I’m so excited to introduce the new Center City Planting site! I’m excited because I’m convinced that the team that God brings together to plant Citylight Baptist Church will be blessed with a unique vantage point. We are going to have a front row seat– watching God work in an amazing way! Over the coming [...]
Today has been dubbed Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Today I’m reminded of truths that shouldn’t be forgotten. If this genocide surpassing the holocaust ended TODAY– it still should NEVER be forgotten! In addition, it seems that those facets of our community who are most disenfranchised are being targeted by promoters of DEATH! So I [...]
I’m so excited to introduce the new Center City Planting site! I’m excited because I’m convinced that the team that God brings together to plant Citylight Baptist Church will be blessed with a unique vantage point. We are going to have a front row seat– watching God work in an amazing way! Over the coming [...]
say YES! is a social networking campaign that provides an easy avenue for friends, family-members, business-owners, organizations, and church leaders to pool their resources to see Citylight Baptist Church started today. Please take time to read the post below and prayerfully consider what part God would have you play in this exciting new work! Watch [...]
Last week I found out that I had won “Free Book Friday.” Turns out I hadn’t just won one book but an entire set! Today they arrived at my front door. The Pulpit Commentary shipped to my door is a great gift! Special thanks to Scott Postma, the blog owner who offered this giveaway. Some [...]
I’m not gonna lie– we are pretty focused on presenting the mission that God has set before us as a family. We want to see our mission funded so that we can get to work. But… Along the way, I’m encouraged as I become familiar with [...]
I can’t help noticing church trends, and I love visiting churches. Just ask Laura, my wife, and she will tell you that I will drive way out of our way when on vacation to visit a church that I’ve heard about. You can learn something from everybody. Recently I have been contacting numerous churches and [...]
I’m a pretty decisive person. I confess, sometimes I’m decisive to a fault. Because of this tendency, I attempt to compensate by intentionally questioning myself as well as asking those around me to speak into situations in my life as they arise. Today I have several post ideas swimming around in my thoughts but I [...]
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. –Galatians 5:24-25 Verse 24 doesn’t speak of a Christian’s plan for victory as much as it speaks of a Christian’s secured victory in Jesus! Often we Christians project [...]
Galatians 6:2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. This verse’s specific context speaks of believers helping one another with the oppressive weight of temptation and the effects of yielding to it. However, there is a broader principle that can be applied to all burdens. So why is this principle [...]
Mark 1:40-45 Christ encountered a Leper in this passage of scripture. Think with me about what it must have been to have the blight of leprosy in that day and age. One day this man is in the field working and he looks down and notices a white spot on his forearm. He thinks that [...]
