Today is a very difficult day in the life of my family. For today, we will be celebrating and memorializing the passing of Joannie’s sister,…

Continue reading → The Sting of Death and the Victorious Life

1) Hiring movers to help you move is money well spent2) I love my children, but I am not called to be a stay-at-home dad3)…

Continue reading → Top 10 Things I Learned in 2012

Dear Northland Family,I wanted to update you on our family’s situation. Late Christmas Day, Joannie’s sister Celeste and her husband were headed down to Florida…

Continue reading → Update for Church Family and Friends regarding recent Tragedy

Yesterday I concluded the series Gospel Centered, which was a study in Galatians. In this series I highlighted the major points of Paul’s letter to…

Continue reading → The Active Gospel

I was reading this morning about the topic of syncretism in the book, God the Real Superpower, by J. Nelson Jennings. Jennings asserts that syncretism “is…

Continue reading → Syncretism and Contextualization

IntroductionChange is inevitable. Throughout the history of civilization people have engaged and endured change. Even in recent years and decades, the amount of change in…

Continue reading → Review of Transformational Church by Thom Rainer and Ed Stetzer

Yesterday I preached on the magnetic power of God’s mission. Looking at Exodus 19:3-6 I described that God entered into a covenantal relationship with Israel,…

Continue reading → The Motive and Magnetic Power of God’s Mission

This past week I preached on The Call of God’s Missional People in Genesis 12. Genesis 12, God calls out Abram and invites him to participate in…

Continue reading → Blessing as Mission

I am in a series tracing the mission of God from Genesis through Revelation. This series is not exhaustive, if so I would take a…

Continue reading → The Difficulty of Living on Mission