September 1, 2008
As I write this I am thinking about what I was doing three years ago today. Like memories forged in life’s crucibles, I remember with detailed clarity scurrying around Birmingham, AL gathering supplies from dear Christian friends who like me had been mesmerized by images of a flooded and devastated New Orleans. I [...]
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Gustav & the Kingdom of God
Posted in Church Planting, Community, Kingdom of God on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“…by any other name…”
Posted in Church Planting, Community, Kingdom of God on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the tender tale of doomed lovers, Shakespeare tells the story of Romeo Montegue & Juliet Caplet, children of two warring families in Renaissance Verona. At the opening of act II, scene ii, Juliet declares that names are artificial tools to identify people and that it is not the name or the family “Montegue” that [...]
The 2 Faces of the Gospel
Posted in Church Planting, Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
