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Becca and I have started reading Frank Viola and George Barna’s “Pagan Christianity.” I saw a guy whom I respect and converse with frequently about the state of the church and know well his tendency towards the re-defining of justification by Tom Wright and his leanings toward the “emergent” village, reading this book about a week ago. I asked him about it and he said that it basically went

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As I move back to my blog, I apologize for not updating when I said I would. Before I move on to topics that I have definitely been running around in my head, I wanted to bring to conclusion my experiences in Israel.The trip was amazing simply said. God definitely rocked my world in a whole ‘nother way then expected. My outlook in going to Israel leading up to the trip was of not wanting to go,

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Well my trip to Israel has been interesting to say the least. Coming here I was my unadventurous, non-excitable self...however God is a lot bigger than me, thankfully. The flights out here were great - I got to read, sleep, talk to some people, eat some lamb, and walk out the tail end of the airplane onto steps in 35 degree weather. We flew into Tel-Aviv (the city where Israel parties - oddly

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So, as many of you know I will be heading to Israel tomorrow for a history and geography class as well as doing evangelism. This will probably be my main form of communication, so I look forward to updating it. Here is a quick overview of what the 14 days will consist of: Jan. 3 & 4 - will mainly consist of traveling and getting an overview of Jerusalem. Jan. 5 - will be filled with being in and

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So...here is my attempt at claiming to have any artistic sense. Hahaha. Seriously though, I was "surfing the net" (to use an old phrase) and came across this picture called "forsaken" at Caedes Desktop Backgrounds and automatically downloaded it and set it as my background for my computer. I know, I know, I was using my time real wisely.Looking at this picture a flood of emotions came: grief,

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For the past four years I have struggled with the issue of pacifism. As I have read the pages of the of the Old and New Testament this issue has constantly arose in my mind. As I have read of the full manifestation of God in Jesus and seen through the eyes of scripture how our King lived and of how many like him entrusted themselves to the Father for their justice I have been humbled and amazed.

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A struggle for me for a long time (and probably will continue to be) has been balancing personal life, family life, friends life, and ministry life. When you are working within a relational ministry model (which I would contend my life for) lines between these areas of life get blurred and it is hard to find balance sometimes. I spoke with Doug Thompson, a pastor in California about a week ago

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As is typical my Beautiful Bride to be comes in and teaches me what life looks like practically rather than philosophically. I am almost convinced on a philosophical level that the source of competitiveness is in direct conflict with the heart/mind of God. However...this does not negate the fact that there is nothing wrong with playing the cards/dominoes/whatever your dealt to the best of your

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Last night Becca and I played "42" (a dominoes game) with my parents for a while. We got beat both times by a pretty significant amount. During the game Becca had been talking with my mom about life and they were having good conversation, however I was getting legitimately frustrated. I said jokingly in the middle of one of the games, "This is not a time of fellowship," unfortunately I was about

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