This week at church, the pastor taught on Philippians 3:1-3. In verses 2 & 3 Paul lays out a contrast to help us recognize the difference between having a relationship with Jesus that is focus on yourself, and having a relationship that is focused on Jesus. Here are the notes I jotted down from the…
Month: February 2011
Like Father, Like Son
A few days ago, we were going out to buy a pie for my 11 year old sons birthday. On our way there, my younger son, Micah, asked me what my favorite pie was. I told him that my favorite pie was Boston cream pie. A day or two later, the boys were eating some…
Jesus Would Go to a Gay Bar
I recently attended a New Breed event where we discussed biblical, missional, radical church planting. Even though everyone in the room were Christians that are feeling the call of God to plant new churches (or at least to be used by God to help spread the gospel) I still think many of the attendees were…
Book Review: “Forgotten God” by Francis Chan
I read a book by Francis Chan over the last couple days titled “Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit”, and it was pretty thought provoking for me. It’s really easy for me to forget about the Holy Spirit being an actual person in the trinity and to just think about him…