A Missionary Goodbye…
Almost 6 years ago, God spoke to Hope and I and told us to stop what we were doing, and to move to Scotland to help plant a church. So, we did. I cannot believe that the time has come for us to leave this place. But again, God has told us to go, and we are. I thank God for this place, and our time here.  I thank God for the pain.  I thank God for the joy.  I thank God for the costly nature of it.  I thank God for the way it has changed me. I thank God for the people.  I thank God for, well, all of it. I know that we have obeyed him.  We have borne fruit.  We have won lost souls to Jesus.  We have been faithful, and I know that Scotland is better because of the peopl

Lewis on Joy
One of my favorite Lewis quotes, brought to mind from re-reading Desiring God… If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak.  We

My Assurance
I’m about to leave Scotland. I am filled with excitement, fear, faith, sadness, happiness, and host of other emotions.  ONE THING I AM NOT, HOWEVER, IS CONCERNED. I do not lie awake at night wondering, “will they do okay without me?”  Certainly not.  In fact, I’m convinced that if I were, I would be both an IDOLATER and a BAD LEADER. I would be an idolater because I would be implying that this church were somehow built by me.  Rubbish.  This church, and every other church, is built by Jesus Christ who said I will build my church, and the gates of Hell will not overcome it. I am not Jesu

The Reason we’re Here
This is a short video of some baptisms that we recently did.  Great to celebrate the reason we came here: to reach people who don’t know Jesus. Fall 09 Baptisms from Adam Mabry on Vimeo.

Beautiful Tension
Some of you know that I proudly wear the label REFORMED CHARISMATIC. I was having a discussion with a pastor the other day about this very topic, and something occurred to me.  To be Reformed is, among other things, to believe that God is monergistic in the way he saves people.  We don’t help God save us, He simply does it, on his own, by his power.  Therefore, the person and work of the Holy Spirit is CRUCIAL for people to be saved and changed.  To be Charismatic is, among other things, to believe in the “charis”-”mata” or, “grace gifts.”  We Chari