The Gospel in the Exodus.

Getting Out - Tim Keller - TGC 2011 from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.

Tech and God.

Over the past few weeks and even days I have been doing a lot of thinking and praying about this short of thing. Is my phone taken over my extra time I could be spending with my Father? The answer has been yes. As some of you may know I do not update my twitter and facebook as much. The reason is that I was wasting so much time on that junk. I look over those I follow here and there but I do not just waste time updating to be updating. I have seen pastors over the past few months not bring there bibles to the pulpit anymore. They bring there cool ipad or iphone and preach from it.

Fellow brothers and sisters in Christ over the next few days I put a challenge out to you to put your phone and ipad and so on to the side and pick up your bible or just sit and listen to God. Call it a fast. This is not easy but we all need to do it.

Thanks to Aaron over at Blogging Theologically for a post with the video and getting me thinking even more.

Praying?

So a few months ago I got a book called Em Bounds On Prayer and the other day I picked it up to start reading. This is one of those books that many pastors talk about as a must read. Let me tell you from the very first page I was hooked. Just the first chapter was not just mind blowing but also I butt kicking. The way that he talks about prayer and how it is a full body act is so amazing. Prayer should and must take every aspect of your soul. He takes a look at Jesus in the garden. He talks about how when Jesus was praying his full body felt the weight of the prayer so much that he had blood coming from the inside of him.

I thought that my prayer life was OK but after reading this I have felt God speak to me about how I need to kick it into gear.

If you are looking for a book to start reading about prayer this is a must to pick up and read. I would also say that a book called the valley of vision is another one. I pray that God will move in your prayer life and may it effect you as it has me.

Who is He calling you to be?

As you know I have not been blogging for a while. Over the past month or so I have been going through a lot and I am only wanting to be the person God calls me to be and nothing else. Through my years in ministry I have sadly fallen into the cool factor of ministry. I can sit back now and see times in my life when I wanted to be cool and fit in with other pastors. Now as I look at some of those pastors all I see is pastors who are not called just cool and fitting in. I have gone through my twitter and Facebook and not following those anymore.

All I want to do and be is only what God has called me to be and nothing less. I think that I have been more on the less part of life and ministry. So I just thought that I would let you know. From here on I am no longer going to be mister cool pastor but rather a shepherd of His people, a man always and only wanting to be used by Him for His kingdom and for His glory.

Church planting is to sexy.

Over the past few months of my life I have been fighting the coolness of Church planting. I am very sick of seeing churches plant and start a church and it looks, smells and acts cool. Mean while people right outside its door are going to hell. Planting a church to me is not about starting a sunday morning look how cool we are service. It is about the Gospel effecting a community with a gospel community. This film has touched my heart today and I pray it will yours as well.

So here it is.

As you know I am a guy who does and will speak my mind. I am not afraid to let you know what I think about some pastors. One thing that God has been doing in me for the past few months is helping me how more grace because with out that grace I would not be saved.

So why am I saying this? What am I about to say?

I am sorry if at anytime I have made you upset by something I have said. I feel as if I have become known not so much for my love for the gospel and for Jesus Christ but more for being angry about things. As a Christian I want to be known as a man who is saved by God's amazing and unbelievable grace.

I just wanted to let you all know what God has been doing.

Get over it.

So this post will be very short but as we all know by now Bin Laden is dead and gone and burning in Hell with no virgins. The thing that makes me mad this morning is that I am seeing pastors bashing people because we as proud Americans are rejoicing because of his death. This is so stupid.

People be happy that this murder is dead.

Just make sure that your pride is not causing your self to slip. There is good pride and bad pride and today I am PROUD to being an American.