This is a wedding homily I gave this past Saturday: [Intro] One of the joys of working outside the home is the gift of returning home. Not just because it’s nice to be home or because I get to kick my feet up to relax, but because of the welcome that I receive. My children [...]
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5 Oct
Group Blogging Project: Simple Church
I am participating in a “group blogging project” on Thom Rainer & Eric Geiger’s Simple Church. Essentially, a group diverse group of bloggers will each take turns hosting a discussion on a chapter of the book over the next two weeks. I will be hosting the discussion on chapter nine eight, next Wednesday. To read [...]
28 Sep
Notes from the Sermon…(9/27)
Text: Colossians 2:16-23 Theme: The Gospel free us, but man-centered religion enslaves us. Quotations: “The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness [...]
23 Sep
You were meant for this…(a reflection for parents)
I wrote this a couple of years ago for the Calvary church newsletter and came back across this… File under: Things you were not told about parenting. Children and privacy. I never thought and was never told that children would completely change notions of privacy. Essentially it becomes non-existent, especially during waking hours. It is [...]
14 Sep
Evaluation Questions from Judges 2:10
At our North Hills men’s breakfast this past Saturday (normally on the first Saturday of every month) we talked about the failure of the second generation to follow and know the Lord from Judges 2:10 And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not [...]
26 Aug
More Used Books…
I can stop anytime I want. But last Friday, I found a few more books to add to my library at two used bookstores: Like most library systems, the Huntsville-Madison County Library has a Friends of the Library bookstore. Here is what I found there: Promise and Deliverance, Vol 4 (Christ and the Nations). by [...]
5 Aug
July Books
With getting more situated and settled at our new home and the rest, I have been able to return a bit to my reading. I am thankful for that. Here are my brief thoughts (not necessarily a full-blown review) on the books that I completed reading during the month of July. A Thousand Splendid Suns [...]
27 Jul
Inspirational Profile: Jesus
Yesterday, I began a mini-sermon series within our series on the Book of Colossians from Colossians 1:15-23. I am attempting to ask and answer this question: Who is Jesus? Here’s how I introduced this series: There is no doubt that there still remains uncertainty about who Jesus, whether with regard to his person (that is, [...]
21 Jul
Quote: Churchless Christianity
From Ministry Today Magazine: QUOTE: “I see the church derided with mockery and scorn. I see critics exaggerating her weaknesses and incapable of affirming any of her strengths. I see many leaving the church instead of loving her for better or for worse. I see lots of my peers who have 20/20 vision for the [...]
16 Jul
Remember Me
A song that I have been listening to on a regular basis is Remember Me by Matthew Smith (of Indelible Grace fame). This song appears on Smith’s solo recond Love Shall Never Die: The Road Sessions Vol. 2. I could not find the lyrics to this song, but I did find the hymn on which [...]
9 Jul
Church Reductionism
I was very happily reading this article on the innovative church Lifechurch.tv and their new “free group chat translation tool” called Bablewith.me. From the article: LifeChurch.tv staff members recently rolled out BabelWith.me, a free group chat translation tool that allows participants to communicate in real-time using up to 45 languages. Developed in-house as a Web-based [...]
7 Jul
May & June Books (2009)
I failed to do a post for May, so here are the books that I completed reading in May & June of 2009: May Books Why Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media have Shaped the Messengers by T. David Gordon: Gordon is a professor at Grove City College and he wrote this book while he was [...]
24 Aug
I Heart McKay (and used bookstores in general)
Posted by Adam in Books. Tagged: Books, bookstores, christianity, commentaries, reading, used books. 2 Comments
Like most pastors, I love books. Consequently, I love used bookstores. At least, the ones like McKay’s. McKay’s has that rare combination of great prices and great selection. So, a couple of weekends ago, on a trip up to Knoxville to celebrate my grandfather’s 90th birthday, we stopped ever so briefly at the Chattanooga location [...]
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