2008-11-25T11:37:44-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/colossians http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Thanksgiving-Breakthrough-8149 2008-11-25T11:37:44-05:00 If you belong to Jesus, I’m guessing there’s someone in your family or your close circle of friends who probably doesn’t have a relationship with Jesus. You want them in heaven with you, but the closer someone is, let’s be honest, the harder it is to talk to them about the only One who can get them there. That’s where this season of giving thanks comes in. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/-24-Jack-Bauer-s-Biggest-Battle-8148 2008-11-25T11:37:11-05:00 A major national magazine carried an interview with the man who plays Jack Bauer. The title: “Heart of Darkness: Drinking to forget with TV’s hottest action hero.” That’s sad to read. Kiefer Sutherland said: “I should be able to wake up in the morning without going, ‘Oh, no! Where’s my boot?’ Or ‘Where am I?’ Or ‘One of your friends didn’t happen to bring my car home, did they?’ I don’t want to live like that.” He said, “I have a few drinks and I’m not so worried about tomorrow and not thinking about yesterday. Then the next day, I go, ‘Oh God, don’t let me do that again.’ So why do I do it again? And again? And again?’” A man with so much going for him and a losing battle with a darkness that keeps dragging him down. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/The-Homeless-Feeling-8126 2008-10-24T12:05:33-05:00 You don’t have to be without a home or a memory to need those same answers, “Who am I and who do I belong to?” Those soul questions are bottom-line for living a life that matters, and they’ve driven people to look in relationships and recognition and even religion to find answers, only to leave us still haunted by that homeless feeling. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/Somebody-s-Got-to-Move-5684 2008-10-24T11:40:06-05:00 Isn't it time to release that bitterness? Hasn't it done enough damage? It isn't hurting the person you're bitter toward. It's hurting you, and probably others you love. Bitterness can only be moved out by something called forgiveness. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Trip-Planning-8117 2008-10-13T10:32:41-05:00 You know, a lot of people think of life as a journey and you can’t figure out the plan for that trip from the internet or brochures or a GPS device. Even now most of us are facing a whole bunch of things in our future that are beyond our control, that are loaded with unknowns, so much we can’t figure out, can’t make happen. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Impressive-on-the-Outside-Nothing-on-the-Inside-5666 2008-10-09T17:20:58-05:00 You're missing Jesus in your heart. Even religious people can miss Him. Your Christian exterior may actually have allowed you to believe that you have Jesus when, in reality, you've never consciously given yourself to the Man who died to pay for all your sin. If you're tired of just repainting the scenery of your life and improving the exterior, why not open the door of that set and let Jesus into the emptiness inside. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Stuck-On-the-Welcome-Mat-5656 2008-10-06T11:49:08-05:00 Jesus Christ will only change and improve that which is consciously turned over to Him. He didn't come into your life until you opened the door, right? He won't come into the parts of your life until you open the door. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Sugar-Sick-8107 2008-10-03T09:58:51-05:00 The sugar addiction actually goes farther than an appetite for sweet foods. It actually infects the spiritual lives of a lot of us because well, we’re addicted to spiritual sugar. Too many of us are event Christians; ... http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Radical-Christmas-Victory-Plan-4421 2008-09-11T16:51:27-05:00 Now try to get your mind around this: the helpless hands of that little Jewish baby Mary was holding in the manger were the hands that created the galaxies! The Son of God, the second Person of the Godhead, the One of whom the Bible says, "Through Him all things were made" (John 1:3) - comes to our planet in a helpless little package that basically can do nothing for Himself. Omnipotence becomes helplessness to rescue a world full of dying people. As one song says, "What a strange way to save the world." http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Ready-to-Rescue-8080 2008-09-05T13:30:18-05:00 It’s a good motto for any of us who aspire to a life that matters. The Bible says, “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15). See your hope has a name. His name is Jesus. Be prepared to explain Jesus to the people in your world.