A Great Few Weeks

It has been a super busy few weeks and I thought it would be fun to catch folks up on some of the highlights.

First, Vintage Jesus, the book I wrote with my dear friend Dr. Gerry Breshears, was released by my friends at Crossway. The pre-sales alone far exceeded our …

Notes on the Emerging Church

In conjunction with the Religion Saves and 9 Other Misconceptions series last Sunday, I answered the following question: 'What can traditional/established churches learn from "emerging" churches?'

For those wanting more information by me on the issue, there are freebies …

Regulative Principle

As part of the Religion Saves and Nine Other Misconceptions sermon series, I answered Question #1 on March 2: "Do you believe that the Scripture not only regulates our theology but also our methodology? In other words, do you believe in the regulative principle? If …

Multi-Site Conference and Free Webinar

Roughly two years ago Mars Hill Church experimented with multi-site church, thanks to the influence of my friends at Leadership Network and pastors they connected me with to learn from, such as my buddy Larry Osborne. That experiment has proven wildly successful …

Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe

When Mars Hill Church first launched in the fall of 1996, I immediately began teaching a new members' class that was originally titled Foundations. The original intent of that class was to ensure that our church members were trained missionaries who believed …

Good Friday and Easter

Good Friday

Since the early days of our church, Mars Hill has always had powerful Good Friday church services to remember the bloody death of Jesus Christ in our place for our sins. The services are incredibly dark and by God's grace we have seen many people repent …

Bath-tisms and Other Good News

Today is post-Easter Monday and after a long day of services that started at 9 a.m. and ended after 10 p.m., I wanted to reflect on the furious pace of the past few weeks and boast in the lavish grace of God. I'll start with Easter and work backwards.

Something broke …