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Church and Church Planting
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Oct 10
Mars Hill U-District
Earlier this month while I was in Seattle for Re:Train I had the pleasure to checking out the recently-launched Mars Hill U-District campus. Dr. Gregg Allison, our Ecclesiology professor for the month, delivered a lecture, a Theology of the Body, at the U-District building to hundreds of University of Washington students on a Friday night.
As one who became a Christian in college and is currently engaged in ministry on a college campus, I’m encouraged to hear about the things God is doing at UW through Mars Hill:
It’s been a big year for Mars Hill U-District. They went from being a college mission to a full location, got a new building, and in one month, have had so many people at services that they’ve already added a third service. Underneath the numbers, though, are countless stories of lives of students being changed in and around the University of Washington.
Read about it on the Mars Hill blog here: Jesus is changing the U-District.
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Nov 09
2 Pillars Church Vision Video
I have written before about 2 Pillars Church, an Acts 29 church plant coming soon to Lincoln, NE. Todd Bumgarner recently announced that a vision video has been made for 2 Pillars. Watch the finished product below. The video can also be found on YouTube.
2 Pillars Church Vision Video from Todd Bumgarner on Vimeo.
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Oct 09
Video: A Conversation with Acts 29 Church Planter, Todd Bumgarner
I recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Todd Bumgarner, church planter and pastor of 2 Pillars Church, an Acts 29 candidate church coming soon to Lincoln, NE. In the video below Todd talks about the Acts 29 Network, his connection to Nebraska, and his vision for 2 Pillars Church and ministry in Lincoln.
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Jul 09
Song of Praise, Song of Pride
So we raise up holy hands
To praise the Holy One
Who was and is and is to come
Yesterday at church we sang “Unchanging” by Chris Tomlin. As we arrived at the above chorus for the first time I was struck by how easily a song of praise and worship to my Lord could become a prideful abomination.
Song of Praise
My hands are righteous and holy for one reason and one reason only – they were made holy by the blood of Christ.
For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. (Romans 5:19, ESV)
Apart from Christ, I am a sinner, an object of wrath, an enemy of God. How sweet it is, then, to be able to raise up hands made righteous by Christ’s obedience and sacrifice upon the cross. I raise up my hands in thanks and praise – in absolute awe of my God, his mercy and grace.
Abomination
If, however, I have convinced myself that my own righteousness might exist apart from Christ Jesus, then my song of praise has become a religious perversion of the truth. If I have convinced myself that I am good apart from my Savior, worthy to raise so-called “holy” hands in the presence of a most-holy God, then my song of worship has become an prideful abomination. How that song must grieve the heart of the Lord.
Nothing Alike
Two very different songs were sung yesterday morning in my church. One, a song of praise and worship to the Holy One. The other, a religious song of pride and self-righteousness. They have the same lyrics and sound identical to the human ear. They are nothing alike, however.
Which song were those around me singing? Which song did I sing?
