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Letting Christ Build His Church
This is a copy of our latest Newsletter. I have changed the names of the people involved to protect their privacy. Please pray for them nonetheless. This week is the beginning of a new chapter in our...
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Pentecost: The Original Launch Service
If you are protestant, you may not know it, but today is Pentecost Sunday. It is about 50 days after Easter, and on this Sunday Christians all over the world celebrate the day of Pentecost, where...
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Saturate: Chapter 1
The first chapter of Jeff Vanderstelt’s book focuses on the problem he saw with the traditional (practiced by our parents’ generation) understanding of ministry and church. Let’s first off note that...
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Saturate: Chapter 2
This chapter centers around one big idea: Jesus broke down the divide between secular and sacred, and we should do the same thing in our lives. Vanderstelt unpacks this idea through a story from his...
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Saturate: Chapter 3
Jesus is better. That is a pretty simple message for anyone involved in the church for a while. After all, this is the core of the gospel, the good news; whatever you’re idolizing, loving, or desiring...
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Saturate: Chapter 4
Paul once wrote about how he struggled with sin. He talked about doing the things he did not want to do. I get that. He also talked about not doing the things he did want to do. I get that part also....
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Strengths Based Leadership In Christian Ministry
Yesterday, I saw something scary. Something that I have sadly come to expect. I saw a couple of Executive Level leaders bantering back and forth about the people they cannot wait to cut from their...
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Spiritual Warfare: My life as case study
Have you seen or experienced spiritual warfare? Until my family and I began the process of planting a church, I don’t know that I ever had any experience with spiritual warfare outside of battling my...
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Christian, Be Like Bourne: Living on Mission
There is a new Bourne movie coming our way, and my wife and I cannot wait. Jason Bourne is one of my favorite action movie heroes for lots of reasons. He is humble. He never quits. He can do just about...
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Protecting Your Wife: Principles for planters
Tomorrow will mark my family’s one year anniversary in our new home in Phoenix and our new life as church planters. Reflecting on our first year, I can confidently say I did a pretty decent job of...
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