Culture
My Interview with Larry Osborne
Every leader needs mentors in their life. One of the men I have the privilege to have in my life is a great leader (and man) – Larry Osborne. Larry is the Lead Pastor of North Coast Church – an innovative and inspiring church of about 10,000 people located in San Diego, California. He and…
Read MoreDisneyland disaster! (or, why you should be trying to fail)
Failure is good. If you are not failing you are not trying. You are being too safe. You are too afraid of criticism. All those famous entrepreneurs we talk about (Jobs, Musk, Branson) all failed in huge ways throughout their lives. Let me give you an example in the spirit of July. Disneyland. It opened…
Read MoreStart the Conversation! 3 evidences for the existence of God
Lot’s of people ask me about how to share Christ with their friends who are philosophically minded. Obviously such a venture is very nuanced and takes a lot of prayer and time and we must journey with people, but, practically speaking while there are many reasons that belief in God (theism) makes more sense than…
Read MoreUnfinished Men
This past weekend our church held a Men’s Retreat. 300 guys worshiping Jesus, connecting with one another and striving toward godly manhood in a world willing to just let them be unfinished – boys – gawking at girls, playing video games until they are 40, and playing the dumb, sitcom husband – fumbling around while…
Read MoreJesus & Pixar
Last week we studied the beatitude “blessed are you who mourn, for you shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). It is an interesting point Jesus makes. Because it’s not just: people who mourn now will one day go to heaven, though it is that too. It is saying something deep about our present experience. Without mourning…
Read MoreWhat Piper & Seinfeld have in common
John Piper (69 years old) pastored the same church for over 30 years, and then when he was done, he saw something on the Internet that he wanted to take and adapt into a way of teaching the Bible. It’s called Look at the Book, and hundreds of thousands of people are now engaged with…
Read MoreRadical Marriage #2 : 7 Financial Principles to live by
A couple of weeks ago I said I would do a short series on a few of the things we shared at our Radical Marriage Newlyweds class. Part two is about Money. Obviously this is a complex topic because everyone’s financial scenario is so different. But here are a few of the principles we shared.…
Read MoreWhy sometimes you should give up
Did you know that C.S. Lewis only wanted to be known for one thing in life? His teaching at Oxford, and his work in Medieval literature and mythology was just his way to succeed at his real goal: to be known as a famous poet. Here is the thing. No one reads Lewis’ poetry today,…
Read MoreWhy paranoia is good.
In Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs, he cites Steve’s father, who says that Jobs as a young man growing up and working on furniture, etc., was always crafting the backs of cabinets even though they were hidden. “He loved doing things right. He even cared about the look of the parts you couldn’t see.”…
Read MoreRadical marriage #1 – Devotions for couples
Over the last two weeks Erin and I have taught a class at Village Church called Radical Marriage: Newlyweds, geared toward those married for 3 years or less. Originally we had planned the class for just 25 couples, but when we posted it, over 60 couples signed up in just 24 hours! We found a…
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