At last, science creates something useful! Check out this article in Popular Science. It describes how you can convert a gasoline-powered car to run off coffee. It's called the Carpuccino (no, I'm not making that up). This Car Runs on Coffee
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"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen" (Ephesians 3:20-21). Without bounds. Unable to be contained. Beyond our wildest expectations. Our God is able to do immeasurably more than all we can think to ask. He exceeds our most vivid imaginations. When we think we've exhausted every possible angle, conceived every possible solution ... God stands there and says, "You're just getting started." The Westminster Catachism explains the ultimate aim of every Christ-follower in this way: "Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever." The church was designed to bring glory to God. As we trust in God to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine --…
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I like reading Ed Stetzer. I first came across Ed's stuff when I was in the beginning stages of planting a church. My wife and I had just been hired by Stadia and were sent back home with a stack of books to read. One of those was a book on church planting by Ed Stetzer. Ever since then, I have tracked Ed via his blog and Twitter (@edstetzer). Here are excerpts of a recent post entitled, "Church Birth Control." Seems to be that churches must be on some powerful birth control. They are not reproducing. And I don't get why. It's natural. It's normal. It's essential. And we all know how to do it. But somewhere along the way, church reproduction and multiplication became unusual or strange in North America. And I am not happy about it. What's the most effective? Church multiplication movements. When churches plant lots of…
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We kicked off a new series this weekend at Mountainview called "Chase the Lion." It's based on a book by Mark Batterson that features an obscure character from the Old Testament - Benaiah. I had the privilege of kicking off the series with a message entitled, "Defying the Odds." The basic premise was this: your view of God will determine the size of the challenges you tackle. Our creative arts team did a fantastic job of designing the stage. Our music was good, as it always is. At our second service I had the opportunity to baptize a young lady into Christ as her mom stood near by. Tonight we hosted "Laugh All Night," a Christian comedy concert to benefit mission efforts in Haiti. It was very well attended and everyone seemed to enjoy it. I was a bit disappointed that there was no open mic ... but that's probably…
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How many things might we improve if we learned to ask the right questions? Here's an example of one powerful question we ought to ask when considering the tasks, jobs, and dreams we're trying to accomplish: "Is there a better way?"
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