There’s a thought provoking article in this month’s issue of Relevant Magazine (the entire issue can be viewed online by clicking the link and entering your e-mail address). The article that caught my attention was called “Church Mutiny” and it was written by a young adults pastor in Florida.
The premise of the article is essentially [...]
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November 8, 2009
Are Young Adult Ministries bad for the Church?
September 7, 2009
How Can I Know God?
This weekend I’ve been reading Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. I am enjoying it immensely. It is challenging me to rethink some of my convictions about church life and how it should work while at the same time articulating some of my beliefs and convictions [...]
September 4, 2009
The Overlooked Mission Field : Reaching the Campus Tribes, part I
This morning I finally sat down to start reading Reaching the Campus Tribes by Benson Hines. Benson spent the 2007-08 school year traveling the country visiting 181 college campuses and interacting with people doing ministry on those campuses. After the trip he wrote his book, which he turned into an e-book that can be downloaded [...]
August 4, 2009
Thinking Christianly
The following is my second post in a series I am doing that is inspired by Tim Challies‘ book The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment.
Consider the following quote from chapter two of the book:
“Sadly, many who consider themselves Christian have a worldview that is completely inconsistent with their profession of faith. It is a worldview premised [...]
July 7, 2009
Our Last Night at Seven24
The above pictures were taken this last Sunday night, the top one at about 8:00, the bottom one at about 11:00.
For those who don’t know, I’ve spent the last three years of my life as the College Pastor at New Song Community Church. About six month into my tenure (on February 17, 2007, to [...]
June 9, 2009
Irreverent Silly Myths (Why Matt Chandler is awesome)
This video is brilliant, and it shows why I listen to Matt Chandler every chance I get. Chandler’s point here served as the inspiration for one of the major points of my talk this last Sunday at Seven24 about the death and resurrection of Jesus. I’d write more, but alas, it’s finals week. Enjoy the [...]
March 10, 2009
Mainstage
Sunday before last (nine days ago), I had the opportunity to preach in all three of New Song’s main weekend services. I preach on Sunday night almost every week, but it is not often that I have the opportunity to preach on Sunday morning.
I was asked to preach from Luke 9:51-62 as part of New [...]
February 25, 2009
From dust you have come…
On a Wednesday evening in February of 2006, I got in my car after work and drove from Beverly Hills up Angelo Drive, eventually to Mulholland Drive, and then around the various bends in the road until I finally arrived at Bel Air Presbyterian Church. It had been a long day, and I had [...]
December 8, 2008
“We praise you, oh Ford, for you are fearfully and (not so) wonderfully made.”
I’m really not sure how to introduce this picture, so here it is:
Yes, that is a church, and yes, upon its altar are, naturally, three lovely SUVs made by our economically challenged friends at GM.
Stunning.
Just for kicks, here’s another picture:
And just for good measure, here’s a video:
From the video: “I’m preaching [...]
November 26, 2008
Buy Less – Give More: The Advent Conspiracy
Take a look at this video I found over at The Church Bartender:
Beautiful.
I should add that I have a history of being a card carrying Christmas consumer. Big time. I was the kid who was secretly opening gifts on December 22nd while my parents weren’t home just to get a glimpse [...]
