Lately I’ve been thinking about the American spirit to be an individual. Â We want to make a statement with our life, we want to be famous, we want to pursue our dreams, want to make it on our own. Â We want to be a shining star in the night sky. Â Here is the problem, you [...]
Just thinking about the difference between faith and belief (not that there should be a firm line drawn between the two), but one of the core differences in our language is that belief simply denotes an intellectual acceptance of an idea. It does not denote an action that must be taken out of that belief. [...]
The answer is yes! Â While I was studying for an upcoming sermon I came across the following website: http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4223639/k.567/Ancient_Evidence_for_Jesus_from_NonChristian_Sources.htm I wanted to pass this along because I think there is a sense in Christianity that the bible is the only reference we have to the existence of Jesus. Â It did great things for my faith [...]
And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.. Faith… works… http://bible.us/Gen15.6.NLT
So, this weekend for Easter we are talking about how to Bust Religion! I’m really pumped about this Myth Busters series! I haven’t been this excited in a while! Anyway, I want to give you some resources that might help you as we think about how to bust religions! The first one is by a [...]
Really interesting article on the biblical Nicodemus http://www.facingthechallenge.org/nicodemus.php. There is so much outside of the biblical text that points to the verasity of what is written in the scripture, I wish that more people knew that – I think it helps to better root your faith.
It’s nearly 2am and I am wishing I had toothpicks to prop my eyes open. My caffeine is starting to wear off. I have been working on my sermon for Sunday. All I keep thinking as I study is that Jesus did not come for us to commit part way. He came for us to [...]
I was just spending some time praying today and really felt a strong compulsion to ask God to lead Epic. You see, I’m afraid that as a leader I can work on systems, creativity, relavancy, and so many other things and never let God lead. It is my hearts one desire that God would be [...]
It seems like I know more and more people who are asking the question, “how much worse can it get?” I personally don’t know, and am not really qualified to even comment on our current economic status. I do know that my wife and I have felt the pinch just like a lot of our [...]
