Zack on December 23rd, 2010

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Zack on July 24th, 2009

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 [...]

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Zack on July 22nd, 2009

You’ve seen Lecrae pop up on this blog a few times now (like here). He’s been around for a while, but for years, I used to walk right past his albums at the christian bookstore. I can’t really explain why…  I just looked at the album covers and assumed the music would be cheesy, like [...]

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Zack on May 8th, 2009

I listened to this sermon by pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church this morning. I highly commend it to anyone who considers themself — or desires to be — a ‘leader’ of any kind of ministry.

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Zack on April 10th, 2009

If I get to church Sunday and all we do is worship through these songs, I think that’ll be time very well spent… What’s missing?

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Zack on January 16th, 2009

No, this isn’t an announcement that our church body will be partnering with Hooters, but I think it’s pretty cool that this church body did. Here’s an excerpt: The Houston church’s connection to Hooters — a restaurant chain whose signature is waitresses in skimpy orange shorts and tight tank tops — goes back more than [...]

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