i am spiritually aroused. is it okay to say that? i had the good fortune to spend a few moments yesterday and today with my good friend, brian webster. web is a former accountability partner (if you are unfamiliar with the term, an accountability partner is one who loves you enough to bring ruthless and [...]
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every time i read the christmas story, even after all these years, i am overwhelmed. i cannot fathom the mystery of the incarnation, and i cannot comprehend the compassion that compelled it. what jesus did for us is simply stunning. so why do we embellish it? the christmas story is miraculous (miraculous…what a huge word!) [...]
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i’ve been wrestling lately with a spirit-induced compulsion toward purity (you can read more here, if you’re interested). while i want to be grieved by obscenity, i want my friends who are not christ-followers to be at ease in my presence. i want to be pure without being pretentious, holy without a hint of self-righteousness. [...]
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occasionally i run across a blog post so interesting (or provocative or controversial or funny or convicting) that i have to share it with you. because i love you. and because i am just that thoughtful. check out this exceptionally neat blog post from chloe of the mountain entitled, “jesus does NOT have a wonderful plan for [...]
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congratulations to the new heisman trophy winner, robert griffin III (i have it on good authority that he is a regular reader of this blog). some sportswriters suggest that griffin sealed the deal in the minds of the voters with his comments after the win at texas. he said, “i could be wrong, but i [...]
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just a quick follow-up from yesterday’s post. it’s a tweet referring to a statement from an interview on a video about a conference. follow? tim keller (@DailyKeller) is quoting tullian tchividjian (@PastorTullian): “There is nothing more radically unbalanced and drastically unsafe than grace.” that is really good. really.
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i have a large and growing group of unchurched friends, and for that i am truly thankful. still, most of my friends are church people. and my closest friends–the guys i spend most of my time with–are passionate christ followers. they are consumed with worship and are sincerely striving to be godly husbands and fathers. [...]
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it seems to me that the only thing facebook is good for is facilitating connection with old friends. on some level. kinda. after way too many years in youth ministry, it’s neat to see what some of “my kids” are up to. amazingly, some of them turned out remarkably well. one of them, donelle, is [...]
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i’ve got that old familiar buzzing in my head. my senses are heightened and my heart is beating fast. if you are a church leader, you know exactly what i’m feeling. it’s the feeling god must have had right before he spoke the world into existence (or into evolution, depending on your point of view). [...]
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