Several weeks ago, I shared a post entitled, “My own experience with getting UNstuck,” and in the midst of that story, I promised this follow up post.
As I shared in my message last weekend, one …
Several weeks ago, I shared a post entitled, “My own experience with getting UNstuck,” and in the midst of that story, I promised this follow up post.
As I shared in my message last weekend, one …
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Last night, our Transformation Journey class focused on the books of Isaiah, and officially marked our turn to the “prophetic books” of the Old Testament. We talked about Isaiah being referred to as, “The Prince of the Prophets,” because of the amount of times he is quoted by the New Testament writers. Jerome, the early Church Father, writing in the fourth century had this to say about Isaiah:
“He [Isaiah] should be called an evangelist rather than a prophet because he describes all the mysteries of Christ and the Church so clearly that you would think he is composing a history of what has already happened rather than prophesying about what is to come.”
Jerome, Church Father, 4th Century
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We read Isaiah 53 yesterday in the Transformation Journal, the most often quoted Old Testament passage in the New Testament writings. Here are some of my personal reflections.
It’s hard to make any observations about this …
By far, the most frequent question I have received from people since we started using the Transformation Journal has been in reference to trying to understand the violence in the Old Testament. We spend the …
Last night, our Transformation Journey class focused on the books of Song of Songs. As I said last night at the beginning of the session, this is a really tough book because it is so …
On June 23rd, 2001, at about 4:05 p.m., the back doors of the sanctuary opened and my bride started to walk down the aisle. We were surrounded by a sea of friends and family that …
Almost every Saturday morning, I try to get to my office early for some personal quiet time before I’m joined by a group of young men from our Church at 7:30 a.m. who meet for …
Last night, our Transformation Journey class focused on the books of Proverbs & Ecclesiastes. It was great to be back in the saddle after a week off, but I hope we don’t have to cover …
So far, this has been an odd start to the summer for me.
Our Senior Pastor has been on vacation and I’ve have the privilege of filling in for him during our weekend services. I’ve really …
Since I’m missing my family who left town for the weekend to spend some time at Grandma & Grandpa’s, I thought I would share two of my favorite pics so far of our summer fun. …
Today, several of our High School ministry staff headed out for Clarksdale, Mississippi for our High School Mission Trip. On Sunday they will be joined by 12 vans full of High School students and adults …
Last weekend, when we opened up our UNstuck message series, I invited our Church to share with me some of their own stories of “getting UNstuck” in their lives. If you would also like to …
My new Amazon Kindle arrived in the mail today. I haven’t had a chance to play around too much yet, but here’s some unboxing photos. If you’d like to know more about the Kindle, you …
Yesterday’s post on the quote I had to cut from last weekend’s message sparked a really great comment that I wanted to lift up today, and in response, share just a few words about my …
Yesterday’s post on the quote I had to cut from last weekend’s message sparked a really great comment that I wanted to lift up today, and in response, share just a few words about my …
I just wanted to remind everyone that we will not be having Transformation Journey tonight! This week all of our pastors and several delegates from our Church are attending Annual Conference, a gathering of all …
