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Saved by grace. Servant by calling. Husband of Paula. Father of Linley Beth. Lead Pastor of The Point Community.

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Archive for November, 2007

Thankfully Home

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Linley, mommy and daddy are all now home. The surgery went well and was successful. Linley was very slow to wake from the anesthesia, which gave us a few minutes of concern. I must say that she was a real trooper through the whole ordeal. She had a major surgery and stayed three days in a strange [...]

Linley Beth

Friday, November 16th, 2007

On Monday morning Linley will have surgery on her bladder and left kidney. She has a condition that could result in damage to her left kidney and her right kidney is smaller than it should be. The terrific news is that the surgery should fix the condition with no future problems, so we are tremendously blessed in [...]

Driscoll Confesses Pride

Friday, November 9th, 2007

What follows is the partial text of a sermon introduction by Mark Driscoll at Mars Hill Church Seattle….
I believe that humility is the great omission and failure in my eleven years of preaching. I believe that this is my greatest oversight both in my example and in my instruction.
I therefore do not claim to be [...]

iGospel

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

The Washington Post has an article about how missionaries are bringing the Gospel to new people in new ways. 
The Gospel is advancing in every corner of the globe. Technology continues to allow the Gospel to be tranlslated into many languages and be made available to people groups everywhere. Using audio and video devices, Christian groups and missionaries are bringing the Word to life for many [...]

Letting Go

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Leadership is something that I haven’t mastered and I certainly do not pretend to speak with great authority. I do consider myself of student of leadership though. Scripture is filled with sound leadership principles. I have found myself driven to the Word over and over again when dealing with leadership issues, always coming away with sound [...]