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  • TASCC Student Story | A Heart for Prayer

    Another story of how God is working in the students in our ministry. Check it out here.

  • The Holy Spirit and the American Church

    Just read thought provoking post at Church Planting Novice discussing history of the early church and the comparative deficiency in the American church of demonstrations of the power of the Holy Spirit. Give it a read and see what I had to say in response.

  • Old Stuff – Biblical Individualism Redux

    Number 7 ———————- From Bonhoeffer’s Cost of Discipleship, Chapter 5 (Discipleship and the Individual): “Through the call of Jesus men become individuals…It is no choice of their own that makes them individuals: it is Christ who makes them individuals by calling them. Every man is called separately, and must follow alone.” and “He (Christ) stands…

  • Matt Carter Interviewed by Leadership Network for Innovation3

    Our senior pastor, Matt Carter, was interviewed yesterday by Leadership Network.  It’s a great snapshot of who we are as a church…give it a look! http://vimeo.com/2841879

  • Old Stuff – Biblical Individualism

    Number 6 ——————– Our church has recently been hashing through the relationship of mission and community, and its practical implications for our church body. It sounds like the diagnosis has been made: The American church for the most part has lost its mission, and our communities of faith have reflected that either by neglect of…

  • Old Stuff – Disciplined Spirit Part 2

    Number 5 ———————— Nehemiah 1 1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol, 2that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had…

  • unChristian 5

    Chapter 5 is title “Anti-homosexual”, and the thesis of the chapter is that Christians must become known more for there love of individuals regardless of sexual brokenness, rather that against the sin itself.  I understand the basic premise, and agree with the conclusions, yet the latter half of the chapter is subtitled “A Biblical Response”…

  • Old Stuff – Disciplined Spirit

    Number 4 ———————— 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but of power, of love, and of self-discipline” Most people love parts one and two of the Spirit God gives us, but part three tends to be their least favorite, and likely it is glossed over because we have…

  • Old Stuff – Ecclesiological Implications of Reformed Doctrine

    Number 3 —————————- Here’s another post along the lines of some of my theological musings over the past few months.  This is excerpted from some other writing I did, so I apologize if it doesn’t entirely make sense…hopefully at some point I’ll make time to actually fully develop ideas into coherent arguments and points. “I think I…

  • Old Stuff – Confessing Corporate Sin

    Here’s number two in the Old Stuff: ———————- Here is Round #2 with respect to some theological/church wanderings of my mind… Recently, Nehemiah 1 has been the source of some intense thought for me, and although I haven’t developed the thought to its end, I thought I would share where God has been leading me. The primary challenge…

  • Old Stuff – Subjecting Logic to Scripture

    I found some old posts from the family blog that I thought I would re-run here, so here’s the first from April of 2007. —————– As I have continued to engage Systematic Theology, I have realized how my questioning of the process of salvation, or any other doctrinal matter, tends to be from an attitude of skepticism…

  • pine cove fun

    we spent new years at pine cove’s woods camp, and it has been an excellent way to ring in 2009. i’ve been able to make some headway on j i packer’s knowing god (thought provoking), reflect on marriage over the last year, and have some excellent family time while making new friends. all in all,…