Does the Message Destroy the Message??

Thanks to my friend Trey Morgan for the heads up on this video. I find this video to be funny, disappointing, and ultimately very tragic. Take a look and then I’ll have a little bit to say about the message killing the message. I have seen it time and time again. I have been tempted [...]

I Told You I Was Famous…

When I was in college this video came out. I immediately became “famous” on the campus of OC because I looked like the Numa Numa guy. I have decided to come clean and admit that I am not this individual although I was attempting to create my own copycat version until I was involved in [...]

Renewing Your Mind: Why??

Renewing Your Mind…

This is a series that I am working on with Don on The Xapis Project Blog (www.xapisblog.com). But I also wanted to host it here as well. I hope that you are blessed by this series.   Here is the original introduction to the series:     We want to begin a new series here [...]

Beatboxing with a Symphony!!

On a much lighter note than usual I would like to invite you to experience for the first time a symphony with beatboxing. Enjoy!! 

Can I Share My Dream with You??

I’m not sure how well I will sleep tonight. The fire that has been burning within me for months and months is hotter than ever. I feel that God is working to accomplish His will in my life and in His church. I am emboldened to start conversations that I would have considered “too lofty” [...]

Great Words from Spurgeon…

This is from today’s first reading in Morning and Evening. “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” (Psalm 30:5) Christian, if you are in a night of trial, think of tomorrow; cheer up your heart with the thought of the coming of your Lord. Be patient, for “Lo! He comes [...]

Can I Get a Little Missional Balance Please…

I did a little more reading last night in The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission in the 21st Century and I was once again struck with their lack of balance. Don’t get me wrong Frost and Hirsch aren’t the only ones involved in this upheaval. I’ve seen the same thing in Guder, [...]

My Education Model…

Hey everyone. This is something that I have been working on for a long time. Actually it all goes back to a paper I wrote back in college about religious education and church growth. That one was 75 pages (included the four appendices). But I have boiled my new model down to four pages (in [...]

The Translators of the King James Version on Change…

Look at this quote from the preface of the original 1611 King James: For was anything ever undertaken with a touch of newness or improvement about it that didn’t run into storms of argument or opposition? … [The king] was well aware that whoever attempts anything for the public, especially if it has to do [...]