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When we pray in his name
The I AM. When we invoke his name we usher in a powerful history and at the same time unleash powerful possibilities in the present. This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation. (Ex. 3:15)
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Real Church. You may want to try it.
Great thoughts here from Scot McKnight on the local church. Ordinary small churches are the norm and the reality of church life, of kingdom-now life. We have the ideal in our head, and lifted up as THE model for church, McKnight tries to burst that bubble. As pastors we can even have our ideals: Pastors smitten by the ideal of…
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Centered in on the I AM
Moses is a great example of one who had his life completely turned inside out a couple of times, is driven to a place where he doesn’t know what he is truly capable of, and is then given the gift of the presence of God. All of it serves as a lesson for leaders: We have to stay centered on…
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The sex talk
When you preach through the Bible with a systematic style of having the text in front of you, those really tough places will pop up from time to time. Eventually, you get to passage you’d rather skip over. 1 Thess. 4 is one of those places. Paul won’t avoid it. Neither should we. And my question is just very, very…
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The break up of Mars Hill
In just two weeks, Mars Hill went from a huge celebrity pastor and the model for multisite churches to… this. I am not writing this to gloat. I am writing this to ask us, as American Christians, to do something extraordinary… think. We’re not good at it. The huge “crisis” of my young ministry was the cultish following people gave to…
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My prayer for Reformation Day
Lord, you know I’d love to nail some radical statements to the door, but I keep hitting my thumb instead of the nail. I could use a little help here!
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Happy Reformation Day
A Prayer of Martin Luther Almighty, eternal God! How dreadful is the world! Behold how its mouth opens to swallow me up, and how small is my faith in You! O the weakness of the flesh and the power of Satan! If I am to depend upon any strength from this world, all is lost. O my God! Help me…
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How big is Africa?
When I went to Ethiopia last month, I was asked more than once if I was worried about Ebola. I knew Africa was a huge continent, but when someone described just HOW BIG it is… and it bigger than TEXAS if you can imagine that… I was blown away. Here is a visual I ran across:
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Royals
The headline this morning on kansascity.com says it all: Series loss won’t diminish Royals’ magic season Thank you, Royals!
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It’s Game Seven
No matter what happens tonight, it’s been a great series against a great team… and one incredible year for this Royals fan. THANK YOU KC!
