Ultimate Outcomes is a non-profit organization founded on the fruit of the 30-plus years Pastor Richard Elwell and his wife Marty spent in church ministry, developing sermons and Bible studies that would help their congregants discern and apply God’s truth. Richard was a firm believer that the outcomes in our lives result from what ideas we believe and follow.
Is the idea that we do bad things because bad things happen to us a bad idea? Is the solution to our evil actions found in the Gospel. Is Internal transformation through Jesus Christ is the only way …
Can wisdom and knowledge come from anywhere but God? How do we determine what we believe? Are believers silly for believing the scriptures?
What is the best opportunity that you have ever been presented with? Isn't every choice we make a choice of competing opportunities? There is no greater promise or opportunity than the love of Christ…
What do we mean when we say “God is love”? The idea that God embraces us as we are and that his love for us compels and challenges us to perfection are not incompatible. It is like a mother who love…
Are we perfect the way we are right now? What do we need to change to go from what we are to where we ought to be? Can people change? What does it take to change as a person? What harm does a guilty …
Are we aware of our deepest longings? Are we aware that our deepest longings are a longing to be in the presence of the almighty? When we recognize heroism, we need to honor it. If a person saves yo…
Have you ever thought about the time you devote to something? Zero percent of our lives are un-devoted. What we devote ourselves to shows what we value. We could make the case that we are led by wha…
What does a non-Christian think when a believer describes themselves as saved? "Why do you think your better than we are?" is often a response you hear. When saved we are better off than the unsaved …
What do we do to present ourselves? How much effort goes into conducting ourselves in a pleasant manor?
In Leviticus 19:1-2 we see that God's desire is for us to be holy. He provides the way for us a…
The picture of Sacrifice in the Old Testament is life for life. What do we need the most protection from? We protect from injury, theft, disasters, and disease but what is the most feared thing...Sta…
Why should anyone obey God? What causes men to defy their own will in favor of what God wants them to do? When is it meritorious to obey God's will? In Genesis 22:1-19, Abraham gives an example of th…
How often do we think about the lives that have gone before us and the heritage that has been left to us by others? There are people yet to be born that will be effected by the way that we live today…
There must be something more. Why do men keep searching? Why do we keep looking for something beyond our grasp? All men in all cultures have been reaching for the unreachable, never satisfied. What a…
If someone was never told about God, and they died, would they go to heaven or hell?
Why does satan try to be over God when he knows he can't?
How can I convince a friend the Bible is true?
Why would a loving God create a place like hell?
Since God says this world will end how will the new one start?
How can I convince somebody the Bible is true?