Here is a video I put together from the Turning Pointe egg hunt and block party. I posted it over on the Turning Pointe Blog, but also decided to put it here since freind’s and family may not check the churh’s site. (You can see the Davis kids in a few pictures) We had a [...]
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Happy 2009!
Posted: January 5, 2009 in Church, Family, Friends & Family, Health/Exercise, Money, QuotesWe’ll 2009 is off and running. I took a few days off from blogging, but I’m back. I have a ton of thoughts floating around inside my head so here goes. I really enjoyed two weeks off from work hanging out with my family. We sold the lot/land next to our house during the holidays [...]
Scott Pittman – Turning Pointe Lead Pastor
Posted: December 19, 2008 in Church, Leadership, Ministry & Leadership, The WordI’ve been holding off blogging about my new role at the Turning Pointe; until it becomes official in January. For now it will suffice for me to share with you a clip from a recent sermon from the Lead Pastor Scott Pittman. Scott, Dude, you fire me up! I appreciate your love and passion for [...]
Can spiritual maturity be obtained in this life? Absolutely, Yes! While a believer will never be sinless in this life, they should grow to a place of maturity where they can take responsibility for their own spiritual heath and well being. When we are born and our bodies start a process toward physical maturity. We [...]
Here is a u-tube vid of some of my ole school homies kickin’ it for the LORD JC and raising the roof for Mr. FG and the OCC Ministry. So watch the West Side Boyz drop da hook “get it filled” for some kid candy. So let me give a shout out to da boyz: Vanilla T (Tony Merida), Flava-Bashan [...]
Church + Gospel + Culture=The Great Commission
Posted: November 3, 2008 in Books, Church, Culture, Ministry & LeadershipThis diagram was brought to my attention as I read through Mark Driscoll’s book Radical Reformission. The following designations help us understand how the church, culture, and the gospel message should relate to each other. Ideally each segment should have a part in the mission of our churches if we are going to be effective [...]
“On October 31, 1517, a German monk name Martin Luther posted his grievances with the Medieval Roman Catholic Church on the church door in Wittenberg (see photo). Those grievances, known as the Ninety-five Theses, sparked the movement which became known as the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation marked a return by Christians throughout Europe to the [...]
Yesterday I was fascinated to read about how story arcs in TV shows like LOST (my personal favorite), ER, and Allis have made them some of the most popular in our day. (I finally know what to call it when they jump all around during an episode.) So here’s an arc to a blog I [...]
This morning I was reading in Acts, when I ran across a story in chapter 14 that caught my attention. In the story Paul and Barnabas “roll into” Lystra and there they find a man who has been crippled since birth. Paul “looking at him intently” realized that this man can be healed and commands [...]
They Like Jesus, But Not Us
Posted: September 12, 2008 in Church, Culture, Ministry & Leadership, MissionsEarlier this year LifeWay Research did a study of 1,402 unchurched adults (see description on chart) in order to understand what they thought about God, Christianity, and the Church. As I read through the study, it confirmed some things I had sensed about our unchurched friends all along. In the study Ed Stetzer explains, “There [...]
