This is a repost from “Thoughts on life, Leadership and Technology” If you work or volunteer on a church ministry team, you are not immune to the spiritual dangers that others face. In fact, probably just the oppposite – you are even MORE AT RISK! There are many stories of well known ministry (and even …
Category: Spiritual Formation
Self-Evaluation in Silence
As 2009 comes to the end and 2010 dawns on the horizon–I’m finding, again, the need to evaluate and set purposeful goals.  In this process, the noise of the world can get in the way. Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church,  Seattle, Washington provides these great self-reflecting questions.  After reading the post and the questions.  You …
Gazing at Jesus
Matthew 7:24-29, the final instruction of the Sermon on the Mount provides a wonderful challenge to go beyond hearing to doing. Jesus makes it clear that listening to Him or even agreeing with Him is not enough.  The wise build the foundation of their lives on the reading/hearing and doing of the Words of Jesus. And …
Pursuing Purity
In the last six months or so I’ve been involved in planning several different sessions (lessons and gatherings) for men, to challenge men to pursue purity. Â The theme verse for all these evens has been 2 Timothy 2:22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on …
You are the Light of the World
I’ve just started at least a ten-part series on the Sermon on the Mount (for the audio click here).  An incredibly rich and challenging message from Jesus. The beatitudes are promises/statements not commands, but the thrust of promises should motivate us to desire transformation so we too may be the blessed. The Characteristics of the Righteous: The Beatitudes The …
Who you are. . .
I was challenged recently by a statement in a sermon by David Loveless, pastor of Discovery Church in Orlando, Florida. He made a statement to the affect of, “I get tired of hearing people, in prayer, tell God, ‘thank you for who you are.’ If you said that to your wife, she would say, ‘Who …
Crazy Love
I had the privilege recently to spend a week with my family at the beach–fun and relaxing. But I’m not much for simply laying in the sun. So I spent time on the beaching doing what I enjoy–studying and learning. I’ll follow up later with what I was studying (1 John). But not wanting to …