Advent is the traditional church season that celebrates Jesus’ first arrival (or advent) at Christmas. It begins the fourth Sunday from Christmas Day and works its way to Christmas morn. I love it because in a culture that commodifies and consumerizes every holiday it can get it hands on, celebrating Advent intentionally focuses my family […]
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It was 1998. I was 25 years old and serving at a church in Dallas when I got a call from Bruce Wesley. Only a little over four years earlier, Bruce had planted Clear Creek Community Church in Houston and now was looking for someone to fill the role of Teaching Pastor. At the time,
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I am a credobaptist. It’s a fancy word which means I hold to baptism for those who profess saving faith in Jesus Christ. As opposed to those who promote infant baptism (paedobaptists), my church maintains the position of believers’ baptism. We’re not alone. There are thousands of churches and several denominations around the world who
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