AlanSmith_Sermon_WhatsInMyAccount This is the message I gave last weekend at Crossroads Church in Decatur, TX. Do you think this post might benefit someone you know? If so, please share it by clicking the Share/Save button below. Thank you! (c) 2010 by Alan Smith. All rights ...

I was thirteen years old the first time I got on a roller coaster that looped upside down. I was terrified. There were many prior failed attempts. You know what I mean. I waited in line. I made it all the way to the moment of decision and at the last minute stepped into the car and right on through. It took some ...

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.(ESV) Paul here declares that he is being ...

John 1:9-13 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right ...

Isaiah 53:4 4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.(ESV) The fear of disappointment can be paralyzing. Many fail to aggressively, courageously, and intentionally launch into their future because to do so would be to risk loss. To love is ...

Jesus was enjoying lunch at the home of Simon the Pharisee. During the meal a woman with a bad moral reputation walks into the house uninvited, kneels down at Jesus’ feet, anoints Jesus with very costly oil, and begins to wash his feet with her hair and her tears. Throughout the scene she never stops kissing his ...

I returned last week from a pastors conference in Redding, CA at Bethel Church. Bill Johnson is one of my favorites. I’ve listened to every message he’s preached for the last 4 years at least via podcast and being able to visit Bethel was a very cool experience. If you’ve ever heard Bill teach, you ...

Rom 4:19-20 19 And without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb; 20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, NASB At one point ...

Adam and Eve just had one rule to follow. It was a simple rule. Easy to understand. I think it’s good things were so simple because they weren’t designed to live by rules anyway. The only rule was – don’t live by rules.  Humans were designed to live by God’s life and presence, directed ...

Adam and Eve just had one rule to follow. It was a simple rule. Easy to understand. I think it’s good things were so simple because they weren’t designed to live by rules anyway. The only rule was – don’t live by rules.  Humans were designed to live by God’s life and presence, directed ...