Today, I want to talk about commitment and the importance of choosing God moment by moment. We live in a non-committal culture. I believe we have become a non-committal people esp. in this country because we live in an age of seemingly endless options and choices. I worship the god of K.O.O. Keep Options Open. […]
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Five Tips for Church Planters Part Two – Personal
As part of the NAMB Send LA team, check out my blog post. 1) Be salty. Evangelism is not something you can preach about once a year. Evangelism should never be relegated to a particular committee or team. It has to be central. The Great Commission was Jesus’ marching orders for the church. Being salt […]
Matt 21, 23 – Deceived by a Figless Fig Tree (pt2 of 3)
How does Jesus respond to this kind of spiritual leadership? 8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. There are no masters and disciples among us. We’re all brothers and sisters. There is only one Master and his name is Jesus Christ. Same […]
Matthew 19-20 – Union with Christ (pt2 of 3)
So the million dollar question is, what’s the big deal about marriage? Why not settle for sappy, syrupy emotion if in the end there is no marriage in heaven? What’s the big deal if marriages end because all marriages will end in heaven? Marriage is a big deal because marriage is a pointer to Christ […]
Three-Part Series on Vision 2013 – Love Neighbor (pt3 of 3)
Love for neighbor is when you love others practically the same way you love yourself. Put yourself in the shoes of this half dead man. What if that was you? You were traveling and out of nowhere you got mugged, beaten up and that was you bleeding on the side of the road. How would […]
Incarnation: Longing to See Jesus (pt1 of 3)
Today is part 2 of our Christmas series. I am going to follow up on the theme of the incarnation that I introduced briefly last week. But today as we wrap up the new year, it’s also going to be part reflection, part confession, part hope for how things might be different in the new […]