Are you Uncomfortable
Jesus hasn't called us to a place that is comfortable. He wants you to take a step of faith that puts our trust in him. Have you been uncomfortable lately?...
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Traveling
I will be out traveling for the next 2 weeks, so I will be taking a break from posting....
Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
Which came first, the Chicken or the Egg? Yes, it is the age-old question; however, I would like to address this type of question for today’s post. It is this kind of question that leaves a person with a sense of not being able to definitively choose either answer. This conundrum may end up taking us to a spiritually numinous place. I hope you will get the gist of where I am going in this post....
Gears
I was talking with a friend recently, who works at a gear manufacturing facility. Our conversation led to the discussion of the tolerance level of fine tuning required to make gears that will mesh together. He said that most of the gears that they make, are manufactured with the help of computer programs that measure to the thousands of an inch....
Exile and Redemption.
There is a theme that t is presented in the Old Testament that is relevant for us today. That is the story of Israel taken into bondage in Babylon, then returning and being restored to their land....
Burden of Proof
Last week we looked at the idea that a skeptic actually suppresses the truth of creation, in spite of massive amounts of probability stacked against him. Today, I would like to develop this subject further....
Truth Suppression
For today’s installment, I would like to look into the core of the naturalist’s philosophy about God....
There Can Be Only One!
Jesus is the only one that could deal with our problem. We must not shy away from this truth. The best part is that it's free and the perks are AMAZING!!!...
Living Systems in Rivers
This week I would like to develop the concept of how complex the interactions of differing animals and plants are in their environment...
Slaves to Righteousness
What a joy to know that as Sons and Daughters we are slaves to Kingdom living. We can only have one master and righteousness is ours. Give that a think!...
Gospel Renewal
Continuing from last week’s post, we are looking at the aspects of Gospel renewal. We have described what it looks like, but have not ventured into the dynamics of how to see it happen....
Keep ReadingYou are Loved!
Recently we have been looking at what it means to be “all in” in the context of a prophetic word spoken over our church. In this installment, I would like to look into the need for gospel renewal. This is in response to God’s love for us all....
Keep ReadingTheological Vision Part 2
Today we will look further into theological vision and the role that it plays in how we do ministry at the River Center....
Keep ReadingTheological Vision
I currently am re-reading a book titled Center Church by Dr. Tim Keller. It is a deep and fascinating adventure into how the DNA of the gospel is to be expressed into the local church....
Keep ReadingThe Gospel Changes Everything
The good news of the redemption and grace given to us By God by the sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf changes everything about who we are and how we think....
Keep ReadingPastor VLOG Sept 27
Talking about Tanzania Oct 7th I'd like to share what God spoke to me while in Tanzania, how we are a chosen people, His church caught up on the mission of sharing the gospel. ...
Keep ReadingDeconstruction
Our current culture is attempting to make strong inroads of post-modern deconstruction of any sort of objective truth being reasonable. The hallmark of this train of thought is the idea that no religious truth claim is any better than any other....
Keep ReadingBrighter than the Sun
In these two passages of scripture, we see The Father and Jesus dwelling in pure brilliant and amazingly bright light. In Revelation chapter 1, Jesus is being metaphorically compared to the sun. These comparisons are rooted in the idea that we have no greater visual comparison to the unaided eye....
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