Cue up some tunes, and let us be off… Tuesday and I am home after a pleasant afternoon going to class - I enjoy New Testament Studies. We talked about the Gospel of Mark once again and the Baptism of Jesus. We’ve been here before in Gospel and Acts from last semester. After class Luigi a...

Within the heart, the essence of worshipLord, in that corethat kernel,it is you, your sacrificeyour grace, on the crossgiving yourself, to death,into the arms of deaththat I may liveYour love for me, in my heartleading me to your throneYour spirit abiding, growingleading me to praise,to worship you,...

Thanks to Justin Taylor reminding us to pray for the family and church of Pastor Fred Winters who was shot and killed while preaching yesterday morning. More information from Justin Taylor: This morning a gunman opened fire during the church service of First Baptist Church of Maryville, IL (about 20...

by Dan Phillips ...these are pretty amazing: Now, I think the first is clearly faked, and one or two others are iffy. But the rest? If they're fake, they're fooling me. Even if they're all fake, we know that athletes pour incredible focus and discipline into what they do. Their whole life is molded ...

While Barack Obama disses the closest of US  allies, by both returning a bust of Winston Churchill, as well as barley acknowledging Gordon Brown’s visit, it appears that he is snuggling up to sworn enemies of the US. Kind of odd diplomacy, isn’t it? With news that Obama plans on lighten...

Revelation 4NLT Version Prayer: God of ages past and present, we come today to hear the word You have for us today. We ask that you would pour out your Spirit on us gathered here today. Enlighten us and enable us to see how you would have us worship You. Searcher of our hearts, renew us each day so ...

David Edwards tells us that "Amanda" is second only to Zsuzsanna in Pastor Anderson's heart: The all started by Steve saying who he likes best in his phoney church. His wife first, then another woman her name is Amanda was chosen number 2 because she has only missed one of his services and she is st...

A friend of mine just started a new position with a church.  The Sr. Pastor wanted him to read Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity by Eugene Peterson.  So, I lent him my copy.  He just gave it back, and I decided to re-read it.  It has been nearly a decade since I read this book....

[image: crystl] From the "Um . . . tell us something we didn't already know" file, pastors don't really know what the heck they are doing. There I said it "outloud".  We all think it, know it and hard as we try to hide it, most of the folks we attempt to lead, pastor and influence know it too.  We...

Pastor Rod ParsleyWorld Harvest Church Dear Pastor Parsley, It looks like that peace-loving compassion freak, Pastor Dan of Street Prophets, is calling you out. Not only did he refer to you and Heath Schuler as "authoritarians," "chickenshits," and keepers of "shaved apes," he also questioned the au...