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A New Church Planting Network

I just found this new Church Planting Network. I don't know much about it beyond the fact that it is distinctly Baptistic, but you can check out their blog and…

Children of the Digital Age

Everyone is reporting on it and for good reason: The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a researched report revealing that children between the ages of 8 and 18 spend, on…

Remembering Dad

There are a lot of ways in which I am nothing like my father. For example he possessed a brilliant mind when it came to math and science. He loved…

Studies on the Danger of Porn

10 Dec 200910 Dec 2009

Ed Stetzer reported the findings of a new study on the dangers of pornography. The study looks exteremely important and the research looks terrifying if true (and I believe it…

Mark Driscoll’s Six Sermon Framing Questions

8 Dec 20098 Dec 2009

Here's my outline of Driscoll's lecture on the six questions he asks to help frame every sermon he prepares. Good helps. The Biblical Question --> What do the Scriptures say?…

Remember Jesus: A Meditation on 2 Timothy 2:8

4 Dec 20094 Dec 2009

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel. (2 Timothy 2:8) This is Paul’s last letter. He is in prison and preparing…

The Danger of Worship, Part III: Worship As Sanctification

1 Dec 20094 Dec 2009

The fundamenatl question of the Christian life has to be, "how can I be more like Jesus?" It's a simple question, but one that we struggle so much with to…

The Danger of Worship, Part II: We Become Like What We Worship

Worship transforms us. What's particularly amazing about how worship transforms us, however, is that we become like what we worship. That is to say, we take on the likeness and…

The Danger of Worship, Part I: Introduction

23 Nov 200924 Nov 2009

I was captivated recently by the reality of how dangerous and transforming worship is. When worship is of the right things we are dramatically changed for the better. When worship…

Communities of Grace, part 4

20 Nov 200920 Nov 2009

Grace is usually easier to see from a far than is ungrace, which can be subtle until you are in the midst of it, but there are some specific trends that…