Here is a link to the website of Don Whitney, author of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. This link takes you to his ministry resources page. http://www.spiritualdisciplines.org/ministry.html …
We’ve Moved to Lafayette!
Jen, Charlie, Katie and I are safely settling into our new apartment in Lafayette. We made the move on Monday with the help of a TON of people from our church, Jen's parents, some relatives and a couple of our new friends from Lafayette. Tuesday was all about opening boxes and other random things. …
029-10 — Take and Eat
SCRIPTURE: John 6:25-69 To conclude this series, this message focuses on Jesus' teaching that we need to "eat his flesh" and what he really meant by that. Download Now Subscribe to this series by dragging this link to your podcast software or RSS reader. This Series Subscribe to all sermons by …
The Multiple Self
You have to be a computer NERD to understand most of what the author talks about in this post, but I found it really interesting to read an unbeliever's take on the war between the mind and the flesh. http://dirtsimple.org/2005/08/multiple-self.html Jump to my comment on his blog …
029-09 — God Is Love
SCRIPTURE: Various The seventh "Taste of God" is the amazing truth that God is Love right to the core of his being. Of course the most amazing part is that God would love unlovely people like us! That\'s what story of Christmas is really all about anyway! Download Now Subscribe to this series …
Christmas Eve 2004: God is Light
For our Christmas Eve service tonight, I'll be bringing a message on the truth that God is Light. Here are my written reflections on that topic. God is Light In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all …
CSV2SQL script
I was looking around for a script that would easily convert csv files into SQL statements so that I could insert them into a SQL database, but there didn't seem to be anything out there that was free. So, I created my own. It's a python script, so you'll need to have python installed to run it. …
Memoirs from NWBC
Considering that it is time for me to leave NWBC, I thought that I would reflect for a few moments on the past five years and all that has happened. Consider this post to be my memoirs for the past five years, and it is therefore HUGE! ;-) …
Old Journal Entries
I've been thinking through my time at NWBC working on a kind of "Memoirs" blog entry, and so I've been looking through a couple of old journal entries. I didn't type many of them into the computer, but I did enter a few. I've since posted them here in my Personal category. Here are the direct links …
First Video Posted!
I've just posted my first video to this site. It's a video of my most recent sermon. You can access the post for the sermon here: God Always Does What's Right. Or you can access the video directly through this link: 029-07.mp4 …
Chronicles of Narnia: Missing the Magic
Last Friday, my wife and I were given the gift of going on a date night as a Christmas present from a family in our church. It was wonderful to be able to get out, have someone watch the kids, and see a movie in a theater. Thanks, Dan and Mary! We went to see The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the …
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029-07 — God Always Does What’s Right
SCRIPTURE: Various God's righteousness means that he always does what's right. However, sometimes we don't realize that his standard of what's right might be a little different from our own. Download Audio Download Video Subscribe to this series by dragging this link to your podcast software …
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Chronicles of Narnia Review is Coming
Last night, my wife and I were given the gift of going on a date night as a Christmas present from a family in our church. It was wonderful to be able to get out, have someone watch the kids, and see a movie in a theater. Thanks, Dan and Mary! We went to see The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the …
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Church Ideas
This is a running post where I store my ideas for church names and ministries etc. Church names NEX church (New Evangelical Christians) FORWARDchurch The Church for Today Wea Community Church Ministry names / sub-brands MOVE: An inspiring gathering with loud music, hearty laughter, active …
We need a name
I know it has taken me far too long since I last wrote to my blog, but the weather here is pretty cold and my fingers just won't type as well as they should! I spoke with Steve over at the Midwest Church Planting office to see what it's going to take for us to start drawing support from them so …
029-06 — God Is Up To Something
SCRIPTURE: Various In this message, I discuss what it means to say that God is active. If God is eternal, holy, and wise, but not active, then he doesn\'t really matter. The Bible teaches us, however, that he is living and active. Download Now Subscribe to this series by dragging this link to …