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Is the revival over? No, it’s just now beginning

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 [...]

Time to kill the church?

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 [...]

I just can’t stop praising His name!

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, Abba! Father! The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
Romans 8:15-16

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom [...]

Report from JesusCulture Encounter ‘08

I trekked up to the lovely town of Redding, CA last weekend for the JesusCulture Encounter ‘08 conference. JesusCulture is the brainchild of, among other people, Banning Liebscher, who is one of the zaniest dudes I’ve ever come across. And he’s the first to admit it. We love you Banning. (And BTW, my Mac dictionary [...]

All play and no pray makes Jack a powerless boy

I’ve come to the staggering conclusion that I don’t pray enough. I say that with a wry grin on my face because it’s not like it’s the first time I’ve realized that! The thing that keeps biting me in the rear is my propensity to getting sucked into playing around on the computer. It’s pretty [...]

Guest blogging over at Rend the Heavens

I’m excited to be expanding my little corner of the blogosphere by guest blogging over at Chris Davis’ excellent Rend the Heavens blog. The post’s subject matter is regarding the nature of true worship, which is a continuation of a topic he’s been covering for a while. So go check it out!