Pure Church

One joy and privilege the Lord has given me as a Christian and pastor is the opportunity to lead small groups. Right now, my wife and I have...

This year's theme was "Spreading the Gospel," expositions from the Book of Acts. Audio is here . As is the case every year, th...

And I feel just like he looks when she's gone.

Last Friday, the family and I set off for a two week vacation. We'll be spending the bulk of our time with my mom and family in N.C. We...

A friend sent this to me. It's written by a fellow named Skip Moen: I believe that God is the sovereign ruler of all creation. I believ...

In pastoral ministry, you get exposed to a little bit of everything. We learned yesterday that one of the students in our elementary school ...

I want to give thanks and praise to God for the many, many things He has allowed me to do in life and ministry. Giving thanks and praise sho...

Kristie and continued our study of The Peacemaking Church Women's Study: Living the Gospel in Relationships with session 2 last night. ...

Last night, my wonderful bride of 18 years and I began watching and discussing Tara Barthel's study, The Peacemaking Church Women's ...

A new look at GirlTalk , but the same solid fellowship and reflections.

The past few weeks have been filled with the Lord's goodness. I feel like the Lord has indulged us in rich and surprising ways. Each of...

A brother in the church just sent me this one from A.W. Tozer: "The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest ...

They keep writing lymricks. Like these (which together tell the story of my life): A pastor, a dad is Thabiti Each Tuesday he goes to a meet...

Depth of mercy! Can there be Mercy still reserved for me? Can my God His wrath forbear, Me, the chief of sinners, spare? I have long withsto...

I just stepped out of my office to take a short break from sermon prep. One of the joys for me is to walk by my mail box and find large ship...

When I'm around him my face and heart do this A LOT! In a couple weeks' time, it'll be a joy to be with bro's Carter , Louis...

My man, Curtis "Voice" Allen has a new album out called "A Theist." It's available at iTunes . Here's the list ...

The closing lines from Ross Douthat's NY Times opinion column on Dan Brown and the fascination with his novels turned films (HT: JT ): T...

This movie will give rise to a new generation of Trekies! Thoroughly enjoyed it! I thought it kept the integrity of the original characte...

Eric Redmond interviews Bryan Chappel about his forthcoming book , Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape Our Practice . Colin p...