Gone skiing. Be back in a couple of days.

What I’m Reading This Week: The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber, class books, and Exodus
What I’m Listening to This Week: Norah Jones, Dave Crowder, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Moby, Dispatch, Ben Harper

And my heretical dialogue continues . . .
Melissa Swearengin writes:
Josh,
After reading all the debate back and forth I’m afraid I’ve lost track of who said what and when! If I may, I’d like to address your comment, “Only God is bigger than the gospel.” In John chapter 1 we learn God is the gospel. “In [...]

Here is a continuance of the idiot thinking prevalent in our churches.
Edward Deese writes:
Brother, I would caution you to be careful about trying to find an experience to validate your knowledge. The truth of the Word of God validates itself without any need of an experience. 27 years in the ministry has taught me that [...]

Below is a dialogue from a class on Spiritual Formation that I’m taking online for school. At the heart of the discussion is the important of grace on our spiritual lives. At the root of this dialogue is whether its more important to know about grace or experience grace. I’m going to post the dialogue [...]

My Goals For The Year
1. Get A BetterControl of My Thought Life
2. Be More Reflective In My Speech
3. Read 2 Books A Month
4. Read Through The Bible
5. Work On A Framework For A Future Church Plant
6. Build Deep Friendships With At Least Two Unconnected People
7. Memorize More Scripture
8. Save Between $500 and $1000
9. Work More [...]

What I’m Reading This Week: The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber, Colossians, and Genesis
What I’m Listening To This Week: Jimmy Eat World (an acoustic mix), Ella Fitzgerald, Coldplay, David Crowder

I’ve been inspired lately to write down what I’d like to be my “core values” in life. These aren’t New Year’s resolutions, but I’m going to attempt to gear my life around these 5 concepts this year.
Transparent � I want to live my life in such a way that it is an open book to [...]

What I’m Listening To This Week: Delirious, Counting Crows, Andy Hunter, David Crowder, Louis Armstrong, Allison Krauss
What I’m Reading This Week: The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber, 2 Corinthians

She’s dead. The Pink Princess is no longer. I’ll be taking some time off to reevaluate some stuff. There will be a service Friday night at 5:30 at the Statewide Towing Service lot.