I love the rain, it’s refreshing, it brings life. But today is just too much. Many of the streets around my house have flooded. It’s crazy. Saturday it snowed like a maniac and then yesterday it rained snowed rained in that order and it hasn’t stopped raining. So all that snow and all that rainContinue reading “it’s raining”
Category Archives: Preaching
Argh – Technology
So today I preached at Creekside and man was it good. I guess it was too good for our recording system because something didn’t work right. :o)In all seriousness It was a good time, I think preaching is best when the preacher is having fun, and I was having a great time and I heardContinue reading “Argh – Technology”
Greek Helps
I was turned on to this from Jonathan Herron’s Blog Re:Greek is a biblical Greek Tool that is free and brought to us out of Re:Surgence and Mars Hill. Pretty Stinking sweet, clean and simple interface. If you are a pastor and you want a easy to use tool for Greek Study this is aContinue reading “Greek Helps”
Thoughts on Critics
I am taking a little break from sermon prep for my next Sunday Morning opportunity. Part of the sermon is talking about Jesus’ response to the Pharisees’ question about paying taxes to Caesar. I love the fact that Jesus doesn’t play their games. He doesn’t allow himself to come down to the the level ofContinue reading “Thoughts on Critics”
Everyday Heroes
So tonight we are talking about everyday heroes – serving the least of these. And the point is that Jesus commanded us to serve people and how do we do that. This is huge for the church because people want to see us change the world. They have seen how the church votes politically, howContinue reading “Everyday Heroes”
New Series and stuff
Hey Everybody, last thursday we started a new series called Everyday Heroes. We looked at 1 Timothy 4.12 (one of my life verses) and we talked about setting the example as the first step to being an everyday hero. You can download it here. It was good times. Hey while you are downloading stuff checkContinue reading “New Series and stuff”
everyday heroes series
I am really excited about the everyday heroes series. We are starting this thursday at >>beyond>> We are starting with one of my life verses. I’m always excited when I get to Talk about 1 Timothy 4.12. So that’s where we are going to be this week. I am really praying that we can startContinue reading “everyday heroes series”
Last week of the Masks Series
This Thursday is the last in our Masks serious. The whole thing has been about trying to live authentic lives, and thus to take off our masks. This Thursday we are going to talk about “Blessed are the Uncool.” The title is borrowed from a book called “Blessed are the Uncool.” We are going toContinue reading “Last week of the Masks Series”
Seven Woes
Rob Bell at Mars Hill in Grand Rapids is currently going through the seven woes from Jesus. Last week (September 9th) particularly encouraged me. Great Stuff from Rob as always. You can download it here.
Planning ahead for October.
I just started prepping the first sermon for our series in October. the series is called masks. The whole point is to try to take off our masks and live authentic Christ honoring lives. As I was writing my heart broke as I was listing out some reasons that people wear masks. I think theContinue reading “Planning ahead for October.”