Greetings from Israel! I’m grateful to be back in the Holy Land (we are being treated like celebrities just for showing up). We tuned in to worship from our hotel. It was wonderful. A special thanks to all those who make the online services...
Theologians (past and present) hold various views of what 1 Peter 3:18-22 is saying. Even Martin Luther found it confusing: “A wonderful text is this, and a more obscure passage perhaps than any other in the New Testament, so that I do not know...
I woke up several mornings in humid Uganda to the sound of children’s voices singing that simple song in unison across the campus of the children’s home where I was serving. Singing was the first thing they did each day as they awoke. It was...
I admit I am a bit nervous about this Sunday’s sermon. In 42 years of ministry, I’ve never preached on “Holy Saturday.” The message comes from a strange text, 1 Peter 3:18-22, that describes Jesus’ “descent” to the dead after His crucifixion and...
The Bible begins with GOOD news, not bad. Genesis 1-2 precedes Genesis 3. When the Lord made human beings, creation went from being “good” to being “very good.” Before we adopt an identity marred and tarnished by sin, we should steep ourselves...
As much as we try to explain it, the Trinity is a mystery. I like what author Jim Smith said last week, “A mystery doesn’t mean you can’t know anything about it, it just means you can’t know everything.” We only worship what we cannot understand...
Author, pastor, and professor, Dr. Jim Smith got us started on this six-week study of “The Magnificent Story” as he described two “shrunken gospel” presentations he encountered in his faith journey. One story was from Jim’s pastor in a United...
I want you to be in a Magnificent Story small group. To join a group: asburytulsa.org/joingroup. To start a group: asburytulsa.org/facilitator. Invite a friend. Have a study at your house. This study lasts six-weeks. If you are starting a group...
Cornelius Plantinga refers to the fall as the “vandalism of shalom.” We know there is sin and brokenness in our world and in our hearts. But we also know that Jesus started a revolution. He is the greatest revolutionary who has ever lived. Dallas...
This Sunday is “Homecoming” for Asbury. We’d love to welcome you “home” to Asbury again. Breakfast is expanded. We want to show off the new Asbury Students Center and meet our pastors, too. This will be a fun and special day, kicking off a fun...
