wholly surrender | He must increase, but I must decrease. -John 3:30

I am sure many of you can finish that verse off the top of your head, but just in case not, here it is:

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

That was the banner verse for my devotional this morning out of My Utmost for His [...]

I recently polished off Rob Bell’s newest book, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile. It was nothing short of amazing, just as I had expected. Another grand slam for Rob Bell in his short but impressive writing career.
In Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Bell lays out the cyclical history [...]

Well last Sunday evening I started a sermon series on worship with installment 1 entitled What is Worship?. You can read intro in this previous post or link over to the audio and video versions via this post. Well as we quickly approach Sunday once again this week, I thought I would give an intro [...]

We are quickly approaching a very important date in the ongoing history of America. Election Day 2008. There are many reasons to argue that this election is one of the most important and history making ever in the life of America, but that point is secondary to the fact that every election is extremely important [...]

This week is our church’s first annual VBS, and our theme is Cactus Canyon. The kids and volunteers are having a blast dressing up like cowboys/cowgirls. They have a time of worship, crafts, snack, bible study, and recreation. So far we have had around 50 kids each night with over half of them not currently [...]