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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 August, 2008

Mohler on Palin

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Months before she was picked to be the running mate of John McCain, Alaska Governor Sara Palin was highlighted on Al Mohler’s radio show. Regardless of your politics this is a very compelling story.

Another Step In The Journey of Epic Faith

Friday, August 29th, 2008

I am way stoked about launching our “Journey of Epic Faith” at The Point. This is our way of promoting the new ministry developments this fall, growing our financial giving through teaching Scripture and taking some major next steps as God grows this church.
The church website has more details about the vision that is driving this [...]

Above His Pay Grade

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

“When Does Human Life Begin?”
Dr. Hymie Gordon (Mayo Clinic): “By all criteria of modern molecular biology, life is present from the moment of conception.”
Dr. Micheline Matthews-Roth (Harvard University Medical School): “It is scientifically correct to say that an individual human life begins at conception.”
Dr. Alfred Bongioanni (University of Pennsylvania): “I have learned from my earliest [...]

Starved For Glory

Friday, August 15th, 2008

I am putting the final touches on my sermon for this week. We are continuing the (3 year journey through Luke’s Gospel) “No Ordinary Man” series and this week we are in Luke 9:28-36, the transfiguartion of Christ. I have struggled with this text for weeks now. In my research I ran across this from John Piper…
 
“We [...]

Politics part 2

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

My friend Ed Stetzer has a very relevant post on his blog that relates to my previous post on politics and the evangelical Christian realm. It seems that Senator Obama would have liked to get his endorsement. Ed does a great job at stating why so many thinking Christians cannot stomach the idea of an [...]

Lloyd-Jones On Politics

Monday, August 11th, 2008

The political atmosphere is charged with the anticipation of the upcoming Presidential election. In November we will elect our next President. I enjoy following politics which is strange I know. I have a dual degree in Political Science and Communications so it’s always been something that intrigues me. My dad and I have even been known to [...]

life update

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

I apologize for the lack of a post here recently. I am grateful for the few of you that noticed and gave me a hard time about it. 
I went to the surgeon again this week. He believes the nerve damage is temporary and that the leg should be back to normal in a few [...]