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They like Jesus, but not the Church

By David Alexander ⋅ July 28, 2008 ⋅ One comment

I’m reading an interesting book right now from Dan Kimball entitled, “They Like Jesus, but not the Church.” After I was laid up in bed for a few days after surgery, my wife made the comment to me that I had not been reading as much this summer as I had done in the past. [...]

What’s next for Rob Bell?

By David Alexander ⋅ November 17, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Rob Bell has 13 more stops on his speaking tour this fall, so if you are reading this blog and you happen to live in San Antonio, Atlanta, Orlando, Raleigh, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Louisville, Indianapolis, Cleveland, or Grand Rapids, get your tickets. It’s was another incredible message that he shared last [...]

Another speaking tour

By David Alexander ⋅ October 30, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I hope you already have purchased your tickets to see Rob Bell at Nokia here in a few weeks. Another great speaker is coming our way in February. Brian McLaren will be leading the “Everything Must Change” speaking tour which is actually a two day conference based on his latest book that shares the same [...]

Church Mission Statements

By David Alexander ⋅ October 11, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

Building a Christian community where people are becoming deeply committed followers of Jesus.
What do you think?

What’s wrong with foundationalism?

By David Alexander ⋅ October 3, 2007 ⋅ One comment

I’m reading a book right now that is hurting my brain. The book is Beyond Liberalism & Fundamentalism: How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy set the Theological Agenda by Nancey Murphy. I’m reading it in conjunction with an independent study for seminary on Emerging Church theologies. I know it’s full of tons of great information. It’s [...]

How do you see the church?

By David Alexander ⋅ September 23, 2007 ⋅ One comment

I ran across this quote from Rob Bell who was recently asked what it was like to be a part of one the “hottest” churches in America. Here is Rob’s reply.
I don’t even know what that means. I know there’s a woman in the second row in the second service that has cancer for the [...]

Get your tickets

By David Alexander ⋅ September 6, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Last night I bought our tickets to see Rob Bell at Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, mid-November. There seem to be great seats still available. We pulled down 4 up close. Click here for more info. on this year’s tour.
Proceeds benefit Turame microfinance project.

Catching Up…

By David Alexander ⋅ March 14, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

So far I’ve had a pretty fruitful Spring break. I’ve had a chance to catch my breath and look ahead at what I have coming up in the next three months. The calendar is filling up pretty fast for me which is making me a bit anxious, but I am really excited about participating in [...]

Crafting Community

By David Alexander ⋅ February 28, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I really like reading Bob Hyatt’s blog. Bob is a new church start pastor in Portland, Oregon. So, I enjoy reading his thoughts first and foremost because I think a church plant might be something I would consider in the future. More importantly, though, I keep up with Bob because he is so transparent about [...]

One more thing

By David Alexander ⋅ February 22, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

While we are on the subject of Mars Hill, I thought I would also share something the Mars Hill community is calling the XYZ. Again, you may have heard Rob talk about this if you regularly listen to their podcast, but the leadership of Mars Hill decided to put their heads together and dream about [...]