Mark Driscoll with six minutes on some fundamentals about Jesus. The money quotes: Spirituality without Jesus is Demonology. You cannot — you WILL NOT — connect to God apart from Jesus. Your sin NEEDS to be atoned for. If you disagree with what Mark says here, then I respect that. I respect you, and love you. But [...]
Next weekend, I’ll be in Durham with some of my favorite Bible teachers in the world. I can’t wait! There’s still room to sign up if you want to join me: www.Advance09.com
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I was home sick this Sunday morning, so while the family was at church, I was on the couch watching the church service from Wave Church in Virginia Beach. I had never heard of the church, but happened to click past a very fired-up dude with a cool Australian accent. I was honestly mostly just [...]
I just read this summary of this message, by Russell Moore, titled “The Devil Votes Christian Values: Why We’re Tempted to be Glorified Satanists Rather than Crucified Followers“. I can’t wait to listen to the whole thing. Listen to how he articulates some really powerful truths about how slippery the slope of idolatry can be: [...]
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If the only news you usually get is from CNN or Fox News, you are tragically missing out on what’s going on in the world. There are about 29 million people in Uzbekistan, a country run by a KGB hitman thug. Karimov’s cruelty and lack of respect for his fellow man is mirrored down through [...]
I just came across yet another article about child labor in Uzbekistan*. Here’s how it starts: Despite signing two international treaties and adopting domestic legislation prohibiting the use of child labor, Uzbekistan continued to rely on a “state-orchestrated mass mobilization of children to bring in the 2008 cotton harvest,” a new report has found. By [...]
I’m starting a new writing series over at the official blog of our church youth group. Check it out here.
