Category Archives: God

Marriage Is Love

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jason

A friend of mine asked me to write a guest piece for his blog. His name is Warren Baldwin and he writes extensively on family and marriage. (You can access his blog by clicking here.) This is a little something … Continue reading →

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John 3

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Jason

John 3.16 is one of the landmark texts in the Christian Scriptures. It looms large, like a mountain peak, towering above all other verses in our collective consciousness. With telescopic range, it encapsulates the enormity of the Gospel message in … Continue reading →

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Live Like Jesus, Love Like Jesus

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Jason

Last Sunday night, one of our elders, Denton Kimbrough, led a prayer in our worship assembly and he used a phrase that immediately struck me. He prayed: Lord, help us to live like Jesus…and help us to love like Jesus. … Continue reading →

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Quote: Brought to the Glory of God

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jason

The Christian gospel is not merely that Jesus died and rose again; and not merely that these events appease God’s wrath, forgive sin, and justify sinners; and not merely that this redemption gets us out of hell and into heaven; … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Church Service

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jason

The perfect church service would be one were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God. — C.S. Lewis

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THE Question

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jason

I love questions. I can remember the exasperated look on my mother’s face as she patiently fielded my inquisitiveness as a child. Now, as father to two curious first-graders and a quick-minded four-year old, I’m constantly being asked “How do … Continue reading →

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God’s Story

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Jason

From Eugene Peterson’s book “The Invitation”: “When we submit our lives to what we read in Scripture, we find that we’re being led not to see God in our stories but to see our stories in God’s. God is the … Continue reading →

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A Way of Life

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Jason

I don’t know how you feel about the providence of God. As for me, I’m convinced. When I was 18 years old, I was the epitome of the angry young man. My Mother had just died and I began to … Continue reading →

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Kingdom Values: Indiscriminate Love

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Jason

I continue to reflect on the devastating storm that blew through here a little more than two weeks ago. If you came here looking for music reviews or cutesy posts about what my kids have done this week, I’ve got … Continue reading →

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After the Storm, Part 2

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Jason

I wanted to record our experience from last week’s tornado storms. But Sunny has done a great job of recapping those few days from the perspective of our family. As you can see from her post, it was a harrowing … Continue reading →

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