My Message to Marshill Church about the Worship Sermon.
On March 2nd Mark Driscoll preached the last sermon in his Ask Anything series.
After listening to the sermon and reading the blog post found here, I decided to send the church a message, via their Mission and Vision blog. I’ve posted the whole message below. If you’ve listen to or read the post on […]
Feb. 22, 2008
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The Battery Life of Christian Cultural Influence Cont.
After about a month of not finishing this article I finally took some time to sit down and complete my thoughts on this issue.
The percentage of “churched” Americans has continued to rise over the last 100 years. Yet at the same time there is a sense that especially since the 1960’s there has been a […]
My Jesus is weak.
I must repent, I have a defective view of who Jesus is. My defect is not that I put too much into my view of who Jesus, but too little. I know in my head that he is my propitiation, but his propitiation is too weak. I know the doctrinal truths of the historic creeds, […]
Post-Christmas Wrap Up
I haven’t writer a lot in the last few weeks. We are on our way back to the Burgh, and I’m looking forward to being home. We had a great time with both our families and tomorrow I get to preach at City Reformed.
Everyone was really great to us, and we got a ton of […]
Perceptions of Christianity
Thanks to Tony over at Sets’n’Service for the link.
Does this video ring true with you?
Lets Talk About:What Size Should a Congregation Be?
Growing up Ive attending churches that range from 400+ to less than 15. When I started seminary 2 years ago I thought that a church over 300 was wrong, if not sinful. Then I sat down with Luke and read that it turns out that the first church had at least 1000 people in it, […]
Sep. 5, 2007
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Christians and their Castles
“When belonging in the social hierarchy of the local church becomes a greater desire than becoming Christ to our neighbors outside the church we have returned to the glum decor of the castle walls. Hiding in fear of losing a kingdom we never had or were called to build…”
Great post over at setnservice.
American Pantheism
There seem to be two ways of perceiving the path to god, one more often spoken of and the other less known. One–there are many up the mountain and they all lead to the same God. Even if these paths are in fact in opposition to each other. Two–each path leads to a different gods, […]
Jul. 27, 2007
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10 Books Every Wanna Be Pastor Needs to Read
In looking back on the long(tongue-in-cheek) time I have spent as a seminary student, I realize that there are a number of books that I wish I had been encouraged to read while at seminary, a few of these books were given as class texts, but most of them were simply recommendations from wiser men. […]