Did you realize that God is totally and absolutely complete within Himself?  There is nothing that He needs.  He is without limit.  God displays His sufficiency in creation, and we are completely dependent upon His sufficiency.  Listen to Shane’s message on God’s sufficiency at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Indianola to learn how this attribute of God’s makes an everyday difference in your life. Sermon originally given on 9/14/08. Don’t forget that you can subscribe to this podcast using iTunes or another podcatcher. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fcaffeinatedthoughts.com%2F%3Fp%3D1583'; addthis_title = 'Podcast%3A+God+is+Sufficient'; addthis_pub = ''; Less

"...Jesus is no longer physically present to meet the women at the well. That's why He has given His Spirit to His children so that we may meet those women and those men at the well. And those women and those men are very familiar with the strident tones of evangelicalism; they are not so familiar with hearts of compassion and eyes of tenderness and hands that engage in their need." And also: "If we prize the beliefs of a former age, why should it be that we fall so far short of that earlier generation in the winning of souls?" quoting Iain Murray on the Puritans. Less

Shane concludes his series in Haggai looking at Haggai 2:10-23.  Sermon preached on 8/24/08 at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Indianola. On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet,  “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests about the law:  ‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?’” The priests answered and said, “No.”  Then Haggai said, “If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The priests answered and said, “It does become unclean.”  Then Haggai answered and said, “So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, declares the Lord, and so with every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean.  Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord,  how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.  I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.  Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider:  Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you.” The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and overthrow the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall go down, every one by the sword of his brother.  On that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the Lord, and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts,” (Haggai 2:10-23, ESV). Don’t forget you can subscribe to this podcast with iTunes or another podcatcher. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fcaffeinatedthoughts.com%2F%3Fp%3D1358'; addthis_title = 'Podcast%3A+Turning+Priorities+Into+Action+%28Haggai+2%3A10-24%29'; addthis_pub = ''; Less

Shane’s second semon in a series of three in the Book of Haggi at Grace Evangelical Free Church of Indianola - covering Haggai 2:1-9.  Given on 8/17/08. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fcaffeinatedthoughts.com%2F%3Fp%3D1355'; addthis_title = 'Podcast%3A+Staying+Focused+In+Disappointment+%28Haggai+2%3A1-9%29'; addthis_pub = ''; Less

The final talk in the "Lost Adventure of Following Jesus" series. This talk wraps up and recaps the entire series. Less