Last night, Joel Osteen, Pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, was interviewed. The full story on CBS News can be found HERE. My aim is to pull just a few statements made by Osteen, compare them with scripture and briefly comment. "You said 'I like to see myself as a life coach, a motivator to … Continue reading Joel Osteen on “60 Minutes”

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This is part 2 of an ongoing look at the Divinity of Christ. This is not necessarily a systematic approach as much as it is giving you all as much information (biblically speaking) as possible. Along the way I will include some links to some classic works by historic theologians and councils to see how … Continue reading The Divinity of Christ – Part 2

Today's devotional from Spurgeon: "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst."—John 4:14. HE who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content him for evermore. The believer is not the man whose days are weary for want of comfort, and … Continue reading Thirst

First of all, sorry it's been so long since my last post. I would claim it's the new addition (Lydia), but I have an incredible wife who does an incredible job at being "mom" that I think I'm just tired at the idea of the third daughter (meaning, I'm sleeping pretty well). Expository Preaching Underscored … Continue reading Some Observations & Updates…

Now that we are back in our Study of John, the issue of Christ's divinity and is inter-relation with God the Father are vital subjects to address. Some of that is addressed during the course of the sermon, but great detail is not afforded us at that time. So, I aim to offer some resources … Continue reading The Divinity of Christ – Part 1

Originally, we had planned to launch approximately 10-12 Life Groups (community-based home groups) this Fall. However, given all of the changes we've experienced lately (and which you have responded to incredibly) we decided that the body needed to "breathe" for a while and adjust. So, we have opted to push this back to January 2008. … Continue reading Life Groups Update…

ATTENTION ALL UBC MEMBERS (and those in the process of joining)! Due to some real growth, especially families, we need some more volunteers immediately in the following areas: Extended Session Childcare We need 44 volunteers to help with extended session during the worship service. If we have 44 volunteers each person will only need to … Continue reading Some Very Real Ministry Needs…

From time to time, I want to help UBC understand what has influenced her pastor and why. 9Marks ministry is led by Dr. Mark Dever, Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Below is a link to a video that is basically a promo for the ministry, but accurately represents their calm, faithful … Continue reading Some of My Influences

5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4:5-6 Speak to others from your own changed life. Speak in such a way that gives a flavor and … Continue reading Speech Toward Outsiders…