Tradition!

My friend Levi and I have been having lately a great conversation on the role of oral and written tradition in the church.  (BTW Levi and I were actually in a band together in college).  Levi has now converted to Orthodox Christianity. 
Our discussion has centered around this question, “What traditions should we base our beliefs on?”  In Scripture, we have [...]

new Lifehouse stuff

Today I noticed that Lifehouse has released a new album called Who We Are.  I have really enjoyed some of their older stuff.   I’ve been listening to some of the tunes from it on their myspace page.  It sounds pretty good so far.  Check it out. 

Don Miller on the role of narrative in theology

I just ran across this article from CT.  A pretty good read.  Moderns tend to neglect the role of story in understanding truth. (BTW, that’s one of the strengths of the NPP.  Re-reading Paul to notice the unlying narratives).  
Don Miller makes some pretty good points in this article.  I love the comparison between favorite movies and [...]

Learning Hebrew

In order to get ready for the fall, I’ve started working on Hebrew.  I’m hoping that I’ll get a headstart.  Unfortunately, I’ll be trying to learn both Greek and Hebrew during the same semester.  I’m using a computer program called Hebrew Tutor.  It’s ok, but I’m sure that the program’s a little too old for [...]

Changes

For the last four years, I’ve been a youth pastor for Chadron Berean Church.  It’s been a great experience.  I’ve learned a lot from working with Pastor Dan Williams.  He’s been a great mentor and he has a great heart for serving God and loving people.   Working with our kids has been just awesome.  Shelley [...]

Proverbs on Blogging

The other day I ran across this verse and felt convicted.  How often is blogging like this! God, give us wisdom. 
Proverbs 18:2
A fool finds no pleasure in understanding
       but delights in airing his own opinions.

The Bible online

I’m sure that most of you are aware of BibleGateway.  It’s a great site for online Bible usage.  So if you like BibleGateway, then you might like the Blue Letter Bible as well.  It has some great helps for those learning the Biblical languages. 

Salvation Survey

Every year at Camp Rock the dormleaders (i.e. counselors) are provided with a survey about salvation to give to the campers.  The purpose of the survey is to see how much your campers understand about the gospel and the plan of salvation.  The surveys ask questions like, “If you were to die today, would you go to [...]

I’m back home

So last night I got back home after spending a week at Camp Rock’s wilderness camp.  I was a dirty mess by the end of the week.  I didn’t shower all week.  I tried to wash off in a dirty lake on some farmer’s land.  However, the lake might have left me more dirty than I [...]

The Bare Minimum Requirements

In Dallas Willard’s book The Divine Conspiracy (which is a great book BTW), he talks about how we have reduced the gospel to the bare minimum requirements.  In other words, evangelicals tend to argue about what’s the bare minimum thing that God requires me to do in order to be saved.  If I do this [...]