Is the world about to End? | 2012

This morning I was at one coffee shop, before coming to another to write about this, and I heard a nicely dressed gentleman joke about the world coming to an end in 2012. Hmmm? This of course is based on the ending of the Mayan Calendar. There is a growing contingent of people that are both captivated by...

Holiness and *&!#ing Worship Leaders

Recently one of my ex-professors posted a blog about a church worship leader who at some casual hangout event dropped the f-bomb.  If this wasn’t shocking enough, there was alcohol involved in the incident.  My ex-professor presented a tactful call for holiness, particularly in leadership.  Following...

Occupy The Church — Jesus Was NOT “The Original Protester”

This post is not necessarily a follow up to my previous ones in this series on Occupying The Church, but more of a continuation of thoughts I’ve begun there.  Someone had posted the picture on my Facebook wall (or now, timeline) of an individual dressed like Jesus at one of the Occupy protests with...

Religious Blinders

On my personal blog site, I’ve been trying to write a post on each chapter of the Gospel of John which is probably my favorite of the Gospel accounts, but it’s been taking me longer than I thought as I keep finding such depth in simple little truths, as well as having other things on my plate...

The Millennials – A Brief Review

I am really happy to have a Kindle and use it extensively, and as a side effect or consequence, I’m unable to buy all the books I want to read since the pace I read them at. So as a result, I have taken advantage of opportunities I find online to find deals on books or free public domain ones, and...

Does Love Win? — A Review of Rob Bell’s Latest Book On Hell

A few months ago, my mom sent me a Kindle I had purchased online and I got it when my pastor from Canada was here during the early weeks of May. The first two books I downloaded were Moral Revolution: The Naked Truth About Sexual Purity by Kris Vallaton, and Love Wins : A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the...

Are You Making Disciples?

by Anna Burgess We talk a lot about discipleship in our house.  We have people living with us constantly, we have a small leadership team who we meet with regularly in the week and we have the people in the wider church who the leadership team connect with regularly. Reading ‘Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi...

Are You Building Electric Fences For Jesus?

I’ve been thinking about a few things lately. Mostly stuff that happens in life in the context of community when believers of different stages have different convictions and points of few, and they come together. Also, I’ve been wrestling with some thoughts when I ponder over Scriptures and I...

Zeal For Your House Part 1: The Individual

John 2:17 NASB “His disciples remembered that it was written, “ZEAL FOR THY HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME.”  (Psalm 69:9 quotation of the LXX version) I saw this verse referenced the other day on John Piper’s wall and it was further fueled by the Holy Spirit.  I was suddenly reminded of...

What Does The Bible Say About Hell?

“But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!” (Luke 12:5, New American Standard Bible) Hopefully you’re like me and you’re not given to a constant fixation on this place or this reality....