Great Communion was Great!

The Great Communion service at Harrison High School was everything I hoped it would be. The attendance was great. We had between 550 and 600 people in the school auditorium. All four churches (ours, West Lafayette Christian, Crossroads Christian, and First Christian) were well represented in the crowd of worshipers. There was excitement in the [...]

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WHO?

Last week I started a new sermon series that our LIFE Groups would also be following. The series is called WHO?
The idea is that there are certain relationships that all of us need in order to run the race and cross the finish line. I once heard a good friend of mine say this in [...]

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Giving Up?

Well, I’ve thought many times that I should just shut down this blog. I don’t ever update it (my last post was June 2). But someone sent me a message suggesting I need to update. So, here I am. No promises that I will stick around though.
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I’m learning more and more that preaching is not [...]

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The Minimally Decent Samaritan

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works… ~ Eph. 2:10
I am a huge Seinfeld fan.  In the final two episodes ever created Jerry and the gang find themselves in pretty hot water.  While taking a trip to Paris their private jet makes an emergency landing in Lathan, Massachusetts for [...]

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Being Saved

For Paul salvation is not just a one time event. It is not just something that happened in the past. Paul has no problem speaking of salvation as an ongoing event. There are times when he speaks of salvation as something we continually experience in our lives. We are not just [...]

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Can’t Hide Anymore

I’ve discovered that as a youth, campus, associate, or worship minister you can have many nontraditional beliefs, and yet be able to keep them to yourself.  Once you become the preacher there is no more hiding.  It is a little more difficult to keep some of your more “radical” views and beliefs to yourself.  Since [...]

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Messed Up By The Gospel

At Pepperdine I attended a class taught by Thomas Fitzpatrick.  He is the campus minister on Pepperdine’s campus.  His class title intrigued me  – Illegal Aliens, Bottled Water, Nike Shoes, and Everything Else I Now Question (How Being Like Jesus Messes You Up).  A fairly long title, but intriguing!
The class was basically about a holistic [...]

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Pepperdine

I had a wonderful time at the Pepperdine Lectureship this year.  It truly is an amazing experience.  There was beautiful scenery, Christ-filled people, uplifting praise, and Spirit-gifted preachers and teachers sharing God’s word.  The theme was based in the letter to the Colossians.  Let me give you a snippet of the messages I heard.
Monte Cox [...]

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Pepperdine Lectures

I’m heading to Malibu on Tuesday for the Pepperdine Lectureship.  I’ve been saying Malibu a lot lately.  I’m super pumped because I have never been to California and my first ever trip will be to Malibu, California for some great teaching at Pepperdine.  The theme this year is The Lord of Creation:
The Preeminence of Christ [...]

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ReThinking Church

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am currently reading Mike Erre’s book, Death by Church.  As I was reading a chapter this morning I came across a paragraph that I wanted to share with you.  He writes,
“Getting people to church can no longer be the end game of ministry.  Within a kingdom perspective, [...]

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