Commentary
Sermon: Welcoming the Stranger
Biblical community requires intentional relationships beyond Sunday worship, where believers share life together in smaller groups and bear one another's burdens. This deeper fellowship, rooted in God
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Sermon: Personal Investment in the Mission
The early church in Acts 2 demonstrates what personal investment in God's mission looks like through their response to Peter's first Christian sermon on Pentecost. Following Jesus's prayer in John 17
Commentary
Sermon: Luke 9:51-10:16 – What it’s like to follow Jesus
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Sermon: Christian’s Mission: Pass on the Faith
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Sermon: Worship, Scattered – The Christian Life, Monday through Saturday
Christians gather on Sundays to worship together and be sent out to fulfill the Great Commission of making disciples, but this mission must be lived out in the everyday realities of Monday through Sat
Reflection
Shepherd-sheep, Teacher-student
As a shepherd of God’s people, my job is to lead people to The Shepherd, Jesus. Because I need Him as much as (maybe more than) everyone. My job in saying “follow me” is not that you would model my good behavior, but my admission that I am in need if Grace, which He freely […]
Commentary
Is “Ministry” Killing Your Church?
Charles Specht asks a hard question: have you given any thought to why your men’s ministry, women’s ministry, children’s ministry, music ministry (ouch! hands off!), conferences, classes, and various meetings exist within your church lately? Are the “ministries” in your church killing your actual effectiveness in The Great Commission that Jesus gave us: to go […]
Link Post
Accountability Groups and Tyranny
Excellent article by Tullian Tchividjian on The Resurgence today: Accountability Groups: The Tyranny of Do More, Try Harder Over the last decade I’ve watched very “open” accountability groups cause hardening and discouragement and eventually cause guys to give up. I’ve also seen very open accountability groups lead to joy and victory over sin. The difference […]
Resource List
Must Read Books for New Christians
I have been wanting to compile a list of “must read†books for new Christians to read (or for Christians new to reading). What the list should look like This list would need to be very accessible, both in the language used, and in wide availability, rock solid theologically, varied in topic and genre, engaging, […]
Book Review
Radical by David Platt – A review and some thoughts
I just finished reading Radical by David Platt (I’m a little late to the bandwagon, I realize). It is an engaging and challenging read that I recommend to all American Christians. The book’s tagline states the purpose of the book: “Taking back your faith from the American Dream”. His overall challenge is to consider the […]
Case Study
Encounter 2005 Promotional Materials
Invitation and info card for the Encounter 2005 Fall Retreat for The Rock (Ames, IA), Mars Hill Church (IA City, IA), Alive (Des Moines, IA), The Rock (UIC, Chicago IL). Retreat Program Folder was also designed using the same branding.