Last week at the National New Church Conference the Reverand Tim Keller spoke. He is the senior minister for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, NYC. In his address he highlighted a wonderful point from the book of Galatians.
In chapter one of Galatians the apostle Paul greets his readers with his familiar, “grace and peace to [...]
Archive for April, 2008
The 2 Faces of the Gospel
Posted in Church Planting, Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bush or Garden: a Question of Scope
Posted in Church Planting on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While at the National New Church Conference last week one of the speakers (I don’t remember which one) told the story of George Whitefield, the Great Awakening preacher who traveled in Great Britian & in the United States preaching & drawing huge crowds. Whitefield was contemporary with John Wesley, another great preacher of the time [...]
National New Church Conference
Posted in Travels on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We just got back last night from Orlando, FL after 4 days at the National New Church Conference. We are exhausted & invigorated. There is nothing like joining the largest gathering of church planting people in the country (probably world). As big & broad as it is, every expression, theology or strategy is expoused by [...]
Basic Cremation
Posted in Observations on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While driving today, my wife noticed a sign on a local cremation service that read, “Basic Cremation $895″. What followed was a erratic conversation about the differences between basic cremation and delux cremation.
What does delux cremation get you? Does it increase the temperature with which you are cremated? Perhaps they play some nice funeral music [...]
