by Greg Burdine | Aug 26, 2015 | Christian Living, Sermon
Everyone likes to laugh. It’s contagious. Jerry Lewis once said, “The people of the world who have the ability to laugh at themselves are those who survive.” The Bible says, “A merry heart doeth good like medicine” (Proverbs 17:22). The world’s philosophy is: “Smile,...
by Greg Burdine | Aug 19, 2015 | Christian Living, Sermon
We all know what poor is. Sophie Tucker once said, “Listen. I’ve been rich, and I’ve been poor. And believe me, rich is better.” But Jesus pronounces His first blessing on those ‘poor in spirit’. This is the first beatitude and is the foundational attitude...
by Greg Burdine | Aug 14, 2015 | Christian Living
Recently I read the book, Conspiracy of Kindness, by Steve Sjogren. This is a book about servant evangelism – doing acts of kindness to open doors to present the claims of Christ. It is not a theory book – but taken from the outreach of a church in Cincinnati....
by Greg Burdine | Aug 10, 2015 | Christian Living, Sermon
Jesus talked about Hell more than any other Bible personality. He also talked about it more than He talked about almost any other subject. The Greek word for Hell is Gehenna. It is a word with a history. It is a form of the word Hinnom. The valley of Hinnom is a...
by Greg Burdine | Aug 8, 2015 | Christian Living, Family
It was 34 years ago that I became the happiest guy in the world. I married the most wonderful girl ever! Judy. Through the years we have had both happy and sad times. But we’ve made it together. People ask me how we did it. My only answer has been ‘by the...
by Greg Burdine | Aug 6, 2015 | Christian Living, Church, Family
This is a guest post by Steve Christie, author of ‘Not Really of Us.’ I’d like to speak to you about something that has really been on my heart over the last few years. It’s about the alarming statistic of children who grew up in the Church, & have...
