The Hope and Purpose of Weakness.

Scribbled in my journal during a very dark time in life last year.  God taught me much through this lesson and I wanted to share. “If I were to be honest, no matter how much I claim to want my own sanctification, and to be more like Christ, the Holy Spirit is revealing in my [...]

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Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl: Tickets, Please.

This week on ze-blog, I’m blogging exerpts of N.D. Wilson’s Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl. In the chapter Tickets, Please he works through humanities never-ending search for the meaning of life and offers the reader the most delicious dishes of philosophy I’ve ever eaten before.  Wilson is no philosophy rookie, but is able to bring it way down [...]

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Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl: Welcome

This past week, Stephanie and I were on vacation, and being in midst of what is shaping up to be another chaotic semester at school,  I took this opportunity to read something non-school related.  N.D. Wilson’s Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl:Wide-eyed Wonder in God’s Spoken World has been on my list for quite some time, so I [...]

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Tuesday Mashup

Mashup: a file, video, book, or genre that consists of various parts joined together to make a whole. I’m gonna dedicate Tuesday’s blog to a mashup of articles, recipes, music, or anything that has recently come across my radar.  So, here we go… “Are Evangelicals Dangerous?” – An article written by Al Mohler for CNN’s [...]

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Grieving and Gratitude: How to Biblically process the death of Osama bin Laden.

With all the emotions flying over last night’s news regarding the death of Osama bin Laden, it’s important for us as believers to think through our reactions to this news.    Below is an excerpt from Justin Taylor’s blog, that emphasizes how we should respond with both gratitude and grief.   Grief, because two days ago on [...]

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Affairs last forever

Our pastor , JD Greear, has carried us through Proverbs this summer in an incredible series called ‘Still Standing’. A couple of weeks ago he spoke on the immorality and adultery from Proverbs 7, emphasizing this verse:“Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths. For many a victim [...]

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What’s your number?

What’s your number? So often, within various sectors of Christian life, whether it be church ministry, bible college, or small groups, all of us have a tendency to loose sight of what’s actually important. Numbers have been on my heart recently, but in a very different way than normal. Let’s just be honest, Christians LOVE [...]

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Reflections on leaving youth ministry

I’ve thought a long time about how to write on this subject, and as many of you who have transitioned through ministries before you know that it is a difficult thing to explain to those around you. So in this post I will be explaining why I’m moving out of youth ministry, what God has [...]

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A factory of Idols

“The human heart is a factory of idols. It’s not that we want something, it’s that we want it too much.” – John Calvin Want to know the purpose of your life? Yearn to learn the destiny that you were created for, even before you were born?Here it is, three simple, yet mind blowing realities [...]

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The truth about…SIN

If I’m completely honest, I hate excuses. I hate when others use them, and I hate especially when Iuse them. Funny how we have difficulty accepting excuses from others, but yet ours are always valid. What’s been on my mind lately is the myriad of excuses we make for sin that lingers in, no, permeates [...]

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