// Pastor Joe Thorn

God has blessed us with our third child, Madeline Ember. She was born at 3:06pm on 5/16, weighs 5.4 lbs and is 18″ long. Thanks so much to everyone who was praying for us.

Most of you know I am in the hospital right now with Jen, who is getting ready to deliver our third child. Yeah baby! If you think of it, please pray for Jen and the baby girl about to be born (hopefully before 3pm so I can win the bet made with Jen).

Early on Friday morning I am taking Jen to the hospital so our doctor can induce labor. She is a few weeks early, but there are complications that make this necessary. All of Jen’s pregnancies are “high-risk” (I wont go into it), but we have great docs and a sovereign God. We would appreciate your [...]

An Evangelical Manifesto: A Declaration of Evangelical Identity and Public Commitment was officially released today. This is a document that seeks to clarify what it means to be an evangelical and how we should engage culture and politics. I like it a lot, but have only read it through once.
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I am preaching on Philippians 2:12, 13 this weekend on “Learning Obedience.” Preaching on obedience is tricky. If all I do is call people to keep the law (obey) it will only result in pride or despair. Pride for those who only superficially examine their lives and see themselves as good performers, and despair for [...]

If you are going to the SBC in Indy this year you should consider hitting the Missional Network Discussion Panel and Dinner. It’s at Buca di Beppo, so while I think the gathering will be good - I know for a fact that the food will be great. Here’s the scoop:
Missional Network Discussion Panel [...]