This is an addendum to my sermon on September 4, 2011. AN EVENING OF ESCHATOLOGY On September 27, 2009, Desiring God and Bethlehem College and Seminary hosted “An Evening on Eschatology” at the Downtown Campus of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. It was a discussion/debate moderated by John Piper (pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church and [...]

I will admit that I have watched a couple of episodes of “Hoarders” on A&E.  I’m fascinated by how incredibly bizarre the lives are of those who hoard.  Their houses are packed from top to bottom with things that they just can’t find the willpower to part with. They hoard and stash valuable things all [...]

Are you a traitor?  Hope not.  Are you a trader?  Hope so.

Here are the two videos I showed last Sunday at church. God is a sending God, and He sends ALL who are His to proclaim the good news of His kingdom to the world.  

I showed this video in our service last week and some have requested to see it again.  It’s a powerful picture of the coming of Immanuel, God with us.

Here are some of the highlights from my sermon this past Sunday.  I’m posting this for those who were not in attendance so that you will understand the context for the following challenge that the elders made to the congregation: CHALLENGE: In response to this Sunday’s sermon on generosity, the elders have issued a churchwide [...]

For the past five years, I’ve attended the Willow Creek Leadership Summit.  It’s a two-day conference for leaders attended by 120,000 leaders around the world and is broadcast live from Willow Creek’s campus – via satellite – to 140 cities all across North America in August each year.  Then, after the summit concludes each year, [...]