2011
April
16
After watching the Masters, 2 things were very apparent to me. 1) Rory is 10x the man Tiger will ever be. Do you really think Tiger would have done this after blowing a Major win by shooting an 80? Never. 2) It was easy to find out who actually follows golf and who doesn’t, because [...]
2011
April
14
No I’m not blogging about politics. One of more controversial doctrines held by many Christians is election, which is essentially that God in his sovereignty would chose some to become his children. It would be fair to say many embrace this belief, while others run far away from it. I’ve been reading The Gospel in [...]
2011
April
12
One of shifts in the local church during the modern/mega church movement was a move away from the use of liturgy in weekly worship gatherings. I grew up in this movement and honestly didn’t even know what liturgy was until I was in college. Liturgy was deemed to be more of an “insider” type of [...]
2011
April
09
The Twins beat the Yankees this week! Sure it was only one game that took an incredible comeback to actually win. But, when you’re a Twins fan, you take what you get against the Yankees. I didn’t even know a government shutdown was possible. By the people for the people right? Blogs How to pursue [...]
2011
April
07
Saw this quote a while back and really identify with the truth in it. People debate how to recognize when a church is dying all the time. Most people look at declining offerings, budgets, staff, or attendance, but I agree with this quote that a dying church is something far different than that. When the [...]
2011
April
06
Many of you know that I am a runner. I typically run 15 to 20 miles a week, though I’ve been running more lately to start preparing for the half-marathon I hope to run in mid-June. I run for a lot of reasons. I run because I work several really long days each week and [...]