TweetWhen I want to be reminded of the truth of gospel in new words & ways, I find Tim Keller’s preaching to be a helpful place to look. Without fail, every sermon he delivers ends up at the redeeming work of Jesus on the cross and its importance for every single issue in my life. [...]
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Romans 12: Our Mission
TweetWe ended New Life’s Florida Spring Break trip (themed “The War Within”) with a wrap-up on Romans 12. As we spent the whole week talking about the internal struggle between the flesh and Spirit (see my last post),I tried to pull some key truths from Romans 12 about the ongoing spiritual war that surrounds us…illustrating [...]
A Humble Look at Ourselves
TweetThe following is an exercise I gave for students on the Florida Spring Break trip. I hope it blesses your life also: Consider the following two (partial) sentences: “____________, then the world will know that God sent Jesus.” “Without __________, no one will see God.” These sound like pretty grand, epic statements…if only we could [...]
Uncovering the Real You
TweetLast week at our Southside New Life Team meeting, I led our students through an exercise I deemed “Uncovering the Real You.” By no means did I expect students to have fully “uncovered the real them” by the end, but I wanted to help lay a groundwork for how they might go about internalizing Ephesians [...]
James MacDonald’s Marriage Advice
TweetAs most of you know, I’m getting married in May. I don’t really know what I’m doing except that I’ve read Ephesians 5, observed some incredibly godly marriages, and really love Jessie and want to put her needs before my own. Just like the theme of some of my more recent posts, my intentions are [...]
THE NINES: A Different Kind of Review
TweetI spent today mostly huddled in front of my computer watching church leaders from around the nation give nine-minute exhortations to church leaders as a part of a conference called THE NINES. To build on a theme, it started at 9:09 a.m. on 9/9/09, and each leader was prompted with, ”If you had 9 minutes to say [...]
An Interview with Greg Van Nada
TweetTonight at our LT main session, there was interview between friends Chris Mann and Greg Van Nada that I thought was really insightful at points. The full audio is here: But I thought I’d just share some of my notes & quotes in case you wanted th shorter version: – Paul preached the grace of Christ so [...]