From the monthly archives:

April 2005

Southernizing

April 12, 2005

Yesterday Steve and I drove to Southern Seminary. I haven’t been here in 5 years, so this is bringing back some great memories. While here we’ll be talking with potential church planters for our association, seminary professors, some friends and hopefully some local pastors. Steve’s driving, so pray for us.

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Presbyterian Pastor

April 7, 2005

Tim is one of the guys I have been closest to in my life as a Christian. We were converted around the same time, went to Moody together, and entered the pastorate at the same time (though on opposite ends of the continent). He sent me this picture today showing off the newest addition to [...]

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Future Churches

April 5, 2005

Mark Driscoll writes that churches tomorrow will be much like the churches of yesterday and today. He says, Churches that embrace their traditions over their children will die slow and painful deaths. Churches that embrace cultural relevance over biblical faithfulness will in time become heretics like Hymenaeus. The majority of small and struggling churches will [...]

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The Emerging Church II

April 5, 2005

I want to share another thought on this topic since there was so much conversation on the last post, and a number of you told me that exchange was helpful. I was talking with some friends this morning about the "emerging church" (ec) and explained that neatly categorizing the conversation is more difficult than some [...]

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Mercy vs Sacrifice

April 4, 2005

When Jesus sat to eat a meal with "the worst" of his day – sinners and tax collectors – the religious were upset. They wondered how Jesus could spend time with, and befriend such low-lifes. I get the feeling they rather expected Jesus to stand outside the party holding a picket sign or something. So [...]

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