IaLP

“The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” – C.S. Lewis

Category: Church Planting

Why I Love Church

Two famous quotes sum up my thoughts on the Church:
“You cannot have God as your Father if you do not have the church as your mother.” – Cyprian
and
“The church is a whore, but she’s my mother.” – Augustine
… and how this fits perfectly into this verse:
Acts 17:24-25 The God who made the world and everything [...]

No Wonder I Could Never Nail Down A Definition Of “Evangelicalism”

This quote says it all and it might be the most shocking quote ever on this blog:
“What we are claiming is that Evangelicalism at its best is nothing more than Biblcally-faithful Christianity at its best.” – D.A. Carson
Shocking statement, I know.  Yet I am not known for pitching softballs either.
Watch the following:

ht: The Gospel Coalition

In the immortal words of Tommy Boy, “It’s go time!”

Four months ago, God kept telling me that I should be leaving Gateway and be involved, somehow, someway with The Village Church.
Four months ago it didn’t make sense so I ignored it.
Yet, God won’t relent until He has it all.  Proof of that is the Holy Spirit continued to speak to me with all of [...]

Are you young and wanting to plant a church?

Yea, read this.
Please, please, please, please, PLEASE take Scott’s response to heart.  Don’t let his hard words harden your heart but let the work of God soften your heart.
Commentor on part 3 takes it all home:

Scott – thanks for sharing this both to this young man and to those reading the site. I wholeheartedly say [...]