2008-11-25T11:32:42-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/john http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Confusing-Voices-8142 2008-11-25T11:32:42-05:00 Too many times I’ve been facing an important decision and there were a lot of voices pulling on me. Sometimes they have drowned out the only voice I can trust to give me the direction I never regret. The Bible says, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). If I want to discover the life that matters He made me for, I’ve got to make time to be alone with God to hear His voice, which is often a still, small voice unlike all those others. 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://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/icelandic/The%20Birth%20of%20the%20Church%20Icelandic.pdf 2008-11-14T15:30:58-05:00 Icelandic: About 120 disciples are praying in an upper room. The Holy Spirit descends upon them in tongues of fire. They boldly preach & people hear them in many languages. Peter preaches & 3000 are saved. Peter & John heal a lame man & are persecuted by the religious leaders. The church grows. 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/Halloween-Real-Monsters-8131 2008-11-07T11:49:48-05:00 I’m actually talking about that monster in your closet. Not the ones that you used to imagine were in there; the ugly stuff from your past that you’ve tried to keep in a closet where you wouldn’t have to face it. See we’ve all got those monsters, stuff we think is too scary or too shameful to deal with, but that’s a mistake. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Halloween-He-s-No-Joker-8130 2008-11-07T11:48:25-05:00 I’m really grateful that Jesus exposed the single outcome that the devil’s really seeking in every life, including you and your family. He says, “The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy” (John 10:10). Now make no mistake about it, that temptation in front of you, that compromise or detour that looks so good—it’s designed to steal everything you care about and to kill and to destroy any life that matters. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/God-Up-Close-5686 2008-10-27T10:37:05-05:00 If you've looked up at the night sky recently and thought about all those galaxies out there, or looked out over the majesty of the ocean or the mountains, you can get to feeling kind of small. The God who made all that can seem pretty far away. And that's too bad because, in so many ways, you really need God to be close right now, don't you, for the challenges you're facing, for the love you need, for the peace, or for the answers that only God can give you. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Sincerely-Wrong-5681 2008-10-24T11:14:28-05:00 the key to being rescued by the only Rescuer God sent is to grab Him like a drowning person would grab a lifeguard. You may be sincerely devoted to your church, your spirituality or your religion but sincerity in the wrong way is still fatal. The way to life is to abandon all other hopes of getting to God and putting all your trust in Jesus to forgive you and to take you to heaven. Anything else, anything less, is a road to death. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Greatest-Treat-of-All-5679 2008-10-16T17:05:08-05:00 Maybe there are some of your Master's commands that you've been running from lately; things where you thought your way was going to be better than His way. Not true, is it? The joy is in obeying the One who made you His at the cost of His life. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Dry-Holes-5676 2008-10-15T17:21:40-05:00 For you, the long drought can end right now, right where you are. It really all depends on one thing: what you do with Jesus.