2008-11-25T11:29:57-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/eternity http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Good-News-When-You-re-Out-of-Gas-8141 2008-11-25T11:29:57-05:00 There was a time in my life when I was running on empty spiritually until someone told me were they got their empty tank filled; at the cross where Jesus died to remove the sin that makes possible a personal relationship with God, the relationship we were made for that leaves a hole in our heart until we know Him. Jesus said, “Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst” (John 4:13). For two thousand years, people have been pulling into that station and finding the answers they can find nowhere else. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Veteran-s-Day-Unchanged-Orders-8139 2008-11-25T11:27:36-05:00 That’s actually why you and I belong to Jesus Christ today because of an unbroken chain of people who obeyed His original orders. Someone got to us with the message of a life that matters and an eternity in heaven. It started with Jesus and eleven men on a hillside. He gave this order, “You shall be My witnesses. Go and preach the Good News to all creation,” (Acts 1:8) and they did. They faithfully passed on the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection for us and they passed on the orders and the orders remain unchanged. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Eternity/Knowing-Before-the-Day 2008-11-20T12:15:18-05:00 Who is really going to heaven? Most people think it will be based on whether our good deeds outweighed our bad deeds, and that we won’t know until we get God's verdict when we die. ... This is the wrong idea about what gets a person into heaven. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Eternity/The-Myth-of-Plenty-of-Time 2008-11-20T12:14:24-05:00 Your life is full of things to do, places to go, and goals to achieve. With all that you have going, the thought of the dash just suddenly ending is probably hard to imagine. Yet, we don't dare forget how short our dash really is, or we may miss the only things that will matter when our dash on earth is over. With every passing year, we probably all begin to understand what Dr. Billy Graham was talking about when asked what the greatest surprise in his life has been. He simply said, "The brevity of it." http://intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=36075&columnid=3803 2008-11-10T18:25:51-05:00 The Exhortation to Remain In Christ. We are to wait, but we are not to be idle while we wait. We are to be involved and make every effort to know Him and make Him known. Consequently... http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Undecided-Voters-8133 2008-11-07T11:52:36-05:00 Now, this may sound strange, but God has a lot of undecided voters and you may be one of them. See, God’s already voted on where He wants you to spend eternity. He voted on Skull Hill where His only Son went to a cross and allowed Himself to be crucified there to absorb our penalty for our sin. Now that’s God’s vote. In spite of my hijacking my life from Him, He wants me in heaven with Him. 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-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Hurricane-Hope-8124 2008-10-24T11:29:15-05:00 I was thinking about the largest search and rescue effort launched in the history of the planet. It was on a Roman cross on a garbage dump outside of Jerusalem. It’s where Jesus came to rescue us from an awful eternity. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Undervalued-8121 2008-10-20T12:47:57-05:00 Hey, we should be glad no one ever put a price tag on us, huh? Or have they? Maybe you think you don’t matter. People have undervalued you. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/No-Hope-But-a-Rescue-8094 2008-10-03T10:13:28-05:00 The greater rescue actually came another time when I realized there was no way I could save myself no matter how I tried. Now the issue wasn’t the lake; it was my eternity. I realized what the Bible says about the wrong things I’ve done.