Archive for July, 2008

On Sleeping In Church
Think On These Things

The Bible has quite a bit to say about the power of our thoughts.  Proverbs 23:7 says, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.”  In Romans 12:2 the apostle Paul goes so far as to say that we are “transformed by the renewing of our minds.” Needless to say, the things we [...]

Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control …

Guest post from Todd Littleton while Paul is away at camp and without Internet access. A few years ago I sent out a weekly email. Inadvertently I left the “o” off of the end of “Hello.” You can imagine my grief when my good friend, and now fellow pastor, Wayne wrote me making fun of [...]

A Week At The Creek

This week we’re taking our kids to our state youth camp at Falls Creek. Sleepless nights and hot days lie ahead. Pray for us if you think about it.

Practical Thoughts On The Trinity

The doctrine of the Trinity can seem so….so….incomprehensible.  This is especially true if you read some of the church debates over the Trinity that took place in the fourth century.  Your head will be sure to spin when you begin to see words like “homoousios” and the like.  Was Jesus of the same substance as [...]

Of Brides and Black Eyes

Some years ago an old high school friend was serving as Youth Minister at a church. Not being there I don’t know all of the details behind the story, but it is a church where I have friends and family, so I heard about it from their perspective. The Youth Minister was leaving the church. [...]

Taylor Goes Electric
The Church – Created For What?

In his book A Community Called Atonement Scot McKnight writes that any theory of atonement should keep the end in mind – what was atonement meant to produce? In answering that question McKnight notes that the atonement was not just meant to produce forgiven people, but that “the work of God is to form a [...]

Picture This

These are a couple of pics I took at our city fireworks show last week. You can see more at my flickr page.

Orgainzed Chaos

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