"In high school I was a friend of Herbert Orin Tubbs, a scrappy country boy from Alabama who loved to kill snakes, shoot guns and play basketball. Herbert, despite what you might imagine from my description, was quite intelligent, and when he graduated was offered a full scholarship to a good private university. Surprisingly Herbert, turned down the scholarship, stayed home and went to a local community college part-time. When I asked him why he [...]
As I mentioned in the last post I'm on a most intimate and incredible journey. In the past two years God has been cleaning my canvas. What He has begun to paint is an incredible portrait of His Bride. There is great beauty and freedom to be found in the church Christ builds. This blog has reflected many of my thoughts along the way as the fellowship I pastor has changed and continues to. In [...]
We have been teaching a series called "Going Deep" over the last few weeks and it has been an awesome experience for me because it has been shaping me as I teach it. The thing I have been pondering is how we mostly present Christianity as a belief system instead of a way of life. Our faith was intended to be a way of life. God models this for us. We know 1 John 4:8 says [...]
"For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience." Romans 8:24 Though you may not see, the Son is always behind the clouds. Just wait. I got up this early morning from a sleepless night. I had to be at the Endodontist first thing. I have a [...]
Fellowship is something that we generally equate to hanging out with other people or doing something together. In this third week of our series "Going Deep", we look again at Acts 2:42-47 which says the new believers "devoted themselves to....the fellowship...". "And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done [...]
