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I'm passing along the story I used this past weekend to illustrate how God uses his people to lead others to Him. How will the church be lighted? Several centuries ago in a mountain village in Europe, a wealthy nobleman wondered what legacy he should leave to his townspeople. He made a good decision. He decided to build them a church. No one was permitted to see the plans or the inside of the church until it was finished. At its grand opening, the people gathered and marveled at the beauty of the new church. Everything had been thought of and included. It was a masterpiece. But then someone said, "Wait a minute! Where are the lamps? It is really quite dark in here. How will the church be lighted?" The nobleman pointed to some brackets in the walls, and then he gave each family a lamp, which they were…

Would you follow your local supermarket's meat department on Facebook or Twitter?

We're launching a new adult discipleship initiative at Mountainview called E4University.  We'll have four tracks of spiritual formation to choose from. Encounter: Developing personal spiritual growth habits. Elevate: Applying God’s direction in your life. Equip: Understanding God and His Word. Engage: Using your unique SHAPE in ministry to God and others. Simply put, we want you to know God better and to love Him more passionately. E4U is a new learning environment for adults and teens designed to help you grow in your understanding of God and His Word.  Based on four spiritual formation themes, E4U offers entry-level classes for new believers as well as more topics for those who wish to dive deeper.

True story: while driving through Kansas on I-70 West, we passed a billboard that read: "If you die tonight, where will you spend eternity?"  My answer ... hopefully not in Kansas.

One of the most life-shaping questions you’ll ever ask yourself is this: "What do I really believe God is like?"  If I believe God is a ... Slumbering grandfather ... then I’ll see what I can get away with. Harsh Judge ... then I’ll live in fear of him. Warm Fuzzy ... then my sin may not bother me that much because he will love me anyway. However, if I believe God has earned the right to be honored, that will shape the way I live.