Philip Dampier's Blog

When people respond to the call of God to repent of their way of life what motivates them to do so? When I was young it was popular to preach about the fires of hell and the anger and punishment of God. There is no telling how many people went…

Ever say this? Ever hear someone else say it? Usually the speaker has had a negative event in his life. Financial failure, cancer cells, devastating divorce, well, you know what I’m talking about. Life goes south and we think it must be God’s fault. Otherwise, we’re alright. Never think about…

…that the Lord is good.” You have to admit that we don’t usually think of experiencing the Lord in this way. Definitely not in our cultural experience nor a part of our personal data bank. The people of the book had no problem with it. It is assumed that if…

“And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.” (Ex. 14:31) ‘There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all…

Those are comforting words to a child of God. Especially a child of God who is daily facing an evil world. Paul says there are wicked and evil people because not everyone has faith. We know this to be true. Sometimes when we watch TV or read the newspaper we…

What is God’s will for us? It very well could be the same as it was for the Thessalonians. Paul tells them that God wanted three distinct things for them.  We often are asking what does God want from me and Paul is discussing what God wants for us.  Well,…

Put your finger here! See my hands! Put your hand in my side! Don’t all of us Thomas’s wish we could do that? We want to believe whole heartedly just like Thomas. We want to say “My Lord and my God”. “Oh for a deeper faith I seek.”  How do…

What a sad statement for a nation to make, especially a nation chosen by God. How far does a people have to fall before they just give up on their ability to do right. Micah had trouble understanding Israel as well. He wrote, “He has told you, O man, what…

These words were spoken by Jesus to his disciples over 2,000 years ago. It is just as true today as it was then. The reasons for the trouble are the same as then and have been the same since man’s walk outside of the garden. You would think that the…

Mark 10:29-30 Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the…