Category: Missional living

  • Making Sense of Floods and Other Suffering

    A few weeks ago, our family rented a movie that was produced by a church and released in theaters. The movie did fairly well, and we were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the cinematography. Yet, I struggled with the underlying message of the movie. Basically, the storyline pictured a person who had a litany…

  • False Gospels for Eureka – Religionism

    I mentioned Sunday that I would blog on, what in my opinion, are the key false beliefs that tend to show up in a church in the culture of Eureka. Before you read these, I would encourage you to reread Titus 1:9-16. In this passage Paul gives strong instruction to Titus that the leaders in…

  • Living the cross life

    “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.” – Jesus After talking to some people this week, I realized that I need to give a little more explanation of the central phrase in this statement from Luke 9:23. What exactly did Jesus have in mind…

  • Getting involved – Making a kingdom difference in political issues

    Now that we are entering a political season, we are going to hear about the hot topics quite a bit. In the sermon this past Sunday, I mentioned that God’s people have a tendency to look for a political savior who will lead their nation back to a certain place of prominence and goodness, rather…