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It takes a bunch of work - but many of the best things in life do. When you experience something transcendent, something truly unique and life-changing, you want to share it with those you know and love. Based on dozens of requests, I asked the CORE team if they thought we should do another SECRET NAME conference. After prayer, they unanimously agreed.  Here’s 10 reasons why we’re investing the time and effort in seeing you set fr...

It is the most common answer to one of the most common questions that Christians ask one another. Someone asks, “How can I be praying for you?”  Then we answer, “That I would be more disciplined in reading the Word.” We know that this is the right answer. We also know our shortcomings in this area. Therefore, it is as instructive as it is convicting to consider how quickly, regularly, and profoundly flips to the Bible fo...

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. (1 Peter 1.1...

In our house we make a big deal out of sermon notes. The point is not just to be a recorder of the information but to be writing down things that are helpful and impactful. The end goal is for the kids to process the information in such a way that they enter into the narrative, so to speak. The sermon notes are intended to be a part of a larger journal that highlight their own spiritual journey of understanding and interacting with the Scritpur...

The team has been praying for months. We’ve tried to answer all the questions (but who are we fooling? There’s no way to anticipate what God wants to do). The day is almost here. We’d love to have you come. The story below from the Outreach in Indiana on Tuesday night is why we’re doing YOUR SECRET NAME Saturday nights. Thanks so much core team. You’re critical and we couldn’t do this without you. The first t...

As a pastor I long for the Bible to take a hold of people. But this is not simply a pastoral burden. All Christians love Christ, his word, and his glory. As a result, I am sure that a quote like the one included below kind of gets your heart beating and mind racing. There is great appeal here: “Imagine if all Christians, as a part of their discipleship, were caught up in a web of regular Bible reading–not only digging into the word pr...

If you are like me you might begin to become so familiar with God’s promises that they become residual and assumed. You might even feel somewhat uncomfortable praising God for doing what he has always said that he would do. For example, Jesus speaks of God’s sovereign, loving faithfulness to his sheep: (Joh 10.28-29)  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has...

We all have blind spots. We have our issues. Whether we are talking about personal, social, or theological blind spots, we have them. And to say you don’t, is to, well, make my point. The important thing for us to look for said weaknesses, identify them and replace them. This is living life as a fallen sinner it is reality. But sometimes our blind spots are our hobby horses. And this is a problem. I can remember arguing about abortion with ...

A individual who sends out satirical tweets that I enjoy each day tweeted this this morning: Today is “Earth Day”, or, as conservative evangelicals call it, “Thursday”. I had to laugh it this, because it is both funny and true. Today is Earth Day here in the US. It is a day where we are supposed to be mindful of our environment, and specifically how we are either destroying or preserving it. Many evangelicals like to sni...

The 119th Psalm continues to prevail as the hymnbook for revival. If we cannot agree with the Psalmist in the words he pens then our heart needs to change…and this is good! It is encouraging for all who fear God and in so doing know themselves, to know that there is an able auxiliary in purifying and perfecting folks…in the 9th verse we see that it is by keeping the way according to the word of God. Faithful obedience to the word of God is th...