The 'sinner's prayer' is not in the Bible.
The light of Jesus is authentic exposure in full grace.
God cannot love you anymore than He does right now.
You cannot make God love you more.
You cannot take God with you, He is already there.
Our neighbor is every human in today's culture, period.
Born again; redirecting your faith from yourself into Jesus.
We are best described as filthy, perverted, self-centered, sinful ragamuffins.
You do not have to go to church to be a Christian.
God choses to 'not' answer most of our prayers; we should thank Him.
God answer's prayers we would never think to pray.
Jesus is not a Republican, nor is He a Democrat, He's independent of politics.
There is no salvation in politics; nobody comes to faith by laws, government or a political majorities.
Neither political party is 100% accurate; not even close.
God is not American, and He is not obligated to bless American.
Homosexuals are loved by God, desired by Jesus and to be loved by Christians.
Today's Homosexual is yesterday's Samaritan.
Abortion is murder; so is gossip and slander.
A 'gay gene' is possible; if found it doesn't change my doctrine or sin's harmful truth for all of us.
Sin doesn't draw God's anger, it grieves Him.
Denominations are not necessary, they are traditional systems past their prime.
A 'miracle' doesn't happen every day, or every time we pray - if so it would be called a 'usual'.
You can't be un-joy, you either have joy, or you don't.
Faith is a complete gift, you can't grow it on your own.
You can keep the "10", by doing the "2".
Self-righteousness is an oxymoron.
People like Jesus, they don't like the church.
Creeds are created for the deeds, not our divisions.
A sermon should be a short, powerful burst of love to the culture.
Eric Hogue was the 2004 recipient of the Andy Anderson Award as Salem Communications' 'Talk Show Host of the Year'. Hogue is a former Pastor, veteran husband, a 'learning' father, and the common man's Christian. He is also credited with starting the 2003 re-call of California Governor Gray Davis. The Eric Hogue Show is heard weekday afternoons at 5 on The Spirit of the Bay, AM 1100 KFAX and AM 710 KFIA.
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