I have heard many leaders from the emerging church movement,including Rob Bell and Brian Mclaren, consistently reference the “way of Jesus,” which to the careful ear ends up being an emotion driven attempt at replicating the be-attitudes for the good of the world. I want to believe these men are sincere in their desire to… [Read more…]
October 25, 2009
“Our faith is a person; the gospel that we have to preach is a person; and go wherever we may, we have something solid and tangible to preach, for our gospel is a person. If you had asked the twelve Apostles in their day, ‘What do you believe in?’ they would not have stopped to… [Read more…]
October 24, 2009
Excerpts from Tim Keller’s Sermon, “What constitutes Gospel-Centered Ministry” In his message, Keller presented the following: * Jesus is the true and better Adam, who passed the test in the garden and whose obedience is imputed to us. * Jesus is the true and better Abel, who, though innocently slain, has blood now that cries… [Read more…]
October 24, 2009
This is a must read from Jared Wilson, author of “Your Jesus is too Safe“, http://gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com/2009/09/rant-rob-bell-and-evangel-less.html
October 12, 2009
If you are honest, then you would say yes, I agree with the title to this post…and if you are content on lying, then so be it, that again is displaying the need to look better than the rest. It is amazing to me how easily we can slip in to this, even as those… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
televangelist more about “Evangelical Foolishness Being Made Fu…“, posted with vodpod
October 9, 2009
Recently I did and interview with Mark Lamprecht about Renovation Church, and what the future is shaping up to look like. Here is the transcript: The name Leonce Crump, Jr. may be familiar to some as All-American Oklahoma Sooner wrestler, Sooner defensive tackle or professional football player for the New Orleans Saints. Today, Crump can… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
1. How is Christ glorified? 2. How can Christ be glorified in me? 3. Why do I resist this truth? 4. How does this stir my affections for Jesus? 5. What’s the gospel promise to have joy in? I presented these to the Renovation Church gospel community as a help in reading and understanding scripture.… [Read more…]
October 1, 2009
My two year old daughter was worried about me…worried about a cut I had on my hand that I was bandaging up. She cried looking at it, and said, “you ok daddy…you ok?” It was one of the sweetest moments we have shared in her short life. My response to her was, “daddies invincible see…all… [Read more…]
October 28, 2009
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