Zack on January 14th, 2010

I’m 27 years old, and I can’t remember a time in my life that was so simultaneously exciting and uncertain.
(I’m hopeful that some of you will actually read this, so I’ll resist the urge to leave you a 3-page brain dump attempting to fully-qualify that statement. If you want the long version, give me a [...]

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Zack on November 23rd, 2009

Yesterday, I posted the following ‘tweet’ from John Piper:
“The abortion industry kills as many BLACK people every four days as the klan killed in 150 years.”
He was quoting from this article, the meat of which says:
Presently, America’s pregnancy help centers are set up in predominantly white, suburban, and small-town communities. This reflects the demographics of [...]

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Zack on November 9th, 2009

I always love this time of year!
Maybe it’s because I grew up in southern California where there weren’t many trees and they didn’t really look all that cool when they changed, but the Fall in NC always blows me away!
My favorite thing about it is that the leaves aren’t actually becoming another color; the beautiful [...]

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Zack on November 6th, 2009

This is part of a screenshot from this article on the BBC today.
In case you’re on a mobile device or behind an office filter that blocks the picture, the article begins:

Islamists in Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.

I am surprised that the BBC [...]

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Zack on October 13th, 2009

While sitting in my cube this afternoon — twiddling my thumbs and waiting for some processes to catch up with me so I can keep working — I came across this article on the BBC.
That lizard in the photo above: it’s called the “Jesus Christ” lizard.
Seriously.
Why?
Because it can walk on water.

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Zack on October 1st, 2009

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 and go [...]

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Zack on September 29th, 2009

One really good idea that the folks at Mars Hill Church have implemented is a question and answer session after various sermons.
The way it works is that listeners can text questions during the sermon, and someone backstage collects and filters the questions, and then delivers them to the pastor at the end of the sermon [...]

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There’s an article this month on the Desiring God website titled 10 Reasons Why Believing in the Sovereignty of God Matters.
If you consider yourself to be a follower of Jesus, or someone interested in God in any capacity, I highly recommend that you take a minute and go read it.
The idea that God is ’sovereign’ [...]

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Zack on September 10th, 2009

Well, we did it.
When Stephanie told me sometime in early April that she was thinking about running a half-marathon this year, I thought she had good intentions, but I figured she probably didn’t realize what was involved.
Then she ran a couple of short runs and her knees were killing her, so I figured it was [...]

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Zack on August 24th, 2009

You’ve committed your life to Jesus. You know you’re saved.  But when the Rapture comes what’s to become of your loving pets who are left behind?
Who hasn’t asked themselves this question?
I know Stephanie and I have had several heated arguments about this.
I say, “Hey, we all know those crazy people next door wont be going. [...]

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Zack on August 1st, 2009

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 if [...]

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Zack on July 13th, 2009

Well, even though it lasted almost 2 weeks, our vacation has come and gone, and as expected, it flew by!
You can rest assured than an over-abundance of pictures will be posted over the next couple of weeks, but for today, here are a few tidbits from the past week in no particular order…

Vacation with a [...]

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Zack on July 7th, 2009

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 coat wearers, single [...]

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Zack on June 25th, 2009

As I mentioned in the introduction, Religion Saves + And Nine Other Misconceptions addresses the top nine questions submitted and voted on by people around the country.
Each chapter is dedicated to a question and pastor Mark’s answer, and they go in backwards order.
So, chapter one addresses the ninth most popular question:
There’s no doubt the Bible [...]

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Stephanie on June 24th, 2009

For those of you who don’t know…Zack and I are training for the 1/2 marathon in Virginia Beach on September the 6th. That’s 13.1 miles! I know it’s crazy. Right before Zack and I got engaged he ran the 1/2 marathon in 2006. I just kept thinking, wow.. I can totally do this.  Everything in [...]

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