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A Note to @lindsaylohan and to All of Us
On Saturday we received the sad news that Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented and deeply addicted singer had died. While the autopsy results were “inconclusive,” it is highly likely that Amy fell...
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A Life Well Lived
This morning I received the very sad news that a wonderful friend of my family, Thelma Vittitoe, just died after suffering a catastrophic stroke two nights ago. Thelma was my dad’s long-time...
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Complete Helplessness in #Haiti
We had an amazingly uneventful trip to Haiti. That is a rare thing! Traveling to a third world nation (the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere) is not an easy thing to do. Security is different...
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Serving the World in #Moore, #Oklahoma and Beyond
Yesterday, a tornado of biblical proportions devastated Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City. The response from generous people around the nation has been encouraging to me. One of the best ways...
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The Graceless Church
Earlier today, I received this message on Twitter: “Really pastor? Last straw. Unnecessary. Unfollowing.” This was from a woman that I don’t know whatsoever. I don’t follow her on Twitter, but for some...
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Echoes of Eden
What do you want to be when you grow up? It is one of the first questions that we are asked as children and it is one of the first that we ask our own kids when they’re little, too. When you think...
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I Dream of The Church
Over the 6 years that I’ve been the lead pastor of Naperville Christian Church, I’ve experienced tremendous highs and deep lows. We’ve had growth and loss. We’ve seen the beauty of unity and the...
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Jesus Came for So Much More
Earlier today, one of my favorite followers of Jesus (that I’ve never met), Carlos Whittaker (@loswhit), tweeted this: Jesus didn’t die just so you could go to heaven. He died so you could fully live...
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The Gospel, Church and Domestic Violence
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is GOOD NEWS. What does that mean? What is the news? It’s the news that we have been set free. Free from sin and death. Free from the tyranny of self. Free to be the...
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How to Handle Truth
In a culture that is seemingly inoculated to what is true, it seems that it is of vital importance for the church to re-gain its prophetic voice in a sea of voices that all say “anything goes.” Last...
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Complete Helplessness in #Haiti
We had an amazingly uneventful trip to Haiti. That is a rare thing! Traveling to a third world nation (the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere) is not an easy thing to do. Security is different...
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Serving the World in #Moore, #Oklahoma and Beyond
Yesterday, a tornado of biblical proportions devastated Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City. The response from generous people around the nation has been encouraging to me. One of the best ways...
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The Graceless Church
Earlier today, I received this message on Twitter: “Really pastor? Last straw. Unnecessary. Unfollowing.” This was from a woman that I don’t know whatsoever. I don’t follow her on Twitter, but for some...
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