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 [...]
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 is a lot [...]
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:
Satan does not [...]
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Yesterday I saw this post over at Zack’s blog (yes, another Zack).
It describes an article based on a section of the book Bono In Conversation, where Bono essentially witnesses to an interviewer.
I love this because it’s such a classic scenario, capturing the stereotypes and assumptions that so often blur our communication about the Gospel. This [...]
Steph, the amazing, thoughtful wife that she is, was very creative with my anniversary gift this year:
She checked the chapel schedule at Southeastern and noticed that Mark Driscoll, one of my favorite Bible teachers, would be teaching yesterday.
Several weeks ago, she told me to ask for a half-day today, but wouldn’t tell me why.
Yesterday morning, [...]
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A while back, Mars Hill church did a series called ‘Doctrine‘. The series is 12 or 13 parts, and is designed to give new or young believers an overview of the major foundational beliefs of the Christian faith.
The last teaching in the series is called, “Kingdom: God Reigns“. In it, pastor Mark Driscoll teaches the [...]
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 [...]
Mark Driscoll has a new blog post today called ‘Evangelism’.
…very interesting thoughts from someone I admire very much, but who doesn’t often say much on the topic.
Here’s a particularly interesting and insightful snippet:
Lastly, the fact that Jesus remains to this day an active evangelist is of great encouragement to me personally. It means that children [...]
Well, I think I’ve held out long enough…
Do you do this thing every year at Christmas time?
See, I LOVE Christmas music, but I also get bored with it fairly quickly… not like 10 days quickly, but if I start listening on like November first (like some of the radio stations), then I’m usually all done [...]
John Piper talks about the supremacy of Christ.
This is the message I want to spend the rest of my life communicating in every way that I can.
I daily beg Jesus to pay off our debts and give me a job where I can spend all day, every day proclaiming this message:
(ht: Zack)
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This is an album that I have loved for a while, by one of my favorite artists. The song “A King and a Kingdom” has some of the best song-writing I’ve ever heard (and so pertinent today):
“There are two great lies that I’ve heard, ‘The day you eat the fruit of that tree you will [...]
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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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Last night, I spent a couple of hours working on our son’s nursery. Afterwards, as I drove to the house where Steph and I are house sitting, I envisioned what the end product will be like, and I thought of the day when we’ll bring him home and enter the nursery and I’ll say, “Welcome [...]
