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Are there lukewarm Christians??

August 31, 2009

I find myself these days thinking a lot about what I believe, but more specifically, WHY.  Not sure if maybe I’m experiencing a pre, pre-midlife crisis or what.  But, I’m rethinking what it means to be a Christian, what I believe about church and my theology, who I am as a man of God, husband, [...]

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What do you think about Sundays?

July 17, 2009

Recently, one of my comments was featured on LeadingSmart.com.  I thought the conversation was pretty interesting.  Hop on over to Tim’s blog and let me know what you think.  Here’s a link to the conversation:
Is the Church REQUIRED to Meet on Sunday?

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Justice, it’s real.

February 16, 2009

A friend of mine recently posted Amos 5:21-24 on his blog and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind.  Here’s the New King James Version translation.
I hate, I despise your feast days,
And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept [...]

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enjoying Innovation3 day1

January 27, 2009

Take my advice.  The next time this conference comes around, GO!  Day 1 has been amazing.  I’ve had the opportunity to hear from leaders like Mark Driscoll and Stacy Spencer from Memphis on failing in order to succeed in innovation, Greg Surratt and Dave Browning on multi-site strategy and leadership development and tonight, Matt Chandler [...]

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Real, authentic….What does that mean?

October 27, 2008

I’m on a quest to find out what these words really mean, or rather, what they should mean in the context of ministering to a broken world.  I’ve never been part of a church or organization that didn’t have one of these words somewhere in it’s vision or mission statement.  Beyond that, I think almost [...]

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Some concerns with The Shack

October 25, 2008

Okay, so I am now in agreement with those who have posted concerns about the bestselling book, The Shack by William P. Young.  Beginning on page 88, the book takes a turn in chapter six entitled, “A Piece of Pi.”  In this chapter, Young begins to make some theological statements concerning the humanity of Christ [...]

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Started reading The Shack today..

October 24, 2008

My wife has finished the book and everyone around me seems to be reading the book.  So, I broke down and began reading The Shack today.  I’m about 90 pages in on chapter 6 and it’s pretty good so far.  Just getting to the part where The Trinity has been introduced into the story via [...]