by David Phillips | Apr 27, 2011 | Trinity, Theology, Feature Articles, Word, Formation
It hit me like a ton of bricks. I have read this passage many times, but this time it was there in front of God and everyone. It shook me to the core, so much in fact that I had to pause and ponder its implications. Going through the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3, Luke...
by David Phillips | Apr 25, 2011 | Word, Ministry
Is 43:22-44:23 In this sermon, I challenged our church to consider: How God-honoring is our worship In 43:22-24, God weeps at how bad their the nation’s worship was. Yahweh expected to be called upon and counted upon. This tears at the heart of our...
by David Phillips | Apr 25, 2011 | Word
Titus 1:5-9. The Message I left you in charge in Crete so you could complete what I left half-done. Appoint leaders in every town according to my instructions. As you select them, ask, “Is this man well-thought-of? Is he committed to his wife? Are his children...
by David Phillips | Apr 25, 2011 | Word, Books, Theology
Allow me to restate the purpose of David Fitch’s new book, The End of Evangelicalism? Discerning a New Faithfulness for Mission: Towards an Evangelical Political Theology. He is using the “political” ideology of Slavo Zizek as a means to critique...
by David Phillips | Apr 18, 2011 | Word, Theology
Today, I would like to begin to work through a series on the book of Zephaniah. I developed an appreciation for this book while taking a class on the Minor Prophets in seminary. I will not look at the book in a verse by verse manner. I will look at the book through...
by David Phillips | Apr 18, 2011 | Theology, Missional, Word, Formation, Books
Dr. David Fitch has just released a new book entitled The End of Evangelicalism? Discerning a New Faithfulness for Mission: Towards an Evangelical Political Theology from Wipf and Stock publishers. David is a bi-vocational pastor atLife on the Vine and the B.R....