The heart is a complicated thing. No, I’m not talking about the physical organ of the body that pumps blood to the different parts of the body (although it is a complicated organ). The heart is just the name we give that non-physical aspect of a person. It is what makes a person who they...

I always have to remind myself that my faith is not one in an isolated bubble without any influence from anyone else. I always have to remind myself that I am standing on the shoulders of the giants of the faith who have gone before me. There have been great men and women of God who have gone...

I’ve been thinking a lot about L.A. a lot recently. Better yet I find a lot of my prayers and hearts call is turning towards the city of L.A. This all started from having a conversation with Dan. We talked about the possibility of planting a church out in LA in the future. Both of us...

I’ve been thinking about art recently. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about why art is not part of the conversation within the church. I recently started following the works of Makoto Fujimura, an artist in NYC. He is a devout Christians but his works are not what you would...

I’ve been reading through Redeemers Church Planters Manual recently. It is a personal dream of mine to plant of church in an urban setting with the intention of cultural transformation through a Gospel centric ministry. Instead of simply dreaming and waiting for it to fall in my lap,...

  By Wednesday their mind was made up –  this Jesus must die! In the past, they were not able to execute justice on Jesus because he had the favor of the people. But after riding into the city as if He was the promised Messiah, after destroying part of the Temple worship, after...

“Who is this Jesus?” “Wasn’t He suppose to be the one that would liberate us from the oppression of the Gentiles? But instead He destroys God’s temple.” “What right does he have?” “Whose authority does he come by?” After Jesus had...

Early Monday morning Jesus rides out towards the Temple. The curiosity of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to rise. Was he heading into the Temple to sit on His throne as the Messiah, the King of the Jews? Was He going to expel the Gentile oppression from the Temple and from the city? Was He...

Ever since the book came out the blogosphere has been blowing up with discussions about this controversial book. I am far from the first to write a review of the book, and I don’t think I’ll be the last. But I have read the book and I wanted to put down  my thoughts about the book...

“There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.” “There are in the souls of wicked me those hellish principles reigning, that would presently kindle and flame out into hell-fire, if it were not for God’s restraint....