From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Do not…

August 29, 2007

Came across this today while reading for my upcoming sermon… If you have wealth, do not glory in it, nor in friends because they are powerful, but in God Who gives all things and Who desires above all to give Himself. Do not boast of personal stature or of physical beauty, qualities which are marred [...]

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Thoughts on Pride

August 29, 2007

Andrew Fuller said that there is nothing in personal holiness that makes us more like Jesus than humility, and there is nothing in sin that makes us more like Satan than pride. The bible says pride always precedes disgrace and destruction. God hates pride. The sin of pride is believed by many theologians to be [...]

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Repentance is not enough

August 24, 2007

It is not only repentance toward God but faith in our Lord Jesus Christ that is required for the pardoning and purging of sin, for destroying sin and saving you. Repentance is not enough, for righteousness is not by repentance, but by faith (Phil 3.9). Prayers and tears, sighs and sorrows are not our saviour; [...]

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Making Disciples

August 23, 2007

As we are developing ministries for our new church in the Chicago suburbs we are starting from scratch. From leadership development, to worship, to mercy ministries, to discipleship we are not buying pre-packaged material or simply using someone else’s system. There are a lot of reasons for this that I will get into later, but [...]

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Blogging Again

August 22, 2007

After a month and a half break I am coming back to blogging. No big story here, I said I’d be back when I announced the hiatus. But the short time away has helped me to figure out a better way to blog. In short, I will be blogging primarily on those things I believe [...]

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Records.

August 1, 2007

During my blogging hiatus I have been running. 4/5 days a week for the past 65 days. It started with runs around the block – that was all I could do. Now each run is at least 3.1 miles. I have not taken care of my physical body very well for the past 13 years, [...]

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