New Podcast

A task that has been on my to-do list for months is to set up a podcast for our church body.
I just know that I’m ten times more likely to listen to a teaching if it’s already on my iPod because iTunes put it there when I sync’d up, and I have a feeling that [...]

Calvary Chapel Raleigh Facebook Group

Hey Kids,
If you consider yourself to be part of the Calvary Chapel of Raleigh community, and you sit in front of a computer on a regular basis, then you should join the Calvary Chapel of Raleigh facebook group. It’s simple, just click here and join!
What’s that? You don’t have a facebook account? Well take off [...]

Is this true?

I’ve read on three blogs (here, here, and here) that Louie Giglio and Chris Tomlin will be starting a church fellowship together.
Human3rror reports:
It’s true.  Chris Tomlin announced today, in a partners/members meeting after the 9:30am service, that he is planning to leave the Austin Stone Community Church to pursue God’s calling to start up a [...]

Some recent thoughts about the Church

We’ve been going through this book, “Using Your Spiritual Gifts”, by Eddie Rasnake at our men’s Bible study lately. I’ve been surprised by how much I’ve enjoyed it and been challenged by it.
It has also coincided really well with the series on the Church by Francis Chan that I’ve listened to over and over again [...]

New Tomlin Record

Got this in my inbox today.
I heard this on the radio a couple of days ago and I was like, “That sounds like Chris Tomlin… but I don’t know this song.”
It made me happy :0)
You can download the song on iTunes or Amazon.com.
Did you hear it yet? What did you think?

Something I heard yesterday

Yesterday, while working, I listened to a message by Rob Bell on Philippians 2:1-2 called “One Mind” (click here to download the mp3 :: click here to view the past 12 sermons from Mars Hill Church).
The talk was very interesting and certainly kept my attention. Rob even played highlight films of Larry Bird (a great [...]

The Church

I’ve been thinking about this song a lot lately, so I figured I’d make sure you know about it.
It’s called “The Church”, and it comes from Derek Webb’s first solo album, “She Must And Shall Go Free”.
It starts like this:
i have come with one purpose
to capture for myself a bride
by my life she is lovely
by [...]

Our Lobby On Sunday Morning

This is our church lobby this past Sunday morning. I started recording about 30 minutes before service, and stopped about 20 minutes after.
Notice a couple of things:

There is a ton of activity after 10:00, when service starts.
The fans look like they could cut through steel.
Larry works very hard to make sure [...]

For Stephen and Mike D.

Speaking of Worship

I had the great privilege of teaching our main service this Sunday at church, and it didn’t take me two seconds to know that I wanted to teach on the topic of worship.
As luck (or providence) would have it, the mic battery went out half way through, so the sound guys or going to see [...]