2008-11-09T10:07:26-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/truth http://ied.gospelcom.net/felt-needs.php 2008-11-09T10:07:26-05:00 The concept of ministering to people’s ‘felt needs’ is sometimes misunderstood. “Surely we should be speaking to their real spiritual needs?” is a potential criticism and valid question. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/The-Truth-About-the-Election-8134 2008-11-07T11:53:33-05:00 Daniel puts the rise and fall of national leaders in a larger context. He saw his own nation fall and the rise and fall of three kingdoms and he told the most powerful man in the world, “Praise be to the name of God forever and ever; wisdom and power are His. He changes times and seasons; He sets up kings and deposes them” (Daniel 2:20-21). And then he gives the ultimate bottom-line on our headlines: “There is a God in heaven” (Daniel 2:28). http://ied.gospelcom.net/redemptive-parallel.php 2008-10-23T08:23:31-05:00 God's world contains many reflections and echoes of truth, that we can use as a parable bridge to point people to the truth. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Vinegar-and-Oil-Relationships-5677 2008-10-15T17:34:42-05:00 Will you ask your Savior, who is the Truth, to help you deal with hard issues, to speak up for the truth, to confront tensions and problems when they're small? 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-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Seeing-Jesus-8109 2008-10-03T09:56:57-05:00 When people look at me, do they see Jesus? I’m not tall. No, I’ll never be that. No long hair, but I’m not talking physical resemblance anyway. When people see me, do they see someone who acts like Jesus? http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Too-Busy-to-Notice-5646 2008-09-12T14:50:38-05:00 The truth is that many of us are moving at such a fast pace that we become oblivious to what the Son of God did for us on the cross. Even those of us who at one time came to that cross with all our sin and all our guilt to make Christ our personal Savior from all of that junk. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Levees-the-Flood-Can-t-Break-8078 2008-09-05T13:31:43-05:00 When you know a flood is possible, you do need to build your levees high around a town, or even around your marriage. Marriages have got a flood of pressures on them, problems, and demands, and temptations. It’s really challenging to make a marriage work these days. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Missing-Ingredient-4310 2008-08-27T16:54:29-05:00 One missing ingredient made all the difference. You know, that's not just true of baking a cake. According to the Bible, there are two ingredients needed for relationships to work as they're supposed to. And things come out flat many times because one of these two ingredients is missing. In fact, if you're like most people, you're pretty strong in one of these ingredients, but a little short in the other one. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/The-King-Thing-4038 2008-08-01T16:40:04-05:00 So that's the game - do something just because someone else says it. We're all grown up now, but some of us are still playing that game. Some of us have a tendency to let someone else do our thinking for us, and we just unthinkingly, uncritically go along with what they say. Especially if it's a Christian leader we really like and respect. Anything he or she says must be right. Not always.