First of all, Jesus is the reason for ministry. If ministry occurs for the sake of ministry, then it’s not ministry; It is simply a gathering without purpose. We have to be sure that we are doing ministry for the purpose of Jesus. He calls us to be his hands and feet to take action [...]
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A quick thought on how Jesus as prophet, priest, and king directly relate to ministry
Posted: 4th November 2011 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, Ministry0
So I have the fantastic opportunity to lead one of the chat groups at SEROCKS for the entire month of October. This chat group will be a full on Bible study of the book of Colossians. It’s a pretty short book at only 4 chapters and one that students can gain a lot of insight [...]
How many of us live to just get a good life and to ride it out until we die? The point of life isn’t so we can work exhausting hours, buy some toys that we can’t afford, build up a good 401(k), add an extension on the house, and go to die in a cool [...]
An open letter to all parents.
Posted: 11th February 2011 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, Leadership, Ministry, SEROCKSAt SEROCKS we are doing a student discipleship program/study right now. This program is called 220 (two twenty) based from Galatians 2:20 which says “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son [...]
Where is your focus?
Posted: 15th June 2010 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, MinistryTags: communion thought, preaching, sermon
Here’s my communion thought for this past weekend: Where is your focus? About a month ago I completed a really long fast. That was the longest fast I had ever done in my entire life. It was not fun every day and it was honestly one of the toughest things I have ever done in [...]
My church just put on a freaking monstrous garage sale. And for the record, I have the hardest time saying garage sale because I always call them yard sales. People from church donated all the items to be sold at the yard garage sale. People donated for two days straight and brought in a ton [...]
Things I wish they taught in seminary
Posted: 18th April 2010 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, Leadership, MinistryTags: school, seminary
After being in seminary for almost a full semester, I have a list of a few things that I am experiencing in ministry that I wish were taught in seminary: How to help out a kid whose dad just killed himself How to preach on finances How to help someone who has a porn addiction [...]
The Cross of Christ
Posted: 16th April 2010 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, Leadership, MinistryTags: communion thought, preaching, sermon
Here’s my communion thought I gave several weeks ago: How many of you have a cross necklace? Let me give you a little history on how the cross was invented. In Roman days, they would have competitions to see who could invent the greatest torture device. Guess which one won? This was a device created [...]
Today, we have access to whatever information that we want. We can get our physical or electronic hands on books, articles, how-to’s, internet resources, blogs, and I could go on forever. The same is true for the church. Well, for those churches not stuck in the 50′s. Take me for instance, I have read ton’s [...]
Do you know Him?
Posted: 2nd March 2010 by Bo in Jesus Stuff, Leadership, MinistryTags: communion thought, preaching, sermon
I got to speak at all three youth services (communion thought, I didn’t preach the actual message) this past weekend. Here’s what I spoke on. I will try to put up some audio of it in a few days. Do you know Him? Some of us in this room may not even know Jesus at [...]