Almost four years ago, January 2005, my church adopted the English Standard Version (ESV) as our official translation to be used in all adult services (both weekend and midweek). That decision was the terminus of an interesting journey. Since college I had used the New American Standard Bible (NASB) as my translation of choice both […]
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A few days ago I was told something which caused me to bristle a bit. The offending remark? I don’t understand the hardships of ______ ministry because I don’t serve in that ministry, therefore I am incredibly hindered, if not outright impotent, in giving good leadership to that ministry. In essence, because I’m not in
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For quite some time I’ve wrestled with what it means to be a Follower of Jesus living in suburbia. I’ve preached series on it, dialogued with other staff about it, heck, even the title of my blog touches upon the idea of trying to follow Christ in a culture given to consumerism (which, if anything,
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