This is the fourth and final post on how worship is our primary pillar. It fuels our fellowship, our discipleship, and our mission. Worship is our giving of glory to God in response to seeing the glory of God. How then, can we glorify God through mission in response to beholding God’s glory? MISSIONS EXISTS…
Worshiping Through Discipleship
This is the third of four posts on how worship is our primary pillar and all our other pillars flow from and feed into worship. We’ve been working with this definition of worship: “Worship is our giving of glory to God in response to seeing the glory of God.” Discipleship is one of the main ways…
Worshiping through Fellowship
In the first post of this series, we looked at the priority of worship as Redeemer’s primary pillar. Worship encompasses everything we do, and that includes our fellowship. Worship is our giving of glory to God in response to seeing the glory of God. Fellowship is our commitment to partner with one another in Gospel…
Worship: Our Primary Pillar
“Redeemer Church exists to pursue the glory of God and the joy of all people through worship, fellowship, discipleship, and mission.” This is our church mission statement. As a church, our desire is that God would be glorified by people finding their joy in Him. We believe that true joy is found in God, and as…
The Incarnation and Mission
What makes the Incarnation so significant? What makes it something to celebrate? Why do we recognize it each year on Christmas day? It’s not simply because Jesus came to earth; it’s because Jesus came to earth to eventually give himself for us. The incarnation would have meant nothing if Jesus grew up and lived a…
Christmas Caroling: People Still Do That?
What happens when 20 or so juniors in high-school go Christmas caroling in your neighborhood? I did this with some friends, and can answer from experience: – Half of the group doesn’t sing. – Those that do sing sound fairly awful. – The four-year old neighbor boy gets beamed in the head with a football.…
Thankful for Family
This Thanksgiving, I am especially thanking God for family. This past year has been filled with transitions and changes, but the presence of family has been fixed and constant. I am thankful for my wife, Candace. I am thankful that God gave her to me two and 1/2 years ago. She is my family, and…
Radically Committed to the Ordinary (Part 2)
(Read Part 1) I’ve received a lot of feedback from last week’s post that has been encouraging and thought-provoking. The level of interest tells me that many of us struggle to make sense of the desire to be more radical and the reality of day-to-day life. So, let’s continue the conversation by looking at two Christians leading…
Radically Committed to the Ordinary
Some of you may have read or heard of the book Radical, written by Birmingham pastor David Platt [this is not a book review of Radical, and in case you’re wondering by the end of this post, yes, I do recommend it!]. My wife Candace and I just finished reading through this book together, and have…
Instruction and Imitation
I remember the first time I sought to be discipled. I was in the 9th grade, and I attended one of the largest youth groups in the county, which was led by the coolest youth pastor in the county. I kind of wanted to be a youth pastor myself! And so, I tried to imitate…