Archive for February, 2008
Text and Context: Driscoll
Friday, February 29th, 2008The 2008 Acts 29 Resurgence conference, called ”Text and Context” had the central theme of being faithful to the Scriptures (text) while being in the culture (context). In my humble yet educated opinion, no preacher does this more effectiely than Mark Driscoll and no church does it better than Mars Hill Church in Seattle. To put in the words of a Seattle bus [...]
Resurgence
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008The Acts 29/Resurgence Conference in Seattle has ended and now we are sitting in the Seattle International Airport awaiting the long, overnight flight home. We are exhausted, but it was a seriously good conference. We have spent a lot of time sitting, listening and taking notes. Now comes the application after a day or so [...]
Seattle Bound
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Several leaders from The Point are joining me in flying to Seattle to attend a premiere conference on preaching and church planting. Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington will be hosting this Acts 29 Church Planting Network Boot Camp in connection with the National Resurgence Conference. The Acts 29 Boot Camp is considered by many to [...]
The Reason For God
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Tim Keller is the pastor of Redeemer Church in Manhattan. The reviews about his new book, “The Reason for God: Belief in An Age of Skepticism” are outstanding. I believe this could be one of the greatest apologetic works of our time if the reviews are true. Being in New York City where most people are doubters or unbelievers, [...]
Vintage Jesus
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008The much anticipated work by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears has been released for public consumption. I have not finished reading Vintage Jesus yet, but I will soon. As might be expected, the reviews are positive for the most part, but expressive of typical concerns when it comes to Driscoll. From what I have read, Driscoll’s humor and unique [...]
Community Groups - With or Of?
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Is The Point a church with Community Groups or are we a church of Community Groups? Before we officially launched the church we determined that small group Bible studies in homes would be ideal for our make-up and style. These home groups reinforce our stated value of community and the priority of relationships. Being in [...]
A29 Chicago Bootcamp Audio
Saturday, February 9th, 2008Most of the audio from the A29 Bootcamp in Chicago is now online at the Acts 29 website.
Church Planting Evangelism by Mark Dever
Kingdom-Focused Church Planting by Ed Stetzer
Leading the Mission in Church Planting by Darrin Patrick
Preaching the Mission by Mark Driscoll
Missional and Biblical Church Planting by Ed Stetzer
Being Strategic About Being Strategic
Friday, February 8th, 2008On Sunday night, we are pulling together the key decision makers at The Point for the first of four strategic planning meetings this year. We have done this before with very strong results. I am particularly excited about these meetings for several reasons. The first is that we have a great group of leaders that [...]
Sunday Night Mind Dump
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008When I looked at my watch and it was 10am, I looked around and wondered where everyone was today! Then I looked back at the door, and there was a line to get in the the building. By the time that we were singing the first song we had a great crowd. If you missed John [...]
Acts 29 Chicago Bootcamp Notes part 2
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008I am finally home from a great Acts 29 Bootcamp and CoachNet training in Chicago. Though the trip home was hellacious, serisously. At about 1pm onThursday Dustin Neeley, Jonathan McIntosh and I drove south from Deerfield to Midway Airport. This trip might normally take 30-40 minutes in heavy traffic. Due to the snowstorm, low visibility and a [...]