06 Mar 2009 Comments Off

Sinners & Saints

This weekend I am preaching on “Sinners and Saints” (the Christian as Sinner/Saint). As a part of my sermon prep (at the end of my process) I went back through a classic that everyone should own. One that I picked up back in ‘95 that was immensely helpful for me. Thomas Boston’s Human Nature in [...]

19 Feb 2009 18

You Stink at Evangelism

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 to [...]

16 Feb 2009 42

My Dad, The Christian

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, [...]