Picture: Elijah worshipping PURE WORSHIP After 400+ yrs of Hebrew enslavement in Egypt, a nation dedicated to the self-declared man-god, Pharaoh, an inspired Hebrew named Moses authored a book dedicated to explaining the life of worship; Deuteronomy. This ancient book goes into great detail explaining how the recently freed peoples, whom God had chosen to [...]

THE WISDOM-FILLED LIFE OF WORSHIP After Paul encouraged the church at ancient Ephesus to walk in the light of their new lives available through the work of Jesus, he went on to encourage them to “be imitators of God, as beloved children.” Ephesians 5:1.  After giving a list of what God-imitators don’t do (unmarried sex, [...]

Book: How To Read The Bible For All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart. Zondervan, 2003. INTRODUCTION Gordon Fee, professor of New Testament at Regent College, and Douglas Stuart, professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell, have tried hard to not write “just another book” on the issue of hermeneutics (a method of [...]

Social Justice Opened Doors “They’re not trained for leadership and they’re not business savvy, but they’ve got tender hearts that have made them available to serve the impoverished souls of Sierra Leone, West Africa.” Danny Loeffelholz, University Blvd Campus Pastor, Grace Community Church. According to the Human Development Index, Sierra Leone is the third lowest [...]

This post is for all my nerd friends who would like to see 1) the effects of the expansion of various religions and 2) the effects of conquest and military expansion. The following two presentations will create a ton of questions and answer very little; they’ll make you think though. Can’t see video one? Click [...]

Many of us American Christians are comfortable in our middle class bubble while inside our spirits are in decay. We attend endless Bible studies and church services and fellowships with other believers while missing a key part of what our Christianity was meant to be. We must go love others not in the church & [...]

WE’RE GETTING THE MESSAGE “Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs. They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees. And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned [...]

The beginning of the new year witnessed a streak of church arson that culminated with the Body of Christ in East Texas gathering together for corporate prayer at Bergfeld Park in Tyler, Texas at 1pm on January 24th, 2010. Below you will find a few highlights from the prayer rally that should both bless you [...]

Are you feeling wrong? Foul? Do you struggle with the same old junk everyday and can’t seem to dig your way out? Got a habitual favorite sin you’ve been nursing but want to dump? You know that maybe prayer and Bible reading are just what the Dr. ordered but you either fall asleep or it [...]

As seen in the picture above, the devastation in Haiti seems nearly incalculable. While watching the almost endless news coverage of the Haitian earthquake, I caught a stunning moment on live television that shocked even Anderson Cooper, a seasoned reporter. In the midst of overbearing human suffering and unrelenting emotional pain, Haitians spontaneously gathered together [...]