Bob O'Bannon
Why Do We Preach Through Books of the Bible?

What are the advantages of preaching consecutively, chapter after chapter, all the way through a book of the Bible? There are five reasons…

Why Do We Preach Through Books of the Bible?
Bob O'Bannon
3 Reasons God Had to Become Man

The essence of Christmas is the mysterious, glorious and profound claim that God, the creator of the heavens and the earth, became a man in the person of Jesus Christ. To this astounding truth one might be compelled to ask: did it have to be this way? Was there any other way for God to redeem us? The second chapter of Hebrews gives us three reasons why God had to become a man:

3 Reasons God Had to Become Man
Bob O'Bannon
4 Reasons You Should Consider Buying Vinyl ...

Next Saturday (April 19, not tomorrow) is Record Store Day. This annual celebration of independent record stores has been taking place since 2007, and gives special attention to the vinyl record, which happens to be the main reason independent records stores are still in business. As music consumption moves away from CDs and increasingly toward MP3 downloads or direct streaming, there has been a movement back toward buying records the old fashioned way. Vinyl sales have been on the increase for the last few years, and show no signs of slowing down.

4 Reasons You Should Consider Buying Vinyl Records

ORLANDO SHOOTING

Weep with Those Who Weep

Weep with Those Who Weep

As a pastor who has not been slow to speak up about homosexuality and transgenderism in the past, I want to be no less slow to speak up this week about the devastating shooting in Orlando this past weekend, when 49 people were gunned down by Omar Mateen at the Pulse nightclub. The first response of any Christian to such a tragedy should not be to get immediately tangled up in the tense debates about gun control, Islamic terrorism or the gay lifestyle. A Christian should simply follow Paul’s exhortation to weep with those who weep. (Rom. 12:15).