Sharing the Gospel with Religious Nones in Naperville The other day I shared the gospel with a ‘none’ in Naperville. Not a nun–a Catholic woman devoted to a life of chastity, poverty and service–but a ‘none.’ I’m referring a person who claims to not adhere to any religious beliefs. A recent poll shows a dramatic […]
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100 Person Prayer Team
100 Person Prayer Team “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks […]
Preaching Like An Adolescent Boy Unlike a vast majority of Christians, I thoroughly enjoy standing up and preaching a sermon. I believe God has given me this desire and delight to serve Him in this way, and that not everyone has been given this passion. It is a privilege and an incredibly weighty responsibility to […]
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Taking a Break
Taking a break from the blog and church planting work for the next few weeks. Will be back after Jan 6th. Looking forward to reading a biography on Calvin by Alistair McGrath!
5 Long Term Hopes for Our Church Plant: Cross of Christ Fellowship We hope and pray that God will work through our church plant Cross of Christ Fellowship to bring about long term impact to the cultural landscape of Naperville. Specifically, we pray for five areas of redemption: 1. A greater presence of those who […]
How to Choose a Church Name: How We Chose “Cross of Christ Fellowship” The church we are planting next year in Naperville is called “Cross of Christ Fellowship.” How did we decide on this? Well, it was a very difficult process, but we landed on Cross of Christ Fellowship for the following reasons. 1. Cross […]
Will You Be 1 of the 100 to Join Our Prayer Support Team? Prayer is vital to the life of the Christian and to the life of any ministry. It is God who opens doors for evangelism (Col 4:3). It is God who brings spiritually dead people to life in Christ (Tit 3:5). It is […]
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Church Planting: Next 6 Months
Church Planting: Next 6 Months In my previous post I spoke about some of the highlights from the first three months of my church planting residency. Here’s what we hope to accomplish in the next 6 months: –Build a prayer team: We hope to find 100-200 people who will commit to praying for us and […]
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Church Planting: 3 Months In
Church Planting: 3 Months In Three months ago I began my church planting residency at Redeemer Fellowship. Much has happened here and are some of the highlights: –We have chosen a city to plant a church in: Naperville. This required a lot of research, visits, conversations, and prayer. But after much work and effort, we […]
GIVING THANKS IN ALL THINGS AND FOR ALL THINGS “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1Th 5:18 ESV) “giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph 5:20 ESV) Give thanks in all circumstances? […]