Mardi Gras is dumb. People are free to give themselves over to gluttony and debauchery. The life to which Jesus calls us is much better and that’s the life I think everyone should live. But people can still choose celebrate Mardi Gras how they like, giving into every desire and not denying their flesh. ButRead more
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We have been going through The Story with our junior high students. The Story is the Bible told in story form, like a novelization of God’s word. This weekend our story came out of Daniel. Our lesson focused on the fiery furnace and Daniel in the lions’ den. Those are two classic Bible stories thatRead more
It’s already the end of February, which is a little hard to believe. We’re two months into the year and The Lego Movie has been the best nerdy movie so far. Perhaps one of these nerdy movies coming out this spring will have a chance to top the awesome adventures of Emmett, Batman and company.Read more
Imagine if you were the first person in your church to read the book of Revelation. You’re just a first century Christian, trying to figure out what it means to follow someone who had been alive a few decades earlier. Then you get to read Revelation, a letter that encourages you and tells you howRead more
In recent years there have been a lot of giant monster movies. Last year’s Pacific Rim was a perfect movie if you had a desire to see giant monsters fighting giant robots. And a few years ago Cloverfield was a great combination of the found footage and monster genres. This summer the king of allRead more
Yoda. Gandalf. Dumbledore. They all have something in common. Yoda was older than Luke. Gandalf was older than Frodo. Dumbledore was older than Harry. They were also full of wisdom. Wisdom that they were willing to share, as long as Luke, Frodo and Harry were willing to listen. I am tremendously blessed to serve onRead more