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April 26, 2017
“There Had To Be Something That Never Came Into Being”
Whew. The opening page of John Piper’s Seeing And Savoring Jesus Christ. Heavy, mind-boggling, soul-stretching stuff, and I for one am grateful to have the chance to read it. Now Dr. Piper doesn’t just love Wesleyan-Arminians, but we have so much to learn from his ability to express Christology.
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April 25, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Ways Asbury Seminary STILL Influences Me
One day awhile back, I looked out the front door of our church and saw a man whom I did not know using his smart phone to take pictures of our facility. I was immediately alarmed. Is he casing us out so that he can break in and rob us later? Plotting an attack of Read the full article...
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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five (Or Six) Ways Asbury Seminary STILL Influences Me
One day awhile back, I looked out the front door of our church and saw a man whom I did not know using his smart phone to take pictures of our facility. I was immediately alarmed. Is he casing us out so that he can break in and rob us later? Plotting an attack of Read the full article...
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April 24, 2017
Love Handles, Week 1 — The “Explanations & Excuses” Sermon Rewind
How do you fit insights from the latest Great American Novel, the recovery community, Psalm 37, and some wordsmithing around “explanation & excuses” all into the opening message a series called Love Handles? Well the result is below. I knew from reading Nathan Hill’s The Nix that memories get etched into the biochemistry of our Read the full article...
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April 21, 2017
Love Handles Launch — “Explanations & Excuses”
Love Handles Some of us have them. Some of us hold them. Some of us want to get rid of them. They’re love handles. But they’re actually more than a part of our mid-section. They’re the source of a question: do you have a handle on love? Romantic love? Family love? Parental love? Friendly love? Read the full article...
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April 20, 2017
A Second Look At Biblical Leadership
I’ve got to confess something this morning. No, it’s not that. Lord knows, there’s enough folks already caught up in that these days. No my confession is this: when people talk about leadership and bible and church in the same sentence, I usually respond with an eye roll. Or a sigh. That’s in part because Read the full article...
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April 19, 2017
When Theology Becomes Doxology
A number of people at Good Shepherd for whom I have the greatest respect share a common characteristic: they have an exalted view of Christ. In academic terms, they have a high “Christology” — doctrine of Christ. For example, one of my Good Shepherd friends will respond with a loud “Amen” simply upon hearing the words Read the full article...
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April 18, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Benefits Of Choosing Bold Over Cool
A few years ago, I repented of my attempts to be cool. At that time, I’d led Good Shepherd to have a “church crush” on a large congregation in the northern part of the US, and so for a season we tried to mimic much of what that church did. And that church was cool. Read the full article...
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April 14, 2017
The Weekend Ahead
Seven worship gatherings. Multiple baptisms. One Savior. Here’s what’s ahead: Good Friday Service — 7 p.m. tonight in the Moss Road Worship Center. We’ll sing. We’ll pray. Wayne Hobson will preach. We’ll celebrate the Lord’s Supper on the day that embodies what the body broken for you and blood shed for you is all about. Easter SATURDAY Read the full article...
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April 13, 2017
How A Sermon Outline Is Different From A Legal Brief
Not long ago, in the middle of a conversation about how to design sermons, an attorney friend of mine chimed in with the oft-repeated mantra: Tell them what you’re going to tell them. Tell them. Tell them what you told them. We learned that pattern in writing middle school essays. It was reinforced in composing Read the full article...
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