• Living Dead Brings New Life

    24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am,…

  • 9.7.14 Live Dead Part 2 podcast

    “Live Dead Part 2” — Heights Church Sunday morning message  Subscribe in a reader or on iTunes

  • The season of opportunity

    This is no longer a season of standing “at the threshold” of opportunity. We are no longer in a place of being “right at the door.” We are through the door. We are not at the opportunity. We are IN the opportunity. It is time to walk on and work hard. The power of the Spirit is abundantly present. 20 Now to him who is…

  • The AMAZING Apple Products… Cutting Edge!

      Let me go ahead and beat you to your first bumper sticker response: “HATERS GONNA HATE.”  Let me just add… this is listed under HUMOR. (Which most Apple fans kind of lack at moments like this.)

  • Three Days to Ethiopia

    In typical fashion, just before a trip it gets the busiest. This week leading up to the trip to Ethiopia has been insane.  I wanted to take a moment to simply say again THANK YOU to all who gave so generously toward this trip to Ethiopia. It has been so amazing to see this all come together. Thank you for…

  • Hysterical “Hipster” Bible

    While I am a HUGE fan of the Bibliotheca project he pokes fun at, this video from Michael Bird is truly “hipsterical.”

  • Fearing Muslims?

    Last Friday I began to see a link being passed around from an opinion piece on Charisma Magazine’s site. I didn’t have time to read it, but the reactions from it today are so strong, I went back to read it. The piece is no longer on Charisma’s site, but links can be found to cached sites and the “author’s”…

  • Seven Days to Ethiopia

    I am leaving for Ethiopia in a week. A prayer I’ve had for two years is coming to its next step in seven days. It’s only a next step.  The two week trip will be a teaching assignment at Addis Bible College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. But this is also a prayer trip. Two years ago it was the Spirit…

  • True love

    “Love is not merely affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” (CS Lewis)

  • We do this, we do this as a CHURCH

    Powerful thoughts from Eugene Peterson in Reverse Thunder: The Revelation of John and Praying the Imagination. : The gospel is never for individuals but always for a people. Sin fragments us, separates us, and sentences us to solitary confinement. Gospel restores us, unites us, and sets us in community. The life of faith revealed and nurtured in the biblical narratives is…