We just had a weekend for the scrapbook. Our weekend started on Thursday as my wife, my sister-in-law, Kelly Via, and another friend, Jennifer Hambrick, all took a childless road trip to Woodbridge, VA to IKEA, the Scandinavian furniture superstore. They were gone from Thursday till Saturday with the Dads all pulling overtime hours to…
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(make sure you’ve read parts 1 & 2 before continuing)Misconception #2: “Jesus is a Tyrant” The tyrant mentality is the polar opposite. It says this: “Since Jesus hates sin and especially hates when I sin, He is up there in heaven somewhere waiting for me to mess up again so that He can slap another…
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(If you haven’t read part 1, click here and do that now before continuing.) When Moses asked God what name He should use in defending his authority before pharaoh, God simply said, “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). I love Louie Giglio’s explanation of I AM: It’s an amazing name. In Hebrew the word…
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Happy Cinco de Mayo everybody. We just rolled back into town about an hour ago from a crazily hectic weekend. But a good one. Friday night and Saturday we led worship for Wakefield Baptist Church‘s Women’s Conference in Wake Forest, NC. It was great to have my friend, Tim Norton, back with us playing djembe.…
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I’m excited to say that my first book, The Discovery: Beyond the Jesus of Flapjacks and Grilled Cheese is in the production stage, and should be out in about a month or so. We had a tiny set-back in production, but now things are rolling. It’s a 21-day devotional journey through the Gospel of John…
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