This Sunday, we will be preaching the second message in our new series out of John 3:16, “The Gift.” This week’s focus will be on God’s purposeful and redemptive giving of his only son Jesus to an evil world that hated him. As we discussed last week, the essence of the Christmas season, at least… [Read more…]
May 7, 2009
Virgin Lips Movement – ever heard of it? While it has gained worldwide media attention and scorn, I recently heard the actual phraseology for the first time in an article by Dr. Albert Mohler. The movement, which seems to be a more hard-core version of the Abstinence Pledges of the 1980s and 1990s, seeks to… [Read more…]
March 28, 2009
John Chrysostom, aka the “gold-tongued preacher” of church history, is probably best-known for his unrivaled ability to preach the Bible. As I was studying for my message this weekend on honoring father & mother, I came across a little-known sermon he preached entitled, “An Address on Vainglory and the Right Way for Parents to Bring… [Read more…]
March 20, 2009
Thought this was an interesting article by Dr. John Piper about biblical manhood. In his hometown, they are now allowing girls to compete with boys in the state high school wrestling competition. His response to fathers/sons: Yes, I am talking to the boys’ fathers. If the girls’ fathers don’t care how boys manhandle their daughters,… [Read more…]
February 27, 2009
Since March is officially women’s history month, I thought I would dedicate this first post to the issue of gender makeup in the church (no pun intended). A recent Pew Research survey over 35,000 adults from multiple denominations found that women (surprise, surprise) were more spiritually engaged with their church than their male counterparts on… [Read more…]
January 27, 2009
One of the goals of this blog is to provide a free platform for sharing ministry resources with other pastors, youth pastors, and parents outside the Highview sphere. Today I wanted to highlight one in particular that we get asked about a lot, especially from parents – dating and sexuality. The Highview staff has compiled… [Read more…]
I am planting Soma Church in city center Carmel, IN (northside of Indianapolis). I am the happy husband of Emily and proud father of four young children. I also have a ph.d in leadership from southern seminary and co-authored the book "perspectives in family ministry."
December 17, 2009
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