Grace.

Giving people good things when they do not deserve. Giving people mercy instead of justice. Letting murderers, thieves, and liars into the kingdom of heaven. Forgiving the same act over and over.

It is scandalous.

If we were to run our court system, our judicial system, like God does, we would not put up with it. We want liars to…

The big political story this week was presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his tax returns, including whether or not he would release them, his tax rate of 15% or less, and some of the offshore tax shelters and loopholes that he used in managing his money.

But this story was blown off the front page by Newt Gingrich's second wife. It is well known…

Hi guys. We are putting together a video that tells the story of Jas Gilbreath, who is originally from India, coming to faith in Jesus Christ. In the making of this video, we need some high definition video footage from India. This would be background footage that shows some typical Indian scenes--children playing, a festival, city life,…

Recently I shared how we began a new seeker small group study (Story of Redemption) at the workplace of one of our members, Alfonso DeLuna. Alfonso owns a mechanic shop, and he has reached out to a number of people…

 Sam Trevino was baptized on September 25, 2011. There have been so many baptisms lately that it has been hard to write up all of their stories, so sorry for the delay. However, this story continues to develop.

Sam has been friends with Alfonso DeLuna, a current High Pointe member, for years. When they knew each other years ago,…

ChurchLeaders.com reported a new national poll out that says that Jesus is the 2nd Most Popular Person in the US. Jesus had a 90% popularity rating, topped only by Abraham Lincoln at 91%.

At first it would be tempting…

Well, I just watched the first half of the Cowboys-Dolphins game, and it was pretty nondescript. Not exciting enough to keep me fully awake after a big Thanksgiving meal. Pretty boring, and a bit irritating as Tony Romo once again threw two terrible interceptions. I just consoled myself with another piece of pecan pie. The half ended at 10-6, Cowboys.

If we…

I have reposted the following article. Here is the original link. It is great to 

Today, Jas Gilbreath, wife of Louis Gilbreath, was baptized into Jesus Christ. Praise God! Jas grew up in India, and there she was often mistreated. Women in general are not treated well by many. She met her husband Louis online. They…

Our new Missional Outreach Member (MON) member, M. Scott Boren, author of Missional Small Groups, has written a blog post called "What Missional Evangelism Is Not."

In the post, Scott relates an uncomfortable experience he had of sitting through a…

My Doctor of Ministry work is in missional outreach. And a significant part of this paper is on the use of social networking to reach people for Christ, both the old fashioned, "real world" networking and online social networking. I want to address the latter in this post, though both are intertwined. 

There are several elements to effectively using Facebook…

This afternoon I went and got my hair cut at Sports Clips. This is where I usually go. Hey, I'm a guy, and if you have to wait around and take the time to get your hair cut, you might as well be able to watch ESPN when you go. So, kudos to them for winning the niche marketing game.

I usually try to go to frequent many of the same places, such as hair cutting…

I am doing a bit of blogging through Michael Frost's bookThe Road to Missional. In this book he revives the long running debate about whether or not mission and/or evangelism includes social action…

Today, I saw this posted on Facebook:

Lindsey Flenniken  Cyndi Moncada…

We live in a pragmatic, impatient society. There are a lot of theories about a lot of different things out there. But who knows if they are true? Science was recently the ultimate authority. But look at the recent scandal over global warming, where scientists were cooking the books.

Whatever your view on climate change, it makes you wonder what other data is…

Churches across the United States are shrinking. In fact, every single fellowship, including Churches of Christ, is on the decline. It used to be said that healthy churches grow. In today's climate, with a shrinking percentage of the population being Christian, healthy churches may not necessarily grow. They may shrink due to the overall decline of Christianity in our culture. 

It will take more than just church health to grow churches. It will take more than…

David Kinnamon's book, UnChristian, gave research results of young, non-Christians and their perceptions of Christianity. These results were eye opening.

Now David Kinnamon has written a new book…