This weekend at Riv, we wrapped our series on 1 Timothy. Each day this week, I’ll post final thoughts on the series, based on a few of my final points from the message. Since so many people have asked…here are my favorite Bollywood chase scenes, starting with the one I referenced in this teaching. Enjoy. [...]
This weekend at Riv, we wrapped our series on 1 Timothy. Normally, the quotes I use during the series are on the screen and posted at Live.RivChurch.com but many of them weren’t this week because of some last minute changes I made to the message. For those of you who have been asking for the [...]
During the course of Riv’s current series on 1 Timothy, I am blogging about stuff I can’t get to during the weekend services. I’m not sure I should be surprised, but the most hotly discussed portion of this past weekend’s message was my quick comment that there good reasons to leave a church but most [...]
During the course of Riv’s current series on 1 Timothy, I am blogging about stuff I can’t get to during the weekend services. Today, I am posting an open letter to my brothers who pastor in Jesus’ church around the world. This is going to be a longer post than normal but I feel like [...]
With all the talk about Elders and Deacons this past weekend at Riv, many people have asked about our leadership structure. Here is a quick 7 minute video from our LEAD event last year where I explained it in more detail. If you would like to watch the entire teaching and see this in context, [...]
During the course of Riv’s current series on 1 Timothy, I am going to take some time to blog about some interesting stuff I wasn’t able to get to during the weekend services. The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. -1 Timothy 3:1 This is [...]
Many people have asked me where they can find the resources by Andreas J. Köstenberger I referred to last weekend. So, without much ado, here they are in order of intensity. A Quick Interview on the topic of 1 Timothy 2:12. A 32 page paper on the topic of 1 Timothy 2:15. Women in the [...]
During the course of Riv’s current series on 1 Timothy, I am going to take some time to blog about some interesting stuff I wasn’t able to get to during the weekend services. This passage was particularly convicting for me during my studies: First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks [...]
This past weekend we hit one of the most controversial topics in modern Christianity, the topic of male eldership in the church. As expected, this has generated a lot of feedback from both sides of the aisle. On this post, I simply want to list a couple of resources that may help anyone who is [...]
During the course of Riv’s current series on 1 Timothy, I am going to take some time to blog about some interesting stuff I wasn’t able to get to during the weekend services. “This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’ – and I am the [...]