Month: March 2009

Church

Easter is coming.

I have never been so excited about Easter. As a kid it just meant I had to dress up in some dumb shirt and tie to go to church like we always did every Sunday. What’s the big deal? In fact, I never really cared much about Easter until I […]

Church

Bragging!

The Bible tells us not to brag on ourselves (James 4:16), but it doesn’t say I can’t brag on our church. Yesterday, I challenged our church to step up and get involved in our 7 Days of Servolution. The response was incredible. All I can say is our church gets […]

Leadership

Waiting stinks

Standing in line when you are hungry…stinks. Listening to horrible music while you hold forever on the phone…stinks. Waiting for the vision that God has given to you to come to pass…stinks. Let’s face it, we all hate waiting. We want everything yesterday. When it comes to a vision that […]

Church

TNT – The Next Thing

On Sunday we shared a video with our church about our “next thing”. We believe God has called to us to build a youth ministry building to invest in our kids and to help us grow to reach more people for Christ. If God would put it on your heart […]

Bible, Uncategorized

Take a flying leap

Have you ever been too afraid to do something because you weren’t sure what would happen? All of us have been there. Some of us are there right now. As we aspire to follow Jesus, we are going to find ourselves in these situations all the time. In fact, if […]

Family

She’s the best!

Today, I’m going to take my wife out for her birthday (it’s actually tomorrow). We are going away for the evening. No kids! Big shout out to my wife’s parents for taking the kids. We haven’t been able to “get away” for quite a while. Although she keeps getting older…she […]

Church

Join the Servolution

Our church is joining a couple hundred other churches who are taking part in the 7 Days of Servolution. This revolutionary idea is to get out into the streets of your community for 7 Days straight and do nothing but serve them. I believe this has the potential to change […]

Bible, Sermons

TXT – Q&A (Part 3)

Another question submitted… Is there an unpardonable sin? Answer: This is not an easy one to answer (nor is there a short answer to this). There are a couple passages in the Gospels which record Jesus describing an eternal sin or what we call an unpardonable sin. In the context […]

Bible

TXT: Q&A (Part 2)

Another question… 1 Thess 5:17 says to “pray continually” in the NIV and “pray without ceasing” in the KJV. This appears to be a physical impossibility. Please explain the meaning here. Answer: It means what it says. Pray without stopping. But I don’t believe the writer (Paul) meant that we […]

Bible

TXT: Q&A (Part 1)

This past Sunday we concluded our TXT series taking questions from people in the church about the Bible.  I answered about 7 questions, but due to time couldn’t answer many of the other questions.  This week I will be giving my best answer to some of the other questions. Question: […]