The session at the City Reformed decided to give Matt and I each an opportunity to go to one conference this year.
Up until about a month ago I was planning on going to the Gospel Coalition conference.
Its held once every two years, and features pretty much every church guy that I would want [...]
2009 is here, and the result from last years goals are mixed.
My goals for last year were:
#1 To Read at least 4 Christian Classics. I hoping to read The Coming of the Kingdom, Lectures on Calvinism, Biblical Theology, and maybe Lectures to My Students.
Big Fail. I didn’t read any of these books, thought that didn’t [...]
“Unfortunately, if we were to take a hard look at how Christians in this country have come to view their cities, we would have to concluded that our views have not necessarily been shaped by the Bible, prayer, or meaningful discussions among fellow Christians. It might be more accurate to say that the fear of [...]
Over the last month, my wife and I have been traveling between NY, West Virginia, and Indiana. Over these weeks we have been able to examine why people choose to live where they live.
As many of you know I am firmly committed to living in the city of Pittsburgh, and am always encouraging others to [...]
Mark Driscoll recently traveled to England to speak about the importance of church planting. The lectures can be found here.
At one point Mark, a brother whom I greatly respect, talked about when a “number one” Pastor should step down. His argument, there are some guys who are really, as he puts it, “number two” [...]
-Harvie Conn is the 4th guy in heaven that I am gonna man hug. Jesus, Paul, Augustine and Conn.
Anyone who is interested in the Emergent Church, or thinks that crowd is asking good questions needs to read Conn’s Eternal Word and Changing Worlds.
-No internet at the new office =(
But we are moved in for the [...]
In the next week or so City Reformed will be moving its offices from Suite 204 at 160 N Craig St. to 3524 Blvd of the Allies.
This is a great move for our church.
We are excited about our new office. Let me give you some of the perks:
-2x the size of our existing office
-A sink [...]
Last Saturday my wife, Jo, and a friend of ours went to see “Burn After Reading” the new Coen Brothers film. I would consider myself a decent Coen Brothers fan, I really loved O’ Brother, and the Hudsucker Proxy, and thought that their portrayal of evil in No Country For Old Men was really fascinating, [...]
So I have to admit It would be really cool to see some declaration by one of the Chinese Olympians that they love Jesus.
As many of you who read this blog might know, on September 7th I’m going to be ordained and installed as assistant pastor at City Reformed Church in Pittsburgh. What many people might not know is why this is taking place.
This might come as a shock to some people but I believe that God is [...]