What a story of redemption even for the worst of sinners! What a story of redemption for a magnificent and holy God! :::This is why Jesus came:::This is why Jesus died:::This is why Jesus was raised from the dead::: For all you Des Moines people, you can catch Brian “Head” Welch in concert at Th...

I heard a comment last night from a seasoned pastor (30 years)/ now missionary, that I haven’t even considered before: [paraphrase] “When Christian schools were started in the 70′s, they were about segregation. They took the ‘light’ out of the public schools.” This intrigu...

Justin Wise, Immersion Director at Hope Lutheran Church in West Des Moines has posted a Christian response to yesterday’s Iowa Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage ban. I think this is a great response and where I am at with this right now. As time moves on, I know that God is going to help me unde...

I wonder what is going to come about in 2009. There’s a few things I am interested in. I found out at the beginning of December that my job at the school will not be there for the next year. The Ankeny School District is restructuring some things for the next year and me and my other associate coworker...

Whatever Is Not from Faith Is Sin (sermon by John Piper) “The most penetrating and devastating definition of sin that I am aware of in Scripture is the last part of Romans 14:23: ‘Whatever is not from faith is sin.’ The reason it is penetrating is that it goes to the root of all sinful actio...