Faith – DAVE GIPSON

When you’re a father…

belief, parentingOctober 24, 202428Views 0Likes 0Comments

My girls are taking swimming lessons now. One has almost perform form on her strokes. Watching her swim is a thing of beauty. But the other one? She flails about like a goose trying to take off. Her arms flap on top of the water like a basset hound’s oversized ears. Does watching her give…

(don’t) BE CAREFUL

beliefApril 16, 202490Views 0Likes 0Comments

Be very careful. Not careful about taking risks. You never accomplish anything of value without a healthy risk involved. Instead, be careful about being too careful. That was pretty confusing, right? Let’s start again… You really need to take care about being careful. “Careful” could be exactly how you miss out on the best…

Disruption

SermonsJanuary 2, 202389Views 0Likes 0Comments

In 2023, may God disrupt your comfort, answer prayers you've long ago forgotten, and take you on the ride of your life! Dave’s sermon DISRUPTION, recorded live on January 1 at NNBC…

Handwriting on the Wall

BlogDecember 9, 202299Views 0Likes 0Comments

When we moved into our new home in Florida last year, I noticed something that looked like a doorbell on two of our door frames. Later when my girls were watching the musical Fiddler On The Roof with me, I suddenly realized what they were. “Do you see those little rectangular boxes on the top…

Into The Unknown

video devotionalNovember 9, 202263Views 0Likes 0Comments

Safety and security are the "siren song" singing you to a sleeping death. Let go of them and follow God "into the unknown"...

Do Pet Rocks Go To Heaven?

BlogNovember 2, 2021155Views 0Likes 0Comments

When all others abandoned you, there was one friend who stayed by your side: your pet rock. He never left your side, even when you were at your worst. Well, to be honest he couldn’t leave because...well, he’s an inanimate object. But during your many struggles, he’s been your rock of Gibraltar (in miniature), solid…

When God Doesn’t Want You Happy

beliefJanuary 30, 202071Views 0Likes 0Comments

I recently got a Facebook message from a well-meaning Christian friend: "God has seen everything you've been going through, and He told me to tell you 'IT'S OVER'! Your trial has ended, and now God's about to open up the windows of heaven to bless you beyond your wildest dreams!!!!!" (Full disclosure: I may have…

God’s Purpose in Your Pain

UncategorizedApril 20, 201671Views 0Likes 0Comments

It’s after midnight on Sunday evening. Everyone in my neighborhood’s most likely in bed. But me? I’m walking the path around the man-made lake in our subdivision in pitch darkness. Hopefully, everyone else is asleep, because I’m spitting and cussing at God. What’s wrong? Enough that I’m wondering why God thinks I would…

“Dear Angry Atheist…”

UncategorizedJanuary 12, 2016439Views 0Likes 23Comments

*Author's Note: I am aware that many atheists are kind, loving people who wish no ill will toward Christians. However, there are indeed some very "angry atheists" who've engaged me quite often on social media. In contrast to those respectful non-believers, these people speak down to people of faith with a stubborn condescension. It is for…

How I Know He Lives

beliefJanuary 10, 2016150Views 0Likes 7Comments

Growing up in a southern Baptist church, every Easter there were two hymns you had to sing…or you probably weren’t really Baptist. One was “Low in the Grave He Lay”. Most people don’t remember it by that title, but by the bouncy chorus that interrupts the sad, mournful verse. After lamenting the crucified Jesus,…

Dumb Stuff People Say About the Bible

UncategorizedNovember 6, 2015188Views 0Likes 2Comments

Nowadays, I hear a lot of people saying dumb things about the Bible. That may sound harsh, but "dumb" is really the only word that does their statements justice. Why would people attack a 2000+ year old book they say they don't believe in anyway? Because that book contains rules and guidelines that rub…

(Do) STOP BELIEVIN’

UncategorizedNovember 30, 201481Views 0Likes 2Comments

One of the funniest critiques I hear lobbed against Christians is that we "believe in fairy tales". "You Christians think your daddy in the sky created humans - how quaint and childish!" "Ok then," I respond, "where do you think we came from?" "Well, of course space aliens from another planet colonized earth. What other logical…

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