Do You See The Glory?

John Piper’s church, Bethlehem Baptist, has a statement of faith, and here is an excerpt from it describing their view of missions.
We believe that the commission given by the Lord Jesus to make disciples of all nations is binding on His Church to the end of the age. This task is to proclaim the [...]

Continuing reading Matt Redman’s “The Unquenchable Worshiper”, he mentions a story in Ch 3 that I’ve always loved. It comes from 2 Samuel 6. Redman doesn’t go into much detail, but it’s really an interesting story. I really love reading the Old Testament, and King David is one of my favorite characters. [...]

This is a quote from Ralph Winter’s “Reconsecration to a Wartime, not a Peacetime, Lifestyle”.
“America today is a “save yourself” society if there ever was one. But does it really work? The underdeveloped societies suffer from one set of diseases: tuberculosis, malnutrition, pneumonia, parasites, typhoid, cholera, typhus, etc. Affluent America has virtually [...]

Here are some more notes and comments from John Piper’s “Don’t Waste Your Life”.
To make others glad in God with an everlasting gladness, our lives must show that He is more precious than life. If Christ is an all-satisfying treasure and promises to provide all our needs, then to live as though we had all [...]

I haven’t written much about what’s going on in our lives lately. We recently changed churches, which is usually a very scary and anxious undertaking. But God has been very good to us. We’ve been attending The Avenue for about 3 months, and officially joined today. In the very short time [...]

I’ve had the book, “The Unquenchable Worshipper”, by Matt Redman, for a long time, probably 5 or 6 years. But have never read it. I decided to read it. I think it’s going to be very educational, so I figured I’d write a few comments on each chapter.
Ch 1 - The Unquenchable [...]

Often I wander. And even more often I wonder. And sometimes I even wonder while I’m wandering. Wonder is a strange word. Say it a bunch of times over and over. OK, I’m getting sidetracked. Many intellectual theologians often wonder lots of things about God. Like… if everything [...]

I haven’t given a weight update in a while, so here’s one. I took about a week of vacation over the 4th of July holiday, and fell off my diet wagon for a few days. But very thankfully, I got back on the wagon and am back on track. I didn’t weight [...]

FYI, MMA stands for Mixed Martial Arts. This is the generic term for the sport. UFC stands for Ultimate Fighting Champion, and it is one of many organizations (and the biggest) within the sport of MMA. Just a little lesson there for those new to the MMA. Most MMA fighters have [...]

I’m reading a book by John Piper called “Don’t Waste Your Life”. At about the half way point, I would give it a double thumbs up. But it’s not for the meek. Piper is known to lay it out there, even if it’s not fun to hear. Chapter 7 is titled, [...]

Since I’ve been trying to maintain a healthy diet, I’ve gotten rid of the sugar filled snacks. And one of the snacks I’ve replaced them with is nuts, or is it “are nuts”. Whichever, yes, I’ve really grown nuts about nuts. They are very addictive, especially with all that salt on them. My [...]

Have you ever read some of the labels on the things laying around your house? If not, you should, just for the entertainment value. Here’s a few that I just ran across recently. We have a membership to the greatest store in the world, Costco :-). We like to make a [...]

Are you familiar with the parable of the Rich Fool? It’s found in Luke 18. Here’s the story Jesus told.
The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what [...]

This is a follow up to several posts on worship, but specifically this post: WORSHIP. So you might want to check that out first if you haven’t already.
I’ve heard people talk about some of Satan’s greatest strategies and victories…. victories such as getting believers to bicker and argue amongst themselves so that they are [...]

OK, I’m not sure why I’m telling this story, but then a story like this really should not go untold. Beth’s birthday was on Friday. She’s a little different than most people in that she does not like going out to eat. So Jaxon (my 5 year old) and I decided to [...]

I’m thinking my 2 sons might have a successful future in Ultimate Fighting. First, for my 4 month old. At this young age, he’s already mastered the “Rubber Guard”. The Rubber Guard is a defensive position when you are on your back with somebody on top of you. It’s accomplished by [...]

If you’ve ever had to teach a child to read, you have probably already noticed how stupid the English language is. There are some rules to spelling, but I’m pretty sure there are more exceptions than rules. It’s ridiculous. So, just to give an example of how stupid the English language is, [...]

My mom showed me the sports page of the local paper, and I was surprised to see I got some free advertising. Here’s the picture and article. I printed shirts for the Waxahachie baseball camp this summer and gave them a discount to put my logo on the back of the shirts. [...]

My 5 year old son and I got to seem some fantastic fireworks displays this 4th. We saw the big city show on Thursday night, and it was pretty impressive as usual. Then on Friday, the 4th, we went to a friends house who was hosting a 4th of July party. I [...]