Category: Religion, Theology & Ministry
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What’s The Big Deal About Seeing The Gospel on Every Page of The Bible?
When we are reading a passage from the Old Testament, how should we seek to apply it to our lives? How should we seek to encourage others to live? If “All Scripture is God-breathed and useful†(2 Timothy 3:16-17), what is the right way to use it? When you read a passage of the Old…
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For Better or Worse, Till Death Parts Us, for His Glory and Our Good
This might be TMI, but I’d like to set the stage for this thought, so bear with me. This morning I woke up and rolled over and looked at my wife, who was also just stirring for the morning, and for whatever reason, this morning, she looked especially beautiful. I thought to myself (as I…
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I Am Being Ordained As A Pastor
On September 29, I will be ordained as a pastor of Stonebrook Community Church in Ames, IA which is part of an association called Great Commission Churches. This is something I have been dreaming about for a bit over 13 years and seriously working toward for the last several years. As this is something of…
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How The Gospel Affects Our Work
The last several weeks at Stonebrook Church, we have been going through a series called “Work and Worship: Connecting Sunday to Monday”. I kicked off this series with an overview of the whole concept. The sermon was called “How The Gospel Affects Our Work”. You can read the manuscript and download or stream the audio…
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Children, Jesus, Superheroes, Depravity, and The Gospel
My reformissionary brother Steve set a small corner of the Internet on fire the other day with this tweet: Teach your children they are broken. Deeply broken. — Steve McCoy (@stevekmccoy) July 1, 2013 This set off a chain of tweets, Facebook messages, and blog posts, from alleged Christians who called him abusive or worse.…