Five Myths About Hell: #2

August 10, 2010
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Last year Ed Stetzer showed us that most people today aren’t concerned about the afterlife. They aren’t asking the question earlier generations used to ask, “Where will I go when I die?” But that doesn’t make the reality of our immortality and the eternal state any less important. In fact that culture shift makes developing a [...]

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Sermon Notes

August 9, 2010
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Earlier this year I started posting photos of some of my “sermon sketches” on twitter. These are a more graphic breakdown of my sermon notes that help cement my outline in my head. This has led to a number of people asking about my method of preparation and if I preach from those sketches. Concerning [...]

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Five Myths About Hell: #1

August 9, 2010
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Over the years I have encountered a number of myths about hell attached to people’s theology. Some are taken more seriously than others, but they are all active myths that bear bad fruit in people’s lives. This is a brief, five part corrective. Myth #1: Hell is a Place Where Satan Reigns Many people think [...]

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iPhoneography

August 8, 2010
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Today before our worship gathering I went to my favorite coffee house to look over my sermon notes and pray. Click the photo for a larger version.

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Idle Conversation

August 5, 2010
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I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the words I use and the conversations I have. It turns out that it is easy for me (sometimes too easy) to talk about pet peeves, politics or pop culture. Those comfortable conversations can begin to take up a lot of word-space, leaving little room for words [...]

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Christ’s Descent

August 4, 2010
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As we work our way through the Apostles’ Creed at Redeemer Fellowship people have been eager to hear an explanation of the phrase, “He descended into hell.” I’m not going into detail here on the blog concerning what I don’t believe this means. Listen in on Sunday for more detail there. I will say that [...]

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iPhoneography

August 3, 2010
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I don’t make much time for pulling out my Nikon D70s these days, but I always have my iPhone so it has become my default camera. it takes decent photos and I do all the post processing and editing right on the phone. It’s fun. This was taken after church when my family was hanging [...]

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