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Saturday, September 5, 2015
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
God didn't put rainbows in the sky...
There is no Hebrew word for 'Rainbow'. The word translated as rainbow in Genesis 9:13 is the same word translated elsewhere as an 'archer's bow'. What does that mean? It means that God didn't simply throw a rainbow up in the sky as a symbol of his peace and love for mankind. It means that he placed his bow upon the clouds as a sign...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
A New Creation Community
The Church is a new creation community in Christ. This, my first sermon as pastor of Community Life Church in Waxahachie, TX, takes a look at that theme in a walk through redemptive history.
06/07/2015
Video credit: Robert Stul...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
"Help, I'm a pastor!"
If you've not yet heard, I think you'll be pleased to find out that God has seen fit to have me pastor part of Jesus' Church in Waxahachie, TX.
We are Community Life Church!I'm very excited about the opportunity and yet very aware of the responsibility that God has set before me in my new role. Pray for me, that I'd lead well...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
The Six Acts of Redemptive History
I wanted to share a tool with you that I've found very useful when teaching the gospel to those both within and without the family of God. This is not the typical systematic gospel presentation methodology that is so prominent today and with which you are likely familiar — e.g. The Four Spiritual Laws, Way of the Master.1 This is a...
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Happy Pentecost, Church?
"Happy Pentecost, Church!"
Regrettably, very few of you are likely to hear anything mentioned about Pentecost tomorrow morning, much less receive a well wished greeting in recognition of the holiday. There will no doubt be services dedicated to Memorial Day, in recognition of America's fallen heros, but scant few churches will even be aware of the other holiday the weekend brings our way. We give a month to Advent, leading up...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Re: Millennials leaving church in droves, study finds
From CNN: Millennials leaving church in droves, study finds
When you sell Christianity as a commodity people will dump their stock when its market value drops.
The following from the article (above) is key:
"It's not as if young people today are being raised in a way completely different from Christianity," said...
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Doing Good Deeds for the Sake of the Good News
In my last article, I wrote about the importance of rightly understanding what Peter meant when he wrote, “...in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect...” in 1 Peter 3:15. I explained that...
Friday, May 1, 2015
Rescuing 1 Peter 3:15 from Apologetic Ministry
Given the rise of Christian persecution around the world and our continued marginalization in the West, I think it's time we rescued 1 Peter 3:15 from apologetic ministries.
“...in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do...
Monday, February 9, 2015
To Yoga Pants or not to Yoga Pants
Perhaps you'll remember a couple weeks back when your News Feeds and Twitter Feeds were blowing up with Veronica Partridge's Why I Chose to no Longer Wear Leggings article. Well, as with any article that goes viral, there are going to be responses offered. Today I ran across one of these response articles. It's called Ten Things We...
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