Resurrection Life

Sacrilege: Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus by Hugh Halter

2012-01-09T17:21:21-06:00

Hugh Halter is a well-regarded church planter, pastor, consultant and missionary to the United States. He builds and maintains a network of missional church communities called Adullam in Denver, Colorado. He has street cred. He is not just a talker,...

My uncle: a eulogy (of sorts)

2011-11-08T12:50:57-06:00

My dad is a fraternal twin with my uncle Paul. Paul died last week at the age of 64 of all sorts of issues but whatever they were they were complicated by Paul's addiction to alcohol. Addiction is a disease....

Sermon from 16 Pentecost regarding Matthew 21: 33-36 in which the Preacher takes a good look at our "Christian" "Moral" nation

2011-10-03T11:03:29-05:00

16 Pentecost 2011 October 2 Matthew 21: 33-46 Pastor Chris Enstad Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Do you understand what you are doing here? Why oh why...

On the Verge: a journey into the apostolic future of the church by Alan Hirsch and Dave Ferguson. A Review

2011-09-20T13:50:52-05:00

A book every church leader, regardless of denomination, will take something away from.

A Sermon in which the Pastor combines Rally Sunday and 9/11 around a Bible verse on Forgiveness.

2011-09-14T14:20:27-05:00

13 Pentecost 2011 September 11 Pastor Chris Enstad Matthew 18: 21-35 Brothers and sisters, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. Rally Sunday has become in our church culture another...

Reading the Bible: End in sight!

2011-09-06T13:17:09-05:00

Well, instead of a closing remark I thought it best to just say, "Thank you". Thank you for joining me on a journey through the Bible. I have already noticed that I have incorporated more history into my preaching and...

Reading the Bible: Day 87: Acts 22 - Romans 4 (August 31)

2011-08-31T10:38:00-05:00

Well we are getting close to completing the challenge of reading our entire Bible this summer! Some of you have already finished, I hear so way to go! Today I am going to focus just a bit on the Book...

Reading the Bible: The Home Stretch! Day 86 Acts 12-21 (August 25)

2011-08-25T13:33:52-05:00

The Acts 16 story of Paul and Silas in prison is a powerful image, for me, of the life lived in Christ. Remember that they landed in prison for healing a demon-possessed girl. They were not imprisoned, it seems, for...

Look It Over

2011-08-18T12:21:23-05:00

I read the following reflection this morning by Wendell Berry. Wendell has authored fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. This piece is from his first volume of poems call Leavings. I read it a few times through, for some...

Reading the Bible: Day 78: Matthew 28 - Mark 8 (August 17)

2011-08-17T13:55:13-05:00

Ahh, tradition. The Pharisees had a bit of a problem. Jesus and his disciples were walking around not washing their hands before they ate. They weren't following the rules. If Jesus and his disciples were supposedly such holy men, why...