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One of my favorite movies is the 1985 cult classic “Goonies.” The movie follows the adventures of a band of youth as they try to save their city. One of the youth was a boy nicknamed “Data” played by Jonathan Ke Quan. Quan plays a young techno-geek who creates cool devices to accomplish every day [...]
Every once in awhile I come across a book with ideas that resonate deeply with me and shape me. I recently read a book by Joseph Hellerman called When the Church Was a Family Not only did I read it, in class I was able to sit down with Joseph Hellerman and discuss his book [...]
Two people can be practicing the same exact practice but their motives or the driving force behind the practice can be completely different. For example, during a worship service one person might be signing out of genuine love for God but another person might be singing out of genuine fear of being struck down for [...]
I’ve been wrestling with the question, “how do you build a community out of a group of people?” For what it’s worth or if anyone cares, here are my thoughts: Community is built through shared conflict, goal, affiliation, or interests. Community is sustained through a continued and progressive mission Proximity does not guarantee community. When [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. For more information, [...]
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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