Below is a ‘commercial’ of sorts for a church in Texas. I don’t know much about the church, but I love the way they start this: “Before we tell you who we ARE, let us tell you who we WERE.” This is the story of every honest follower of Jesus.
You’ve seen me write a handful of posts (like this one) about Francis Chan over the past couple of years. His podcasts and books – Crazy Love in particular – have been a huge blessing to me. You may or may not know that a few months ago he walked away from his church. No [...]
Our church body did 6,566 hours of community service. Last year week. Seriously. Check it: ServeRDU from The Summit Church on Vimeo. (Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE our church?)
Derek Webb is one of the best musicians that you’ve probably never heard of. He has a niche of followers who love his music and wrestle with his message, but I’ll bet that if you’re over 25 and reading this, then the name is new to you. If that’s the case, do yourself a favor [...]
A few weeks back, I shared my excitement about a new book, Religions Saves, and Nine Other Misconceptions. I wrote a few posts since then, talking about individual chapters (1 and 2), but today I’m excited to be on the official blog tour. So, here’s my overall review of the book (and please forgive me [...]
Most of my recent experience as a follower of Jesus has been learning about the Church: what it is, is not, should be, and eventually will be. I have worked to get a church started, worked to get a church established, worked with pay and without pay… And this is still a topic that Steph [...]
I had a great time hearing all your thoughts on the birth control discussion last week! Now it’s time to move on to chapter 2 of Religion Saves – And Nine Other Misconceptions. In this chapter, pastor Mark Driscoll tackles the 8th most popular question: Why do you make jokes about Mormon missionaries, homosexuals, trench [...]
