Gospel attitudes about wealth – generosity
Posted September 16th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
I’ve already written posts commenting on two of four gospel oriented attitudes about wealth. I think it is important to avoid some extremes when speaking of money, and our excesses. The legalistic approach claims that wealth in and of itself is evil, and that Christians should not have money or wealth. The problem with this […]
Posted in Living the Gospel, Missional living, Sermon Thoughts
$1 for the Kingdom
Posted August 31st, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
At church this morning we gave each person in attendance a $1 coin. We may be the first church in history to pass the offering basket and ask people to take money. The challenge was to see the $1 as God’s money, Kingdom money, and find a way to make a difference with it. While […]
Posted in Living the Gospel, Missional living, Sermon Thoughts
Mission Trip Update
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
I am sitting in a parking lot getting a very weak internet signal, and this is about the best I could do. But I thought it was worth it to find a free public wifi location to leave everyone back home a bit of an update on our trip to Oak Grove, KY. There are […]
Posted in Church News, Missional living
Martin & Gracia Burnham – Missionaries to the Philippines
Posted May 29th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
We used a video this past Sunday of missionary pilots, Martin & Gracia Burnham. These two were captured by terrorists while living in the Philippines. If you didn’t see the video, click this link. I’ve heard from a few of you wanting more information about their story, so I have found a couple articles from […]
Posted in Missional living, Sermon Thoughts
Making Sense of Floods and Other Suffering
Posted April 6th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
A few weeks ago, our family rented a movie that was produced by a church and released in theaters. The movie did fairly well, and we were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the cinematography. Yet, I struggled with the underlying message of the movie. Basically, the storyline pictured a person who had a litany […]
Posted in All About Life, Missional living, Theological issues
