Archives for 2004

Watching my 18-month-old eat a drumstick is one of the most gratifying experiences I’ve had as a father in a long time. Never in the history of carnivores has a chicken leg been gnawed so meatless by so few teeth.

This Sunday I’m starting a new series of teachings from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. I’m calling it: Humanity 2.0. I’m also teaching a class on Ephesians on Wednesday nights. I’m just about ready to call Ephesians my favorite letter from Paul. It is a great summary of the gospel and its implications for individuals, […]

Well, I managed to talk about the woman of worth in Proverbs 31 yesterday and not get into too much trouble. I took the position that you can read the poem on multiple levels. On one level the poem is describing the ideal wife to the young man who is the target audience of Proverbs. […]

I’ve been in Malibu for the past few days at the Pepperdine Lectures. I’ve been coming here since 1997. When we were living in Washington state, this trip often meant the first exposure to sustained sunshine in months. Now that I’m coming from Tulsa, SoCal sunshine isn’t that big a deal, but there is still […]

I’m finishing up my series on Proverbs on May 9th, which also happens to be Mother’s Day. I’ll be working from Proverbs 31:10-31, AKA as the women of virtue, or the good wife passage. As if mothers don’t already have enough pressure on them, I’m going to remind them of the biblical vision of what […]

In a few weeks, Caleb will turn three. Tonight we bought a cedar swingset for him at Sam’s. It is incredible. It is also in a thousand pieces. I’ll be spending all of my spare time for the next three weeks putting it together. I’ve always enjoyed putting things together, so I’m not really dreading […]

I usually don’t preach 3-point sermons. In fact, some have said most of my sermons are pointless. This Sunday I’m going to talk about why the resurrection is “good news” from three different angles. Rather than preaching them as 3 points in a sermon, I’m going to break them up into three smaller sermonettes delivered […]

The assembly went very well this morning. I think we woke everyone up when we told them that we were going to do things a bit differently. We retold the story of the Passion Week up through Thursday night. Feedback so far has been positive.