It has taken over a year to be nearly done with our ministry center, the Salem House. I went into it expecting that we’d be able to get it repainted, refurbished, and refurnished within a couple months. I was devastated … Continue reading
Jesus ends his ministry on earth by commanding believers to “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have … Continue reading
Ever since God brought me out of death and into life, I’ve loved sharing about that experience. Jesus really is something worth talking about with everyone! God really is the answer for everyone. Someone who I look up to in his … Continue reading
I recently wrote about using the Law to preach the Gospel and how using the 10 Commandments specifically is not necessary. I felt I should follow-up that post discussing how the 10 Commandments could be helpful, especially in the context of … Continue reading
(Update, see my post on Using the Law and Hell in Discipline, for a complimentary but different view expressed in this post) I’m all about telling people about Jesus! I love telling people about the most amazing point of history, … Continue reading
Whenever someone says “Good Luck” to you, I cringe. I don’t want luck, I want blessing from God. I don’t blame people for saying it. It is what we all say. I still catch myself saying things like “oh that … Continue reading
The title to this post is a little tongue in cheek. There won’t literally be a stadium in my backyard, its not that big. But standing in my yard I can see the top of the Metrodome, a very large … Continue reading
My bookshelf is packed with business, psychology, and ministry books that each claim some new way to effectiveness and success. In business, there is a lot of talk about strengths (Gallup’s big thing), team methodology, and productivity improvement (thanks David … Continue reading
I was an economics major in college. I also took economics in high school. But even before that, my basic assumption has been that a business exists to make profit. Where did that come from? The Famed Economist Milton Friedman … Continue reading
Right now I’m working on compiling some statistics for a birth center I do work for. I came across a state of Minnesota report from 2006 about various pregnancy statistics. I then came to stat for the county where we … Continue reading