Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Time To Start Fresh

Sometimes in life, I just have to start things over again. There have been times with my kids that I have responded the wrong way, I was too harsh, or I was just no fun to be around. Instead of trying to explain to my 3 and 1 year old why Daddy was grumpy or angry, etc...I just told them this: "Daddy's sorry for acting the way he did, please forgive me and let's start over again." Similar things have happened in my relationship with my wife, instead of trying to sort through who did or said this or that, we just decided that we needed to start from scratch, start over again. That is one of the things that I love about the New Year, it's a chance for a fresh start. Thankfully, God is a God of new beginnings and second chances. Maybe there are things that happened in 2007 that didn't turn out how you hoped. Maybe you made some wrong decisions. Maybe you had misplaced priorities. Don't let your past determine your future.
This Sunday, I will be starting a new sermon series on Starting fresh in 2008. I hope that you will either join us at Morning Star Church or take the time to download the sermons from the church website, once they are posted. Remember this is a New Year, make it count!

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Two Sunday Services

This morning we officially kicked off our new early service at 9:00am. I am thankful for the people that made the switch to the early service. It will help us open up additional space in our 10:35am service. It is always encouraging to me to watch our people at work. Our band members played for both services and did a great job. I know how hard it is to be energetic at 9:00am but they did awesome. I'm also proud of our church and how they have embraced the goal of reaching out into the community. Sometimes that means we have to make sacrfices but it is always worth it.



















This week we will be sending 37,000 of these mailer pieces to our community inviting them attend our services. Please pray with me that God will work in our community so that we have a great response to this outreach. Next Sunday should be exciting! Have a great first full week of 2008.

Interesting New Movie Coming Out


This upcoming movie by Ben Stein really caught my attention! It focuses on the hostile academic environment that surrounds Darwinism, evolution, and the theories about the origins of man. In almost of schools and colleges in America, Darwinism or evolution is presented as fact not theory. As this movie so easily points out, there are growing numbers of scientists and biologists that are questioning evolutionary theory. Personally I have always found the theory of evolution to run contrary to the most foundation scientific principles especially the 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics. The First Law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. The theory of evolution can offer no logical explanation for the origins of energy or matter. Who created what evolved? The Second Law states that "energy systems have a tendency to increase their entropy." Entropy in layman's language means chaos or disorganization. Simply stated it means that things get worse not better. The entire concept of evolution is based on the foundation that things are slowly yet surely getting better. Life is evolving into more complex forms. The Second Law says that isn't how things work. If you have some free time go ahead and visit www.expelledthemovie.com and check out the trailer, I'm sure you will find it intriguing.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Happy New Year!

We had a great time ringing in the New Year (we didn't quite make it until midnight, Ethan got tired around 10pm) at Andrew and Cyanna's house. The theme of the party was the 80's. As you can see from the pictures it was quite a sight to behold. Cyanna and Nicole even got my wife to redo her hair. It was great to see our singles (and young marrieds) celebrating the new year in a way that brings glory to God. There wouldn't be any regrets or bad memories from this party, just good, clean fun! It was great to hang out, eat, listen to 80's music, and play video games! Happy New Year!