Dancing with truth and peace
Tuesday
June 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
This past month I celebrated my fifteenth anniversary at Highland Park Christian Church. Many grateful thoughts have entered my mind. Here are five of them: You honor my family. Lots of preachers feel like they are pressured to choose their job over their family. While this is a difficult balance for any of us to find, I do […]
Sunday
May 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Family, Your World
In most Bible translations, Genesis 2:18 says, “It is not good for a man to be alone. I will make a suitable helper for him.” Fellas, I would recommend that you not refer to your wife as your suitable helper. I can hear a guy saying, “This is my wife. She’s not all that great, […]
Saturday
May 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Your Family
The best marriages point people to the perfect love of God. We showed the following video last Sunday, as we began our Marriage Unscripted series, because we wanted to share a radically high view of marriage. Oh, and you might need a Kleenex. The Story of Ian & Larissa from Desiring God on Vimeo. To hear the […]
Thursday
May 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
Yesterday I took part in the free, and incredibly helpful, Preaching Rocket web-conference. I have been thinking a lot about content recently, and it was great to spend a day focussed on refining my communication skills. Louis Giglio gave a great talk that encompassed both content and technique. The principles from this talk have application for preachers, […]
Monday
March 2013
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Lead Yourself
What counts is not that we mark “Christian” on that survey we get in the mail. What counts is not only what we declare with our lips. “What counts is a new creation.” Galatians 6:15 reprimands those who were distorting the Gospel, and reminds us that God is after our whole hearts and lives. When […]
