The Awe Factor

Our God is an Awesome God!

Leaders, Take Heed

Chuck Swindoll, accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award at Catalyst 09, offered the following lessons he has learned:
1.  It’s lonely to lead. Leadership involves tough decisions. The tougher the decision, the lonelier it is.
2. It’s dangerous to succeed. I’m most concerned for those who aren’t even 30 and are very gifted and successful. Sometimes God uses [...]

Francis Chan

I have mixed feelings about Francis Chan. Is he for real? Can someone “get it” so right? Can somebody be in love with God so much they really lay everthing down and live 100% for Him? I download his podcast and listen to him speak, and I want to discredit him quickly because he seems [...]

Friends For The Gospel

Tunes for Tuesday – Sermon Jam Edition

Shepherding People to Truth

Here is Matt Chandler’s cousel on shepherding people to truth:

Give people texts to read and then give them plenty of space to wrestle. I love strong, convincing theologically driven books. The Bible’s better.
Listen. Don’t listen to respond. Listen. You’ll find that people usually have an aversion to truth because it is affecting something or someone [...]

This is why I like Matt Chandler

Passing Thought

I was just reading in my textbook, and out of nowhere, my thoughts came to a conclusion for a question that I have been thinking about a lot lately:
It’s still not about me.
Sigh.
Not what I was expecting, but truth none the less.

Literally Speaking

In an interview with ABC’s “Nightline” on Monday, the president also said he probably is not a literalist when reading the Bible although an individual can learn a great deal from it, including the New Testament teaching that God sent his only son…
“You know. Probably not. … No, I’m not a literalist, but I think [...]

Overheard

“All Christian preaching springs from the truth that God has spoken in word and deed, and that He has chosen human vessels to bear witness to Himself and His gospel.  We speak because we cannot be silent.  We speak because God has spoken.”
-R. Albert Mohler, Jr., He Is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World (Chicago, IL: [...]