There is a growing move in the church, and interestingly in the charismatic wing of the church, to question current structures and methods for doing the work of ministry. The reason it’s interesting from a charismatic point of view is that in the past we’ve been viewed as the people that are the most willing [...]
Very interesting video interview with Mark Driscoll (hat tip: Adrian Warnock) where he talks about some of his views of Sydney, Australia based on research he’s conducted, along with other miscellaneous spiritual or personal topics. Funny thing is I rarely read or listen to anything by Mark and actually disagree with some of his theology, [...]
I’ve been doing some intense thinking lately, which is why I haven’t posted in a little while. This intense thinking has led me to some intense answers, and rather than let my brain explode trying to hold it all in, I figured I’d unpack my inclinations a bit here on Finite Calls Infinite and start [...]
If you’ve never heard of the “Florida outpouring” or “Lakeland revival”, then you probably can skim though this post. Don’t skip it though, because there’s some good stuff at the end. If you have, then you may be feeling very confused, disappointed, lost, even betrayed right now. It started out so unassuming…another conference at a [...]
I’ve been eating up a book I recently bought called Pagan Christianity, which has been making waves in the Christian community since its release at the beginning of this year. Basically, the book makes the outrageous claim that virtually everything that happens in a typical church service, whether Evangelical, Pentecostal, Mainline Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, or [...]
Today, my brother Shayne and I attended The Whiteboard Sessions, a one-day church leadership conference that was organized by Ben Arment who is a pastor of Reston Community Church. Heh, that would explain why the event was held in Reston, VA. Silly me.
Honestly, I had no idea who Ben was or practically how this event [...]
I and another member of Grace Fellowship have written up our observations of the Prophetic & Arts Conference held at Bethel Church last month:
Read the first part
Read the second part
I’m growing increasingly bored with the “emergent church”. Yes, bored. Possibly a strange choice of words, I know, but there’s no other way to say it. It’s just boring. I listened to a message yesterday by Rob Bell, pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI, and though Bell is obviously a very [...]
For those of you who remember that I was writing a blog series a couple of months ago, welcome back! To those who don’t have a clue what this is all about, please read the first two posts in this series: Look Normal, Smell Different, and Look Different, Smell Old. And now, without further ado, [...]
Yesterday Grace Fellowship put on an afternoon Christmas Festival in the sanctuary, and I think it was quite a lot of fun and fairly successful for a first-time endeavor! We moved most of the chairs out of the way and set up some different “booths” right there in the church: crafts, balloon art, and face [...]
