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Mark Driscoll Hangs Out With Rick Warren
I was absolutely blessed and encouraged by watching this Google+ Hangout exchange between Pastor Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church – Seattle) and Pastor Rick Warren (Saddleback Church – Almost the...
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Link Friday!
What a great way to start! The Gospel explained very, very well: 5 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done - I should probably get this blogpost tattooed to my chest. John Piper, “The...
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RC Sproul on Predestination
I’ll admit it — I have a man-crush on RC Sproul. What an awesome teacher! Last week RC took on a favourite hot-topic among Christians – predestination. Every time I have an Ask The Pastor night this...
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Inner Strength
I know that video has been around for a while, but it still amazes me how amazing God made people. And this video is only scratching the surface — consider the intellectual, artistic and psychological...
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The Doctrine of the Trinity
I love Wednesday nights at the church because we have been doing an “Ask The Pastor” time where people come and ask questions about life, church, theology, and everything else. Sometimes it feels...
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Grafting Dead Branches on a Fruit Salad Tree
This is a fruit salad tree… or at least it would be if it wasn’t a total Photoshop job. Can you imagine this? Apparently God can. I started today confused. How can God’s love mankind what at the same...
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Project: "Always & Everything"
Come over and check out the Project: “Always & Everything” page today where you are invited to submit ways that you proactively meet God in your daily life so others will be inspired to do the...
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Own Your "Why?"– A Christian Response to Halloween
Own Your “Why?” Some time ago I came up with a phrase that I try to live by and give away as much as possible — “Own your ‘Why?'” What it means is that when you do something (anything), make sure...
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Own Your "Why?"– How to Make Wise Decisions
Halloween Costumes (Photo credit: Transguyjay) I preached this sermon on Sunday, October 31 2010 as a way to help the congregation process Halloween, but it grew into something much bigger. It became a...
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We All Need A Good Church
I just paused my sermon prep for a moment so I could post this to the blog. I’m currently writing a sermon on The Powerful Witness of Unity in the Church and remembered that I had written in a Facebook...
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Why I am Reformed
The above video spurred me to write this entry. It touched me deeply and reminded me of who God is creating me to be, where I have come from, and why I do what I do the way I do it. It is beautifully...
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From Shrove Tuesday to Mardi Gras
My nephew was asked to put together a report on Mardi Gras which reminded me of a reflection piece I had written that might be of help to him, and hopefully you too. Throwing the Baby Out With the Bath...
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Church Attendance: Getting The Most out of Sunday Service (Part 1) – The Four...
Attending Church is one of the Four Core Christian Disciplines, but some believers are not in the habit of attending church on a consistent basis — or, hop from church to church seeking to find the...
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Church Attendance: Getting the Most out of Sunday Service (Part 2) – The Four...
Sunday morning isn’t the sum of the Christian faith experience, but it can be a conduit, a beginning to it, if we take the time and effort to prepare ourselves and be ready for what God wants for us...
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What is a “Good Church”? (Part 3 – Inspired Worship)
https://artofthechristianninja.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/7-burning-questions-what-is-a-good-church-3.mp3 We’re currently in the middle of a mini-series-within-a-series called “What is a Good Church?”...
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A Woe to the Greedy & Warning about Debt
https://artofthechristianninja.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/5-woe-1-greed.mp3 Changing Sin Confronting people’s sin isn’t very popular these days. More and more the world is handing out excuses rather...
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Woe to the Self Secure: You are Not as Safe as You Think
https://artofthechristianninja.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/6-woe-2-self-security.mp3 Parable of the Rich Fool Let’s begin today by reading “The Parable of the Rich Fool”: “Someone in the crowd said to...
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Woe to the God-Makers (Why People Think They Can Get Away with Anything)
https://artofthechristianninja.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/8-woe-5-idolatry.mp3 Review We’re currently on week 8 of our 3 week series on the Old Testament book of Habakkuk, and this week we’re...
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Why We Don’t Pray More (and How to Start!)
https://artofthechristianninja.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/9-intro-to-prayer.mp3 Most of you who have been here for the whole series knows that the book of Habakkuk is essentially a prayer...
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Ashamed to Be a Christian?
Audio: https://artofthechristianninja.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/easter-2-worship-requires-sacrifice.mp3 Text: We’re about to enter into a time historically known as “Passion Week”, starting on Palm...
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