Part 3 Jerry Nelson In parts 1 and 2 of this series I wrote of other ways I got it “right” or “wrong.” See www.soundliving.org “Bigger is Better?” I...
View ArticleToxic Masculinity?
. Nancy Pearcy and Anthony Esolen have recently written excellent books countering t he cultural attack on men and masculinity. This four-page summary of those books is very worth reading. Notes on...
View ArticleHow do I pray for my unconverted loved one?
How do I Pray for my Unconverted Loved One or Friend? In Romans 10:1 Paul wrote, “Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them (his fellow Jews) is that they may be saved.” We are told to...
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