I am looking to sign up for a few more periodicals, but thought I would get some recommendations from my readers. From The Founders Journal to Fast Company there is some great stuff out there for the thoughtful Christian engaged in ministry. So, here’s the question: if you could only get three periodicals (magazines, journals, [...]
Some people from Redeemer went to a local benefit in which one of our worship leaders played with different musicians on a few different sets. It was held in the classic Arcada Theater - where my Dad took me to see many movies as a kid. The show was great. You can see a few [...]
Ed Stetzer offers some good commentary on the recently released stats on our denomination’s apparent decline. His are good words of warning and encouragement, and I hope people are listening. Chris Elrod has uploaded a great conversation with Ed to youtube. It’s all worth your time. Check out Ed’s post, and the conversation at Chris’s [...]
I found out today that Founders Ministries is now giving away their conference audio for free. My first Founders Conference was in 1995 and I came away being very encouraged by the doctrinal preaching and the gathering of men who sang great hymns with real conviction. What you’ve been hearing about T4G is what many [...]
So, I am working on Philippians 2:6-11 for our upcoming worship gathering. In my sermon prep throughout the week, and again after the studying is complete, I typically ask myself a number of questions. These questions help to clarify and correct my preaching even before I stand up on Sunday.
1. Does this message exalt the [...]
Yeah, I know you’re disappointed and surprised. At least I am watching it online at WCSN.com this morning. How can you not love a race that is based on the last day of Pheidippides, the famous Athenian herald. In 490 BC he was sent “from the battlefield by the town of Marathon to Athens [...]
Today we are having a birthday party for our kids Katherine (turning 7) and Elias (just turned 4). It’s a Pirates and Princesses theme. We’ve never done anything like this before, and though this is very small scale, it’s a busy day finishing up prep. So I woke up early ready to hit the streets [...]
A few things. Here’s a photo I took while walking around Louisville this week. The T4G conference was great, and I have a lot of thoughts. Not much time to blog this weekend, so maybe I’ll share some of it next week. About blogging… While at the conference many of your were kind enough to [...]
Two years ago I brought some men from church to the first Together for the Gospel conference in Louisville, KY. We had a great time and the conference was truly beneficial. This year four of us are heading out, and we are excited about opportunities to fellowship with other believers, hear some challenging words and [...]
I had to switch things up and take Friday as my day off this week. Man, I need it. The family needs it. So today we’re just hanging out together. We woke up and went out to one of our favorite places for breakfast. Later tonight - date night!