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This opening message introduced people to the background, audience, and situation of Galatians. It was designed to set the stage for the rest of the series.Watch more videos at the Mountainview YouTube channel. Need a Speaker or Presenter? Interested in having me speak for your church, conference, or organization? Follow this link to learn more. Looking for a Speaking Coach? The most successful people are not always the smartest people. But they have one thing in common: they communicate well. I'd love to help you become a better communicator. Click here.

Can you count on God? Is he trustworthy? This question cuts to the heart of what faith is all about – being able to trust God. God does indeed keep his promises and is one-hundred percent consistent in his character.Watch more videos at the Mountainview YouTube channel. Need a Speaker or Presenter? Interested in having me speak for your church, conference, or organization? Follow this link to learn more. Looking for a Speaking Coach? The most successful people are not always the smartest people. But they have one thing in common: they communicate well. I'd love to help you become a better communicator. Click here.

The question of God’s distance is one of the most personal we will face. Here’s why: we were designed to have a relationship with our creator. The relationship between God and humans begins in a garden. But it doesn’t take too long before the garden turns into a wilderness and then a desert. It’s what author C.S. Lewis once called the Law of Undulation. Undulation is the rising and falling waves. We have peaks and valleys. We even describe our spiritual highs as "mountaintop experiences." But to have a mountaintop requires a valley, too. We feel good about the peaks and struggle when in the valleys. Generally speaking, we prefer the garden over the desert. But life isn’t always bouncing from mountain top to mountain top, from peak experience to peak experience. Even the Apostle Paul experienced this. While on trial, Paul experienced the deepest kind of abandonment. Here is how he described…

Is God everywhere? And if so, how is this different than the idea of pantheism? While these are interesting questions, Frederick Buechner makes a good point: “It is not objective proof of God’s existence that we want but … the experience of God’s presence.”Watch more videos at the Mountainview YouTube channel. Need a Speaker or Presenter? Interested in having me speak for your church, conference, or organization? Follow this link to learn more. Looking for a Speaking Coach? The most successful people are not always the smartest people. But they have one thing in common: they communicate well. I'd love to help you become a better communicator. Click here.

What does the sovereignty of God mean? Are there such things as accidents? How does free will factor into the providence of God? These are all questions that we ask when trying to make sense of what is happening around us.Watch more videos at the Mountainview YouTube channel. Need a Speaker or Presenter? Interested in having me speak for your church, conference, or organization? Follow this link to learn more. Looking for a Speaking Coach? The most successful people are not always the smartest people. But they have one thing in common: they communicate well. I'd love to help you become a better communicator. Click here.