During the height of his Reformation battles, Martin Luther reportedly said, “Here I stand; I can do no other.”  With slightly lower stakes and sometimes lesser motivations, popular musicians have turned their songs into the same kind of statements.  These songs declare in four minutes why the artist has made the kind of life choices Read the full article…

Sunday’s sermon brought out the English major in me. Huh? By that I mean it all hinged on John’s use of language — his wordplay, really — in describing the circumstances around Peter’s three-fold denial of Jesus.  At every turn in the story, Peter is either a bystander, or he is standing still, or he Read the full article…

What do Elton John . . . . . . the Gospel of John . . .     . . . and the Movementum series have to do with each other?   Quite a lot, as you’ll see on Sunday. 8:30.  10.  11:30.

We’re adding a parking lot. We’re remodeling buildings. We’re hiring staff. We’re mobilizing volunteers. We’re praying over the site. We’re replicating what it means to invite all people into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. We’re getting ready for Good Shepherd, Zoar Road Campus to launch in early ’16.    

From the ages of 8-18, I had one goal in life: to become the number one tennis player my age in the state of Texas. The good news is that it actually happened. After a string of second place finishes, I finally won it all when I was 17. I liked it well enough that Read the full article…