I am convinced that much theological debate would be ended if people were better readers.As a pastor I get everyone's questions about the Bible and theology. I love these questions and I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak into the lives of people.Then there are the people who want to debate theology. The problem is that, often, they "don't read so good." Reading well requires us to pick...
Socrates said, "An unexamined life is not worth living." This is my feeble attempt at examining my life.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
The Fascination of the Unknown
Left Behind, the reboot, is coming. The poorly written books which were made into poorly done films are being rebooted by Nicolas Cage.A certain set of Christians are really excited.Why? Because we don't like the mundane, the normal, the every day. We want to live the life fantastic. The Bible teaches things like loving your neighbor and entering into the every day life of the community.That's so...
Monday, September 29, 2014
Live Into The Place
Over the last year or so I have been returning every once in a while to something that Hugh Halter said at Exponential in 2013. He was talking about sharing our faith and being in the world. His concept was simple:Incarnation --> Reputation --> Conversation --> Confrontation --> TransformationThat's pretty straightforward stuff. Over the next few posts I am going to unpack each of these...
The Necessity of Mundane
We love dramas. Television, movies, or books. We love dramas.The reason we love them is that they seem exciting. They create in us feelings that we desperately want to feel.Dramas are not real.The every day, the mundane, it is real. It feels boring. The people who are remembered are the ones who embrace the necessity of the mundane.Every day the choice must be made to set our eye on the here and now...
Monday, September 22, 2014
Don't Stop Keep Going!
7:24 AM
Posted by Daniel Rose
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As a Christian I am constantly tempted to quit. I want to walk away from it all and just have a "personal" relationship with Jesus. So many articles about what "Christians" think or do make me so sad and angry. Many people in my life who "go to church" are just mean. When I bump into them on Facebook or Twitter I am left aching in my heart and I want to walk away from all of it.I know in my head that...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Get Going...
I really like reading guys like Seth Godin. They challenge me to think in new ways. For instance, Godin's posts are always short, pithy, and insightful. I don't always agree with him but he knows who he is and he writes about what he knows. This causes me to want to read more and think more.Yesterday I read a post by Don Miller where he talked about how people who follow Jesus need to "shine" not...