Philip Dampier's Blog

The above comment is borrowed from Jim McGuiggan the great Irish preacher and teacher. It is his way of describing our condition without God. Of all the beautiful things in the created world, man without God is the ugliest. Our behavior, left to our own desires and whims can become…

Answer to this pivotal question: no one. Why not? it is evident to everyone that I am a sinner, that is that I do sin. Surely, the old accuser himself will bring charges against me. He knows my weak flesh better than I do. But he dare not accuse me…

Paul spent three days in Syracuse and I spent three months just up the road in Sigonella. Happens I visited Syracuse while in Sigonella. Very old city with lots of ancient sites to visit. I think I saw most of them. What interest me the most is why did Paul…

While on the subject of threes I thought I would mention this one from Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth. There are a lot of ideas and concepts in the world. Various principles of social welfare have been declared. None of the things of this world have within them real…

The number three is a very significant number in the Bible, both in the old and new testaments. We know it is a special number because of the Holy Trinity. If you began in Genesis and hi-lighted every occurrence of three or third your Bible would look like a neon copy…

Looking out our front window I can see the wooden cross we drove in the ground a short time ago. For days it was draped with a purple cloth. Purple is the color of royalty I’m told and has been for centuries. A cross doesn’t seem like the place for…

Can you read Isaiah 53 with dry eyes? I can’t. I just can’t. It’s not so much that I’m thinking about the pain and suffering of Jesus. I think about that. I mean, you can’t read the first eleven verses and not think about it. What gets me is that…

I used to receive tapes of sermons from the Southern Hills Church of Christ in Abilene, Texas. When Rick Atchley began his lesson he would lead the congregation in singing, “Make me a servant, Lord, Make me like you.” Every Sunday this church sang make me a servant. What is…

These names are easily recognized because they are part of a list of the all time traitors. Some turned on their country, some on their friends, and some just wanted the money. If you have ever been betrayed the ideology behind the betrayal is of small consequences. The pain is…

Ezekiel declares God’s disappointment with Israel for their behavior in the land he had given them. The people were guilty of unjust gain and shedding of blood. They had forgotten to worship God in the proper way. They were guilty of all kinds of sexual misconduct which God labeled detestable…