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 …
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I’m now on iTunes!
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, …
American Beauty: A Lesson in Grace
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 …
Preaching to Be Heard
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 …
MBC 2005 Annual Meetings Keynote
These are my notes from Jerry's keynote message. I'm posting them mostly for my own use, but if you benefit from them, praise God! Keynote message from the 149th Annual Meeting of the …
So Dark is Europe
Phil Gottschalk has been a missionary in Europe for a number of years, and he just sent me this unbelievable email. I'm quoting it here: Here's an e-mail I just received. It is typical of what we …