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An Interview With God

March 15, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 0 Comments

Recently someone suggested that I watch this movie, An Interview With God. And I just had the chance to watch it, so here’s a quick synopsis of the film.

The movie essentially is about a man struggling to understand who God is and how God operates and why God does what God does. Now let’s admit right away that trying to understand the mind of God is a terribly futile endeavor because even the Bible says, no man can know the mind of God! See 1 Corinthians 2:11. But it’s a movie so play along a little here. Seriously we’ve all asked the questions like why do bad things happen to good people and why me? These questions drive to the heart of trying to determine the mind of God.

Scars

March 11, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 0 Comments

When I was only four years old I had my appendix removed. I really don’t remember a lot about the surgery. I don’t remember the needle stick for the IV or my grandpa getting kicked out of the hospital trying to protect me. I don’t remember the incision or the recovery room. But I have a scar that tells the story.

Grace

March 6, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 0 Comments

Yesterday we had the chance to gather as a family of believers to say our final earthly good-byes to a man that some called father, others called grandfather, many called pastor and I called mentor. We took a few minutes to pause and share stories of remembrance. We thanked God for who he was and the evidence of God’s love we saw in his life and in his death.

Thank You For Giving To The Lord

March 4, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 0 Comments

Have you ever had one of those people who just left an imprint on your life and all you can do is say thank you? A person so big to you that they’re like a hero? A person so strong that it seems they can do anything? A person whose faith is so rock solid that you can’t help but believe? If you have this kind of person in your life, then tell them thank you! Tell them today! Never put this off until tomorrow, because what I’ve learned the hard way is tomorrow all too often never comes.

Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

February 27, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 0 Comments

As I journey toward my goal of Fifty-Two books this year, I stumbled across a title in my library’s audio book section. I hadn’t heard anything of this book and was overall pretty impressed by the spin Rachel Evans places on the way we approach the text of the Bible. Her basic premise is that we all approach the Bible with a fixed set of life circumstances and presuppositions. While these presuppositions don’t change the text of God’s word to us, they definitely change how we see this message.

Love Your Enemies

February 25, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 0 Comments

What does it mean to live like Jesus? What does it mean to love our neighbors and even our enemies? I think we’re often content with not doing them harm but loving them goes so much farther than that. Listen to this week’s message on loving your enemies.

Start Over

February 19, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 0 Comments

Growing up I used to spend time outside with friends. We would play games and imagine what life would be like if we were all soldiers or marines. We would form sports teams in the neighborhood playing games like football and kickball and baseball. I remember when I was fairly young we used to ask for a do over when things didn’t go quite the way we wanted them to go. We’d miss the ball at kickball – Do Over! We miss the tackle in football or miss the pass – Do Over!

Making Sense of God

February 14, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 2 Comments

Timothy Keller writes a powerful and challenging synopsis of the difference between world-views. As he compares and contrasts the Christian perspective on life with a more secular worldview, the reader is brought into an almost scientific comparison of these seemingly opposing views of life.

Maybe It’s Ok

February 11, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 0 Comments

Some days are just OK. And for a long time I thought that OK was somehow less than, well OK! If you’ve ever passed me in the hall and asked the predictable question How are you? A question no one ever cares to hear the answer to – then you have undoubtedly heard my reply. And it’s never OK! My reply is always something like Excellent! Better than I deserve! Terrific! It shouldn’t be legal to be this good! And honestly, the majority of the time that’s the truth! But every once in a while the day is just OK. Sometimes life isn’t good, or great, or wonderful, or even fine! Some days are just…OK.

God’s Story, Your Story

February 6, 2019 / Derrick Hurst / 0 Comments

When God's Story Becomes Your Story — When God’s story becomes your story everything changes.

As we walk through life it’s easy to think that God is somewhere off in the distance and somewhat foreign, aloof or unreachable. But that’s not the picture that we receive from Scripture at all. As a matter of fact the storyline of the Bible is quite the opposite! God’s story is one of rescue, redemption and restoration for the entire human race. But it gets better than that! The story of the Bible isn’t just a general story of new life for the world. It’s not just God loving the people of Israel. It’s God’s story for you!

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