Philip Dampier's Blog

Most of us do not take these words personally. We believe they should be followed by someone but not necessarily me. That’s okay. It is true that we can’t all go to another nation and do mission work. So, we’re told we can send if we don’t go. That’s okay. Some…

God heard an outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah that was very great. He told Abraham that the sin of those cities was exceedingly grave. Abraham was worried about the good people of the cities. He couldn’t imagine God destroying two large metropolitan areas if there were righteous people living there.…

During our forty days of prayer we are praying for many things. This week is about revival. Personal, city and national. I am grateful to an Irish Christian music band, “Bluetree” for their beautiful song titled above. This song apparently was a gift of the Spirit to the singer of…

This was the question God ask Ezekiel? I’ve often thought that Ezekiel must have felt he was on the hot seat. If he says no, God will point out nothing is impossible and yet Ezekiel knows no way for dry bones to have life. He might want to say no…

The question of the purpose of good deeds goes back before the Reformation. There was a strong belief that unless you did good deeds you couldn’t go to heaven. That is a polite way of saying that one had to earn his or her salvation. The purpose of the good deeds…

“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,” (Acts 3:19a). This would make a great sermon outline. Three points clearly stated. Let’s do a mini one. One: Repent, then. Why should I repent? Because of my sin. The people in Acts rejected Jesus as…

Bearing with the faults of others can sometimes be a burden. Some people are just hard to get along with. People can really rub you the wrong way sometimes, you know what I mean? People drive too close behind you. One person’s answer to that this week was to shoot…

I personally never liked pass or fail tests or classes. I liked making a good score and never was afraid of failing, until I took German. With German, I would have opted for pass-fail in a heartbeat. What about your self test? You know, the one where you examine yourself.…

Jeremiah writes that the words of God were found and he ate them (Jer. 15:16). Perhaps we would use the term “devour” rather than ate. Either way, there is the suggestion that the words of God are food for the soul. We hear a lot about “soul food” and this…

Crucifixion is first attested among the Persians (Darius crucified around 3000 Babylonians in 519 BC), perhaps derived from the Assyrian impalement. It was later employed by the Greeks, especially Alexander the Great, and by the Carthaginians, from whom the Romans adapted the practice as a punishment for slaves and non-citizens,…