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Embracing Singleness

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Embracing Singleness

So my little brother proposed to his girlfriend of 10+ years. It’s a bittersweet moment. Sweet because it’s my family and I’m happy for them. Bitter because that means I’m the last man standing. For those of you who don’t know, I have two younger brothers and one older sister. My older sister is married [...]

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Preaching the Law and Gospel

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Preaching the Law and Gospel

I’m not very good at keeping this blog up. Part of it is because I’ve recently been blogging for a community blog called Endangered Leadership. I’ve been pretty regular at that site.
Anyway, I wanted to re-post a blog entry on the importance of preaching the Law and the Gospel that I wrote for Endangered Leadership.

Martin [...]

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Baggage that Prevents

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Baggage that Prevents

For one of my classes I’ve been reading Calvin’s Institutes. I’m reading the chapters on predestination and it’s interesting on how Calvin started his discussion on predestination. He doesn’t start by addressing the topic, he starts by addressing the attitude and the hearts of people that prevent them from teaching it or that cause them [...]

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Be The Church – Inspired by New Hope LA

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Be The Church – Inspired by New Hope LA

My friend Dan is one of the campus pastors at New Hope L.A. A couple of days ago he wrote an announcement on his blog here. He announced that New Hope L.A. would be closing it’s door down for one Sunday to be a part of the community. They gave out groceries to different families [...]

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Do You Lie When You Worship?!

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Do You Lie When You Worship?!

I had a conversation with one of the guys in my youth group. He’s attempting to write some songs for worship. I’m really proud of his boldness and his initiative in wanting to bring something new to the table. Most people his age are wrapped up trying to write songs about girls so that they [...]

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Interview with Joel Comiskey

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Interview with Joel Comiskey

Pastor Joel Comiskey is the Pastor of a church plant in Moreno Valley. He’s was a missionary to South American and successfully saw how the cell group system thrived there. He’s done extensive studies on Cell Groups and Cell Ministries. He shares some of his thoughts on cell ministry in North America.
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Practical Ways of Helping the Homeless This Holiday Season

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Practical Ways of Helping the Homeless This Holiday Season

Last year I took a Social Justice class at Life Pacific College (highly recommended for anyone). A major part of the class was to present a variety of social issues that plague our world. Everything from clean water to child slavery, extreme global hunger to local homelessness. It was hard leaving that class and not [...]

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These are a few of my favorite things

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These are a few of my favorite things

I’ve been so busy with school and ministry that it feels like I’m not really human. It sort of feels like I’ve just been a robot who goes about my daily routine. To be completely honest, I started to feel like I was in a Cymbalta commercial for awhile:

So in order to shake this depressing [...]

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Jesus Needs Celebrity Endorsements?

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Jesus Needs Celebrity Endorsements?

“Did you hear?!?! [Fill in the name of a celebrity] is a Christian!”
Whether it be Bono from U2,  Vanness Wu from F4, MC Jin former Ruff Ryder, MC Hammer, or even George W. Bush; why does it seem that we so readily drop these names? I’ve done it too and I’ve justify it by saying [...]

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Boycott the GAP!?!

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Boycott the GAP!?!

Focus on the Family, an Evangelical Christian ministry, set up a website called, “Stand for Christmas.” On the website they rate retailers on how “Christmas Friendly” they are. Apparently what qualifies as, “Christmas Friendly” are stores that say “Merry Christmas” and that’s about it. If a store is not Christmas friendly, Focus on the Family [...]

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