February 2009

On Repentance

February 28, 2009

Our Theology Matters series continues this weekend at Redeemer and we’re focusing on the doctrine of repentance. Here are some helpful resources for those wanting to dig deeper. We call them “Relevant Reads.” Repentance: The First Word of the Gospel, by Richard Owen Roberts. This is a modern classic – a big daddy on the [...]

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Driscoll on Bible Study

February 23, 2009

Bible Study Magazine has a great story on Mark Driscoll, founder and Preaching pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. The article focuses on Mark’s thoughts on Bible study and it’s worth a read. Mark believes that bible study should not only happen at Mars Hill, but that anywhere people are willing to listen and [...]

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Celebrating Baptism

February 23, 2009

Yesterday I baptized two people at Redeemer. One is a new friend, and the other is my Dad. It was a great time of worship, and like every Sunday – much was made of the grace of God in the gospel of Christ. We wanted to go old school and give each person baptized a [...]

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Subtext & Stetzer

February 20, 2009

The next subtext forum is going down March 12th at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and features Ed Stetzer. You probably know who Ed is, but just in case – here’s the official stuff. Ed Stetzer is the Director of Lifeway Research and Lifeway’s Missiologist in Residence. He has planted churches in New York, Pennsylvania, and [...]

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Friday Photo

February 20, 2009

I just had my cameraphone, but I took a few shots yesterday at lunch. I was trying to catch Steve’s reflection in the table through the peanut shells as he listened to Matt talk about what God is doing at Temple – or something. I wasn’t listening. ;) Steve, Jamie, Ryan, Scott and (new friend) [...]

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You Stink at Evangelism

February 19, 2009

So last night our ministry assistant was sitting in her car in the grocery store parking lot when a man approached the driver’s side window, and knocked. She cautiously opened it a crack and the man threw in a letter and ran away. BOOM! – she just got evangelized! If poorly. I think it’s fair [...]

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My Dad, The Christian

February 16, 2009

I grew up with very loving, supportive parents. I always knew how fortunate I was to have them (except for a couple years in my mid teens when I hated everyone in the world). My dad and I have always been close, and I have fond memories from my childhood of us playing Frisbee, boxing, [...]

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