As his followers, our lives represent Jesus, so we ought to live in such a way that we point people to Him. To do this well we can’t isolate ourselves or become religious zealots Rather, we engage our culture with the Gospel. This clip comes from the first...
I am excited to announce that Riverview will be hosting the very first US Midwest Acts 29 Conference on November 17-18, 2016! This conference is for church planters, aspiring church planters, church staff, leaders, and anyone who is interested in playing a part in...
Friday Random Linkness For more than five years, I posted several random links on Fridays (hence, the title “Friday Random Linkness”). Then, I stopped blogging altogether. Earlier this year, I started up again but didn’t include any FRL’s....
I am officially back from my 2016 Social Media / Internet fast and, wow, what a month! I watched my boys play (at least) 34 baseball games. I celebrated my dad’s 70th birthday party. I joined roughly 600 church planters in Los Angeles to talk about and pray for...
Each year, I take a month off of social media, the majority of my email, and most of the Internet. Suffice it to say, this has been a very difficult month to be offline. That’s why, only halfway through my time off, I decided to pop online to post this. My...
A few weeks ago at Riv, I talked about the importance of recognizing the cycles and seasons of life so we can live in rhythm instead of pursuing the ever elusive “balance” people always talk about (a concept I stole liberally from Bruce Miller). July is an...
There are times when we get angry about the small, negligible matters in our lives. But when we can be slow to anger about those things and divert our anger towards the bigger issues such as sin, we have an opportunity to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This clip...
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about small towns and their need for Jesus. So when Acts 29 asked me to write a few blog posts, I knew that had to be one of the topics. If you love Jesus and/or Small Towns, check out the post over on the Acts 29 blog (and, of...
Working and resting are both Gospel issues. Why? Because by working hard, we reflect the image of a hard-working God and represent Jesus well. When we rest, we can find rest in Jesus Christ who did all of the eternal work. This clip comes from the ninth message...
Working and resting are hardwired into every human being because each of us is created in the image of God. “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on...
