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Jen and I have been regularly sending out our prayer requests every few months or so, and I thought that I'd post our next set on the blog here. God has really been answering some prayers too, so I'll post some praises first: Praises: Jen and I have signed final approval paperwork on our house. …
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SCRIPTURE: Various Our next characteristic to consider is that God is wise. He is the one who created the universe and put every single atom in its proper place. He knows the end from the beginning, he understands all things, and he knows what to do about them! Download Now Subscribe to this …
It's been nearly half a year since I changed the look of my blog here. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I could make it better or more attractive? Just asking you to give me some constructive criticism. Please be kind! …
Today, Jen and I went down to Lafayette to have a final signing meeting with Kim at Gunstra Builders. It's amazing how the finality of signing papers can really make you nervous. Last week, I was completely thrilled about every aspect of the building process even though we have already signed some …
I watched this video and couldn't believe my eyes! It's a board game that is supposed to be an effective witnessing tool, but it looks to me like something right out of Ned Flanders' ( click here or click here ) game closet, and by that, I mean really creepy. From Glory to God Games: …
Greetings all NWBC friends! I just wanted to let you all know of something that I've been wanting to do for a while and have let slide. However, Paul Witte called me up today and suggested it, and I got really excited. Paul and I are going to spearhead some evangelism outings, and this Sunday is …
SCRIPTURE: Various The second major characteristic of God that I explore is God's holiness. The simple truth is that God is unlike anything else. He is completely above and beyond our thoughts, our troubles, or anything---and yet, he loves us! God's holiness means he is better than anything …
Well, that's what I get for not staying up to date with backups. Somehow, my web host deleted all my key files from my blog database. What does that mean? It means I just wasted about half of my day trying to restore my blog to what it was like back in September. Things will be a little broken for …
I've just made some great progress posting old sermons to this site thanks to the free storage and bandwidth offered by ourmedia.com and the Internet Archive. If you look in the category links, you'll find links to all my newly posted (but old) message series dating from May 2001 through …
SCRIPTURE: Various To help us develop a taste for God, I'm going to spend the rest of my time at Northwest Baptist highlighting seven key attributes of God. We are going to talk about who God is. In this first message, I dig into the deep concept of God being eternal. We'll find out once again that …
I posted this over at our church plant website (www.lafayetteinitiative.com), but I'm copying it here for those who don't read the other site too much. Please post your comments, and if you want to participate in our church name straw poll, click here. And whether you can participate in the poll or …
This last year, my wife and I have been really infatuated with U2, the rock band. We read a book on the band called Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 and Jen just finished a book that was one long interview with Bono. We've become convinced that aside from the theatrics of Bono's public persona …
In preparation for a sermon recently, I came across this passage in Ecclesiastes: If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie. Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever …
It's official. My sermons now can be found on iTunes! If you have been using iTunes 4.9 or higher for your music player, just open it up, and in the search box type "Jeff Mikels." After a few seconds, it will show my sermon podcast, and you can click on the "subscribe" button to automatically …
Tonight, Jen and I watched the movie American Beauty. It's really interesting to me that I had never wanted to watch the movie at all. In fact, when the movie first came out, I was kinda disgusted that a movie like that had come to the American cinema at all. The theme seemed so dark, it seemed to …
At the Midwest Baptist Conference Annual Meetings a couple weeks ago, Jerry Sheveland, the president of the Baptist General Conference gave a seminar on preaching. In it, he shared his personal 10 Commandments of Preaching. Preaching to be Heard Jerry Sheveland Only two things are eternal …