
There are lots of joys of being a dad. There is something that is unexplainable when my daughter shows her reliance on me. Recently my daughter woke up from her nap in a very different way. She usually cries when she wakes up but this time she had a bit of angst in her cry. [...]
What if the Church could be the answer to Jesus’ Prayer? We pray to Jesus asking Him to answer our prayers - what if we became the answer to His? In John 17:20-24, He prayed that we would be one, and One Prayer is an opportunity to see what can be accomplished when the Church works [...]
Why is there a common misconception that you have to clean up your life before you can go to church? Most likely because the church has lost the essential essence of what it means to be the church. Read what Jesus said when the Pharisees tested Jesus on God’s commandments: Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord [...]
I just recently attended Innovate Church conference at Thomas Road Baptist Church and it was incredible. If you are a church planter, pastor, youth pastor or leader you need to go next year. But don’t worry you can watch all the main sessions on the Innovate website. During one of the breakout sessions about church [...]
That last statistic that game from the Barna Group told us that on average 3500-4500 churches are closing their doors each year. We are on the forefront of becoming a post Christian country and I fear that our churches are oblivious to our own death. Although there are many signs of a dying church I [...]
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Posted on 12 June 2009
I love God sized goals! There is no way the the ARC (Assocation of Related Churches) will complete their hefty goal unless God is the central focus of what they are doing. I believe that God is very much a huge part of what they are doing to plant 2000 churches by 2020. Do you [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 June 2009
Can you believe this sign? I want to hear peoples thoughts on this sign. This reminded me of an article that I wrote on my blog previously click. Some of me thinks that this is a joke and that a church would never post this in their parking lot. But the other side of people [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 28 April 2009
Mark Driscoll the senior pastor from Mars Hill Church, Seattle, wrote a book entitled “Porn Again Christian.” Mark addresses what is tearing down Christian and non-Christian men across the world. One of the great things that Mark did was he made this book available online. You don’t have to purchase this book so what are [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 April 2009
My Daughter, only 17 months old, already has a literal security blanket. I finished the classic Go Dogs Go and as I stood up from the rocking chair I could already since the uneasiness from my daughter. As I went to lay her down she really started to kick and fuss, not realizing why she [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 April 2009
If you are thinking about planting a church or if would like to see if you might have what it takes to plant a church. Ask yourself these questions: 1. Is my primary motivation for considering church planting a positive one (such as the glory of God and the salvation of people) and not dissatisfaction with [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 April 2009
Article from an old friend, Travis Davenport. Travis and a team of warriors are starting a new church in Ohio 2010. I look forward to Covenant Church and everything that God is going to do in Grove City. Go get em Covenant! Recently I saw an article published by Newsweek saying that we are pretty much [...] Continue Reading