Great Faith (Sermon)

wooooaaaahhhhh ho ho hooooooo... alistair, you've been sitting around watching too much matlock!!!!!! that sermon played out like a classic episode of it. but i gotta tell ya, it was great! i glide right past those scriptures without giving them a second thought. way to dig the truth out like that!!! those folks who do fossil hunting and such have a way of doing that as well. i have seen them on pbs talking about what a magnificent find they have encountered, but to me it just looks like dirt and rocks. but as they progress in uncovering what it is they have found, it slowly starts to take shape. and in the end it is exactly what they thought it was... the upside-down jaw bone of some prehistoric creature i couldn't even fake a name for. the key is knowing what you are looking at... your area of expertise. that was no hocus pocus stuff you pulled out there my friend, that was just a matter of knowing what you were looking at. you nailed that one for sure. size it up against the lady at the well. she wasn't a jew and he was asking her for a drink. she questioned his actions and he said, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." it's a very similar situation, but the objective was different. the lady at the well did not know who she was dealing with so she was the objective. the lady with the demon possessed child knew exactly who she was dealing with so not only did Jesus honor her request, he used it to teach the others something they needed to know. naturally the dialouge is different, but it stands to reason that if he had compassion for the samaritan woman, he did for the greek woman as well. but anyhow, i wish you could use your matlock skills to explain to me luke 16:1-9 (the shrewd manager). that is another one that seems quite out of character on the surface. i'm putting that out there for anyone who might have some insight.

thank you thank you thank you truth for life people for your hard work!!! 7 more months till the listener weekend... yay!!!

I am still having difficulty understanding this text, so I have ordered this CD. I can listen again, and again. I have heard this scripture text explained in a book "No More Christian Nice Guy" but I am still not satisfied. I do know that God is good, and I believe He will help me understand. Please pray for me as I work towards understanding. I found beauty and courage in the mother, and would like to have something prepared for Mother's Day to share with a group of woman. On a side note, I looked at my little dog Tootsie, and thought, I would not mind being a dog in the Masters house. Surely it would be better than going to the underworld.

I forgot to give the message it's stars. I do believe I would give every message I have been privy to listen to as many stars as can be given. I truly appreciate the ministry of Truth for Life. Take all 5 STARS

ThankyouThankyou for the kind manner in which you share the truth of God's very wonderful and mysterious word.

Whoa! I can see Jesus being moved by the woman as she spoke - he LOVED it when people just came to him as he was and as they were. Thank you for your careful study and manner in which you articulated the heart of this incident. Jesus just loved on people, and I GET that in the teaching you brought here.

Thank you!