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Fishers of Men
I will make you fishers of men fishers of men, fishers of men, If you follow me. If you follow me. If you follow me. I will make you fishers of men If you follow me. This traditional children’s song was taken from Matthew 4:19 where Jesus says to two fishermen, “Come, follow me and I [...]
Baptism Celebration Weekend
“For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.”- Galatians 3:26-28 NLT [...]
Catalyst West – Francis Chan
After reading an advance copy of Crazy Love by Francis Chan I was challenged and intrigued. Chan quickly became one of my favorite voices in ministry. His podcast from Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley California is one of my favorites. You could say I am a Chan Fan. So when I had the chance to [...]
Anger Management 101
“Because hiding your weaknesses takes a whole lot of emotional and mental energy that leaves you drained and exhausted. ” pg 129 I never thought about how much anger I had in my life until I picked up my latest read, From Anger to Intimacy by Gary Smalley & Ted Cunningham. But after reading a [...]
Belong. Believe. Behave.
I met with one of my publishing distributors recently. My sales representative went through the normal hum drum of books coming out in the next few months and got to a particular book and started to tell me that it was going to be a great seller. Here is the conversation that followed . . [...]
What Bubble?
For the last few two weeks I have been reading The Divine Commodity by Skye Jethani. It has definitely made me think about the what the church has become. My review of the book will be up on Tuesday. But for now I want to touch on something that I can not stop thinking about. [...]
