October 2012
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New Location for "Life in the Story"
After years of spotty and sub-par Tumbl-ing I have migrated over to a different platform to take advantage of more features, a greater capacity for content creation and the ability to serve more people. If you’re interested in the Gospel, disciple-making, church planting, leadership development and urban ministry I invite you to join me at Life in the Story. Thanks for the follow! The story...
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“Pride in the religious sense is the arrogant refusal to let God be God. It is to...”
– Lewis B. Smedes, Love Within Limits: Realizing Selfless Love in a Selfish World (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1978), pp. 34-35
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September 2012
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“It is to feed sheep on…truth that men are called to churches and...”
– William Still, Work of the Pastor
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How You Can Be Praying for DCC this Fall →
Summer extends through the end of September in Seattle so consider this a fall preview. As we approach this next season of life and ministry in the city, there are a number of key areas of the church for which you can be praying. If you’ve been running with us for any amount of time, you know that we believe our God is alive, active, and personally involved in the nitty gritty of our every day...
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“I have come to realize that walking with Jesus is like riding in a car with...”
– *I received this as a text message today from a friend, also a new follower of Jesus, who is learning what it means to live out his faith on a daily basis. This was so good that I just had to share it. So much truth and wisdom here.
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“As Christians we are not only to know the right world view, the world view that...”
– Francis Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live? 187
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“Reason has an intrinsic relationship to God, it has cosmic significance....”
– Ronald Nash, The Word of God and the Mind of Man, 69
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August 2012
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“The church is not simply another voluntary society, like the Boy Scouts or the...”
– Michael Horton, Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus by Jonathan Leeman (Foreword, 14-15)
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“The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world…the...”
– GK Chesterton, Heretics, 59
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“In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably...”
– CS Lewis, Mere Christianity, 96
July 2012
8 posts
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“I want the presence of God Himself, or I don’t want anything at all to do...”
– A.W. Tozer
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“At the literally mundane level Jesus knew how to transform the molecular...”
– Dallas Willard, Divine Conspiracy
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“God is the sum total of all excellencies as the one whom no greater, higher, and...”
– Bavinck, Doctrine of God, 246
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Christians, We Are Not Profesionals...
I recently picked up John Piper’s, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry, again. It’s good. I have it on a regular rotation of books I revisit every couple years. If you haven’t read it, you should, particularly if you’re a pastor…or a follower of Christ.
How often, and easily, do we professionalize our faith? What follower of...
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“If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should...”
– Charles Spurgeon
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“To be loved and not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not...”
– Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage, 95
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New Resource: The Gospel Resource Network
The Gospel Resource Network is a new site designed to provide the church with gospel-centered resources for everything from eldership, missional communities, marriage, finances and more. Resources are available electronically and are reasonably priced. Be on the lookout for other great resources coming in the future.
June 2012
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WatchPray for - and consider getting involved with - Acts 29 Western Europe.
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Next Series: Church Membership
I’m really looking forward to our next series starting Sunday, July 8th. Go here for a sneak peek. Please pray that this series would be clarifying and unifying for us as we continue to follow Jesus’ lead in planting this church in the downtown core of Seattle.
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New Gospel Centered Discipleship Store
If you’re looking for theologically sound and highly practical resources for discipleship, I highly recommend the new Gospel Centered Discipleship store that houses a growing selection of e-books (for all electronic readers), including:
Prayer Life by Winfield Bevins
Unbelievable Gospel by Jonathan Dodson (Note: review forthcoming)
Proclaiming Jesus by Tony Merida
A Beginners Guide to...
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“Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as...”
– CS Lewis, Mere Christianity, 116-117
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“Jesus summons men to follow him, not as a teacher or a pattern of the good life,...”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, 61
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“The life of being a disciple is never presented as *adding* Jesus to the life I...”
– Stephen Smallman, The Walk, 28
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...”
– Theodore Roosevelt, April 23, 1910
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“What if no one else within DCC is like me?” →
A blog post I wrote to address a common question faced by many young, diverse, growing church plants. (via Downtown Cornerstone Church)
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"Should I date a non-Christian?" →
via Downtown Cornerstone Church
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“Praise the Lord…great are the works of the Lord…full of...”
– The stunning gist of Psalm 111.
May 2012
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WatchI am incredibly excited for my friend and fellow church planter, Steve Youngren, in Quito, Ecuador. They are early on in the process of planting La Fuente. I wish this church was there while I lived in Quito. Please pray for the Youngrens, La Fuente and the great city of Quito. Also, consider taking a trip or applying to live on the ground as an intern for a longer stretch. For more information,...
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“Don’t think that to follow the path of love means to follow the path of rest,...”
– St. Therese of Lisieux
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April 2012
22 posts
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WatchNT Wright on sorrow, suffering, grieving and death.
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WatchPastors: If your Monday is bleeding into your Tuesday listen/watch this clip by CJ Mahaney. Check out 9:07-12:40 for a quick hit of encouragement.
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WatchNT Wright answering “What do you want your kids and grandchildren to know about Jesus?”
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WatchNT Wright on the tension of contemporary, yet rooted, worship music. I appreciate the way he articulates this. He’s right.
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“To have a marriage that sings requires a Spirit-created ability to serve, to...”
– Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage, 58
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WatchNT Wright on his daily practice of living within the world of the Bible. It must be the British accent which makes this seem like such a new idea.
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“The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a...”
– Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage, 48
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WatchInteresting insider look into a recent Desiring God staff devo by John Piper regarding his upcoming transition at Bethlehem. If you’ve ever wondered what that’d be like, this is a good look. It’s lengthy as far as web clips are concerned, but worth a watch or listen. Couple highlights:
22:05 “Growing a church to 5,000 folks is nothing.” 26:50 “God is not mainly looking for...
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