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Paul addresses the Corinthian church's misuse of theological knowledge, showing how their understanding of Christian freedom regarding food sacrificed to idols was causing division and harm to weaker
Easter Sunday explores the transformative power of Jesus' resurrection through John 20, emphasizing how the risen Christ breaks through death, doubt, and despair. The message centers on resurrection a
Day 13 – Numbers 32-36 & Deuteronomy 1-7 No devotional thought for today as I prepare for my reformation day sermon. Day 14 & 15 – Deuteronomy 8-34 Skipping devotional thoughts for Deuteronomy as we are in the middle of a sermon series on the book. Here our thoughts there!
Unfortunately, this post is going to be controversial. That saddens me. Last year, a study found that most American Christians actually hold heretical (contrary to true doctrine) beliefs. TBN is part of the problem, in my opinion. This past Sunday, in my sermon at Stonebrook, I went on a bit of a tangent and exhorted our […]
Last weekend I gave two seminars at our church associations national conference. I mentioned the first one yesterday, which lays out a biblical view of work and vocation. The second one, posted here, was about our church’s philosophy and theology of worship gatherings. If you are interested in hearing these concepts expanded, we are hosting […]
Reflecting back on 10 years of ministry, this excerpt from the prologue of The Worship Sourcebook resounds with truth to me:
This last week I have run into two resources that have put helpful words to a thought I’ve been trying to communicate: the necessity of community, and especially studied and experienced teachers within that community, and wider connection to good resources outside your community in order to correctly understand the meaning of the Bible. There […]
On Thursday, I spoke at the Great Commission Churches Midwest Faithwalker’s Conference with Dave Bovenmyer on the topic of the importance and right pursuit of theological knowledge. Enjoy, and let me know if you have any questions! (Update: The audio is now posted on their audio page and can be downloaded for listening. Sorry for […]
In 2008, Don Carson, regarded by many as one of the foremost New Testament theologians in the world (and also one of my personal favorites) gave a four part lecture, introducing principles of Biblical Interpretation. This is a “light introductory” course, but I’m pretty sure it will blow your mind if you haven’t had any […]
Check the poster out… I made this flyer for my next Rock message. (in the flyer… “Dangerous Curves” refers to a local “bikini bar”, essentially a strip club where they don’t take ALL their clothes off, thus circumventing many city ordinances.) Next week at The Rock I will be speaking about pornography. Specifically how pornography […]