Blog - 02/2008

Have you ever had that really uncomfortable and convicting sense after watching a movie?  You think, “Uh, that one might’ve been a mistake” or “I’m not so sure I should’ve watched that...”

I’ve been there many times in my life.

Over the years I hope by God’s grace these moments happen less and less frequently. I’ve heard many questions from people on how to discern what…

We want to hear your stories about how you’ve tried to take the gospel to people around you (and send you a book in return) so we thought we’d share a story ourselves. This is the story of Sarah Young, a girl in our church whose family shared the gospel with someone in a compelling way. Sarah’s family is a great example of…

More ways we glorify God by Thomas Watson.

11.  “We glorify god by contending for the truth.”

This is a great thought to consider in our pluralistic culture. It is an even greater challenge because of our call to love those we disagree with and to communicate with humility. If you have not listened to Mark Dever’s message from last year check it out.

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Learn from my mistake this week.

I was talking to a friend this week about the presidential election and pro’s and con’s of each candidate (I love politics) and who I was going to vote for. At one point in the conversation I made the comment that one of the candidates was a jerk.

I left the conversation, went on to something else. But the Holy…

Scripture is so great.

I was studying the passage in Luke where Jesus is talking to the disciples about picking up their cross daily and following him (Luke 9:18-27.) But it is so easy to gloss over statements like this. It’s so easy for a passage like this to lose its meaning.

When I have read this passage in the past I’ve take Jesus statement, “If…

So for those who don’t know.  I want to introduce you to the Creative Team or the CT for short.  You may not know this but it takes a small army to pull off a conference like New Attitude and these are the people I serve with to make it happen.  One of the highlights for me personally in leading New Attitude is hanging out with these people.  They have…

Some book recommendations if you want them:

_Genesis: A Commentary by Bruce Waltke is brilliant. I have never seen Genesis as such a brilliant piece of writing until now. Waltke does an amazing job of brining out Moses’ original intent in this amazing book and has some very interesting things to say about Creation itself.

_A…

Hey all, just noticed the date and that you have one more week to catch the cheaper rate for registration.  If you’re planning on coming to the conference and just haven’t had time to register, now is your chance. You get a great price for the conference and we get more time to know you’re coming (which really serves the team in preparing for you). 

So in other…

Make sure you ask questions. They are really important in all types of relationships.

In other words, assume nothing in communication.  Here’s a story about why asking questions is important:

My family and I were sitting around the kitchen table eating dinner.  I asked my kids the question, “So who do you want to marry and why?”

This is a question I regularly ask…

I want to point your attention to something Thabiti said in his article:

“Here we learn that bitterness is blindness. First, the bitter person can not see that our fellow man is made in God¹s likeness. Instead, the bitter person thinks of others as opponents to be conquered, enemies to be attacked, threats to be neutralized, or weaklings to be trampled. Second, bitter people lose sight of the…

So one of the CT members (Andrew Garfield) decided he wanted a mullet.  I don’t know what your perspective on the mullet is but I would love to know.

Are you pro-mullet or anti-mullet.

Take a look at Andrew’s attempt.  I would especially like to know what the girls think since Andrew is a godly single guy it may help to know what you think. Read More...