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 [...]
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 and I [...]
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 most [...]
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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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?
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 nine years [...]
Yesterday I stumbled upon Brad Ruggles‘ blog post that pointed me to this article by Melissa Etheridge.
Say what you want about Rick Warren.
Say what you want about Melissa Etheridge.
I love, love, love to hear stories about believers demonstrating love instead of hate or condemnation.
Here’s the most quotable piece (emphasis mine):
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I’m really excited (and late!) to let you know that Walid Shoebat will be speaking at our church community, Calvary Chapel of Raleigh, this Sunday.
Shoebat is a former PLO terrorist who God saved and pursued. Now he travels around speaking about the state of the Nation of Israel, and educating the world about the supposedly [...]
Check out this post over at WorshipMatters. It’s pretty funny and very worthwhile.
I especially like #6:
6. Make sure the majority of your songs talk about what we do and feel rather than who God is and what he’s done.
Why clutter up our songs with clear, specific, and compelling descriptions of God’s character and works? Why [...]
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Does this look familiar?
[Video by DesiringGod. ht: VitaminZ]
Check out this great interview between Mark Driscoll and John Piper.
This is not your typical interview where one pastor is giving another pastor a chance to brag or promote something. Mark just asks a ton of open-ended questions about John’s life for the benefit of everyone. And John is very humbly honest. I learned a [...]
I’m starting a new writing series over at the official blog of our church youth group.
Check it out here.
A task that has been on my to-do list for months is to set up a podcast for our church body.
I just know that I’m ten times more likely to listen to a teaching if it’s already on my iPod because iTunes put it there when I sync’d up, and I have a feeling that [...]
Hey Kids,
If you consider yourself to be part of the Calvary Chapel of Raleigh community, and you sit in front of a computer on a regular basis, then you should join the Calvary Chapel of Raleigh facebook group. It’s simple, just click here and join!
What’s that? You don’t have a facebook account? Well take off [...]
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