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I know, I know, it’s still August. But with Christmas only three sermon series away, I’ve already started brainstorming. The other two are almost done, so now it’s on to Advent. Simple Gifts is our theme this Christmas. So in honor of Christmas, I take a look back to last year. I stumbled on last [...]

Breaking the fast for one post before the New Year: Primal, Mark Batterson I wanted to hate it. I really did. Just a page or two into the introduction, and I was convinced Primal wouldn’t be any different than any other book criticizing modern Christians for being “lukewarm.” I knew it was going to rant [...]

JM already posted about our time with Doug Murren last week. Another point he made stuck out to me — especially after hearing it twice [I also spent Tuesday with Doug at Fairview at River Club in Fredericksburg, and he told the story in both contexts]. Doug said that a few years back, they studied [...]

How do you review The Bible? Really, you can’t review the text itself. You can review how it was written and the style, but not the content. Thomas Nelson released The [Expanded] Bible this summer with praise from John Ortberg. Based off the New Century Version [NCV], The [Expanded] Bible takes the original text of [...]

Doesn’t every church have a vision?

Tim Schmoyer posted  “Why I’d rather combine Jr. And Sr. High at Youth Group,” and outlined his reasoning. I want to respond with the opposite position. 1.) High school kids can leave a huge impact on jr. highers. I don’t discount the fact that high schoolers can have a great influence on middle schoolers. Over [...]