orthodoxy with a mind.
By luke g. on Jul 20, 2010 in Evaluations, Practical Theology, Prayer, Worship | 1 Comment
Paul gave the Corinthians an imperative when he wrote, “Let a person examine himself.” I continue to consider self-examination (see previous post, How am “I” doing). Karl Graustein, author of Growing Up Christian, provides helpful questions for young believers to consider, based upon 2 Cor. 13. He suggests we ask the following: Do you pray? [...]
By luke g. on Apr 22, 2010 in Evaluations, Family Life, Healing, Leadership | 2 Comments
Every once in awhile, someone will ask me how I am doing. If I’m honest, it doesn’t happen often. In fact, it almost never happens from people in my direct sphere of influence. But there are several good friends, who are also pastors, who will ask me this question. At first, I don’t even know [...]
By luke g. on Jun 22, 2009 in Evaluations, Journal | 2 Comments
Yesterday we had a wonderful worship gathering. Think “grrreeeeaaatt” like Tony the Tiger. Tyler and Holly (YWAMers) came down to lead the worship music (again!) and it was great! The presence of the Lord was with us and our hearts were engaged; we had a ton of new people and I preached on something that I [...]
By luke g. on May 14, 2009 in Evaluations, NT Studies, Prayer, Preaching | 3 Comments
On Sunday morning I continued our series for May on Spiritual Formation. Last week we’d discussed bible study, and this week I was hoping to stir folks up to pray, pray, and pray some more. Why? Because your spiritual formation depends upon your diligence of prayer! . But why should we pray? Better yet, what [...]
By luke g. on Apr 2, 2009 in Emerging Church, Evaluations | 16 Comments
What does coffee, microphones, friends, and this Sunday have in common? Easy – the official once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-for-missions. Yeah, it’s going to be awesome. I’m pretty excited about this Sunday’s worship gathering because we have several guests from the Northwoods YWAM base (along with a possible appearance by Wade & Jessica Copland from The Well). All of [...]
By luke g. on Mar 30, 2009 in Evaluations, Preaching | 10 Comments
For the past three weeks I’ve been speaking a lot on missional living. The term “missional” has become somewhat of a common slogan used by many simply to sound cool, but we’re trying to really embody the concept. And while it is true that we are responsible for our personal and individual relationship with God [...]
