Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Heaven, Revelation, Worship on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Consider the following conversation from the mockumentary movie “Spinal Tap”. Guitarist Nigel Tufnel is giving documentary director Marty DiBergi a tour of Spinal Tap’s equipment when they stop at an amplifier:
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and…
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cross, Jesus Christ, The Great Physician on June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’d like to take a moment in reflection of today’s events in my family. I have a 2 1/2 year-old son, Caleb, who took a trip to the emergency room today. He took an unseen fall in his bedroom and bloodied himself a bit. Four stitches and and some serious parental sweat later, you’d barely [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ecumenicalism, Gospel on June 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Way to go, mainline evangelicalism!
Seems that the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormon’s are among the few religious groups left who believe their message is exclusively true. In this major study just released by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, most major “Christian” groups (in name, anyway) believe there is more than one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fasting on June 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Please pardon the following unconscionable play on words:
Are you ready for another post about fasting?
Man, have I been away from this topic for a while. I had a stack of commentaries sitting on my desk for more than two months, borrowed from my pastor who for a while was taking in the sights in Israel. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Children's Devotions, Grace on June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just a gram of humor from the mouth of my children, tonight.
My kids have a fairly elaborate bedtime ritual. It involves reading stories, particularly Bible stories, prayer, rocking together in a rocking chair (also called “snuggling” in some circles) and bedtime songs. Bedtime songs are always about Jesus. We go with the standard issue numbers [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Book Reviews, The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, Tim Challies on June 3, 2008 | No Comments »
I suspect that the topic of discernment is one that, while important, is not often examined by Christians. That this is the case is evident when looking at life in our mainline evangelical churches. Anymore, anyone that mentions that name of God or Jesus is considered part of the crowd. Too often, barely any thought [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Preaching, Rickk Warren, Scripture on May 25, 2008 | No Comments »
A: They are both known for surrendering.
I’ve been stewing for the past few days about comments from Rick Warren, recorded recently (I’m not sure where it happened), and posted in audio format by The Way of the Master Radio at Youtube. Literally Warren says that preaching and prayer will not grow a church, a fact [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Friendship with God, Jesus Christ, John 15 on May 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had the chance to hear a friend of mine preach for the first time last night at my church. He has served as a pastor for many years in other churches, tough I have only known him for the last two years or so. He preached in John 15 and I have to say [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged I Am Statements of Christ, John, Quotations on April 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tonight I am teaching my care group about Jesus’ statement in John 14, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me.”
You could come and hear me speak, or you could just read this:
“Follow thou me. I am the way the truth and the life. Without [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Gospel, Romans, Sovereign Grace on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ll never forget meeting a young man in a bookstore coffee shop in Kansas City. My wife and I were on a weekend trip with some friends in a popular shopping plaza, taking a break from all of the walking around. We see this guy reading his Bible, Greek helps out on the table. My [...]
