Philip Dampier's Blog

When Grace and I visited South Korea a few years ago we were struck by the number of large red crosses that could be seen at night high above the city. We asked our host what the crosses were for. Being American, I naturally thought they had something to do with…

If the cross and resurrection was the main plan of God and the reason Jesus came to earth then why did he spend three years preaching to a people with mostly deaf ears? Why the miracles, the sermon on the mount, the healing of the sick and the raising of…

I believe Satan knew who Jesus was and why he was. I believe Satan knew that God became Emanuel and lived as a human being. I also believe he thought of Jesus as a man and not a god. I believe Satan understood Paul’s letter to the Philippians to mean…

We are approaching Easter and many are involved in the celebration of Lent. As I understand Lent, it is a time to reflect on the cross and therefore our sins and their forgiveness. It is impossible to have an Easter advent without the cross. The cross was and is a…

God hates sin. God loves man. Man sins. Sins require punishment. Even though God loves man, he hates sin and must punish the sinner. The penalty for sin is death and this death has two parts because man has two parts. The penalty for sin is physical death and spiritual…

Christ died to remove the wall between Jew and Gentile. He also died to remove the wall between God and man. In a sense this action could be considered a death to remove the wall between man and man. Jesus and God are one and so great things were accomplished.…

Have you thought about the power of the word so? Try finishing these sentences. He told me a lie, so… She stole my man, so… There are hypocrites in church, so… That man was in jail, so… My wife/husband was unfaithful, so… Imagine the following imaginary scene: Satan: God, have…

Did you ask that question as a child? Did you answer that question as an adult? We like the idea of having God in a safe place. In the heavens, seems to be a faraway place and emotionally removes God from my personal life. If God lived next door or…

I’m afraid that this is too true a statement and hits close to home. I admit to spending lots of time in the Bible looking for information to change others. When you preach you are conscious of the needs of the congregation and so much of your time is spent…

what it does not contain!” (Sam Morris). Of all the Christ motifs in the New Testament, the resurrection is one of the most mentioned.  The cross could not stop the plan of God and neither could the grave. In fact, the cross and the grave were the plan of God.…