Zack on December 6th, 2010

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 [...]

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Zack on September 9th, 2010

In the past few years, my understanding of God and the Bible have changed dramatically. In this 3-minute video, Tim Keller explains what I have been learning: The Bible isn’t about me. or you. It’s about Jesus. The whole thing is about Jesus. It isn’t about what God can do for you. It isn’t about [...]

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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 June 23rd, 2009

Look what came in the mail yesterday! The awesome folks at Crossway and RE:LIT were kind enough to select our dinky little blog here for a free copy of Mark Driscoll’s newest book, Religion Saves – And Nine Other Misconceptions. One condition: I have to review it here and tell you what I think. This [...]

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Zack on May 20th, 2009

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 [...]

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Zack on May 13th, 2009

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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