Meta: 2 Week Series at North Central College I’m excited for a two week teaching series starting this Tuesday night at 6:30 in downtown Naperville. The series is for North Central College students and includes a free meal. It’s called META and it will be an overview of the metanarrative (the big and true story […]
4 Reasons the Christian Faith Is Relevant Today Is the Christian Faith relevant today? (Before I get started, it would be helpful for me to first quickly explain what the Christian faith is. A great 5 minute video that captures the heart of the Christian message can be found here: https://vimeo.com/48734715 And a basic summary […]
A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus: (2:15-3:3) Practical Steps and Remembering Who We Were “Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you. Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid […]
8 Reasons to Believe Jesus Existed Sadly there is a belief growing among many that Jesus never existed. Though not taught at the university or seminary, this view is being promoted from various individuals on the internet through videos, books, and blogs. I myself have never met anyone holding to the view until recently. As […]
A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus: Gospel Story and Doctrine that Trains (2:11-14) “11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing […]
Outreach in Downtown Naperville (Last Fling 2015) A couple weeks ago our Naperville church plant, Cross of Christ Fellowship, participated in a festival in called Last Fling. This was our second year and it turned out to be another great opportunity to share the gospel, give away Bibles and engage the community. We used a […]
2 Motivations to Plant a Church: Haggai 1:8 Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the LORD. (Haggai 1:8 ESV) Upon returning from exile, God raised up the prophets Haggai and Zechariah to encourage the people […]
Adorning the Doctrine of God in Naperville: A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus (2:9-10) “9 Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.” – […]
Sound Doctrine and Sound Lives: A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus 2:1-8 “1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to […]
A Church Planter’s Reflections on Titus: Titus 1:10-16 ‘Dealing with False Teachers’ “10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 One of […]