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Trying to catch the deluge in a paper cup

The great Neil Finn opens his hit song “Don’t Dream It’s Over” (during his Crowded House tenure) with this lyric: There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup I was listening to this as I drove to work and the lyric resonated with me in a [...]

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John Piper interviews Rick Warren on doctrine

What an incredible blessing it was to watch this long and rich interview. Rick has taken a lot of shots about his doctrine from the reformed side, so it was so awesome of Piper to sit with him and let him share his heart on the gospel. Rick is a solid solid guy, something tells [...]

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Why I don’t read blogs that just ask questions

There are a few reasons and I’ll expand on them below Most of the time the questions have already been asked numerous times, for anyone paying attention the questions aren’t anything new The argument is that the value of *having* conversation is really high but in reality the actual value *of* the conversation is very [...]

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Video: John Wimber teaches on worship

Few have shaped my walk more so than John Wimber. It’s awesome to see his teaching in video again after so long. John teaches wonderfully here on what worship is and what our heart’s should reflect. Miss him.

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Ted Haggard says the world understands restoration better than the church (Video)

Take a look at this snippet from Ted talking about “restoration”. I’m gonna have to break this down in bites below. Everybody knows everyone sins. The differentiation between the church and everyone else is that we should respond with restoration, healing, hope life to people’s sin condition. Ehhhhh not quite. Everyone knows that everyone makes [...]

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Why I became more charismatic when I became reformed

I was raised in the Vineyard church, my dad was a worship leader in the Santa Barbara Vineyard and then later planted a Vineyard as the lead pastor in Lompoc CA. I was groomed in worship by some very talented musicians and worship leaders inside the Vineyard. I observed how these guys led worship, how [...]

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Lessons from the Song of Moses (Part 5): “No empty word”

In Deuteronomy 31- 32 we read about the final days of Moses’ life and how God would have him pass his leadership but also how he would deliver a parting revelation to the people of Israel. It’s all too popular for Christian songwriters to explain every song with the phrase “God gave me this song“, [...]

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Lessons from the Song of Moses (Part 4): “Unforgotten in our children”

In Deuteronomy 31- 32 we read about the final days of Moses’ life and how God would have him pass his leadership but also how he would deliver a parting revelation to the people of Israel. It’s all too popular for Christian songwriters to explain every song with the phrase “God gave me this song“, [...]

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