The Avett Brothers

This past Thursday night, my lovely wife and I had the opportunity to go see one of our favorite bands live in concert at the Pageant here in St. Louis.  If you’ve never heard of the Avett Brothers, it’s time you do.  We’ve been captured by their music for about a year now, and seeing [...]

Random Nerd 6.27.09 – iPhone Teardown

iPhone teardown articles are now out.  Be sure to checkout the iSuppli teardown article which concludes a $172.46 bill of materials and a mere $6.50 in assembly costs.  Crazy low assembly cost if you ask me.  EDN has an article that draws on the iSuppli report while GigaOM has a nice picture and writeup themselves.
Finally, [...]

Music of Late

My wife and I are very excited to be heading down to the Pageant tonight to check out the Avett Brothers.  If you haven’t ever heard of them, please give them a sample listen via their MySpace page.
In other music of late news, I’ve been sneaking some time checking out (and enjoying) the following bands [...]

Relevant Mag on Our Generation

Have you ever asked the question, or been asked the question, “who are you trying to impress?”  Relevant mag writer Adam Smith addresses the hipster culture in an interest piquing article, Who Are We Trying to Impress.  A snippet:
Our generation, the 18-to-34 set, tend to share a common characteristic. We are remarkably self-satisfied. We are [...]

Random Nerd 6.19.09 – It Will Be Mine..Oh Yes

My 3GS should arrive later today.  For you iPhone junkies out there – what are your favorite apps?

The Gospel-Centered Life

From the Coram Deo Blog:
We are excited to announce that The Gospel-Centered Life is now available for purchase worldwide! To go directly to the ordering/publicity website, click here. For the back-story on GCL, keep reading.
When we planted Coram Deo four years ago, we structured the entire church around missional communities. The ideal missional community consists [...]

Myth: God Wants the Best for You

This past Sunday I had the privilege of preaching at Summit Community Church here in O’Fallon.

The sermon was on the myth (or half-truth) that God wants the best for you.  You can find links to the audio here.

Spurgeon on Thorns

Preaching on 2 Corinthians 12:7-10:
“A thorn is but a little thing, and indicates a painful but not a killing trial — not a huge, crushing, overwhelming affliction, but a common matter; none the less painful, however, because common and insignificant.  A thorn is a sharp thing, which pricks, pierces, irritates, lacerates, festers, and causes endless [...]

Great New Website

Here’s a new website I’m excited about – Re:Sound.org.  I downloaded the Rain City Hymnal and have not been disappointed.

Random Nerd 6.12.2009 – iPhone 3GS

Four long months ago, my current wireless contract with Verizon expired.  With all of my sinful coveting desires in full swing, I was ready to jump ship to AT&T and the iPhone which I had been longing after for quite some time.  What held me back however, were rumors.
Rumors of a new iPhone.  One that [...]

Osteen Vs. Jesus

I’m preaching this week on the myth/half truth that God wants the best for you.  As part of my preparation, I did something I would typically never do: buy a book by Joel Osteen.  Now I have his smiley face staring at me from my desk and it is creepy.
Here’s a quote that I’ve honed [...]

This Should Be Interesting

This:
Plus this:
Equals: must see TV (and a real hour of power).
Read more here.  Then pray.

228 Million Pounds of Coffee?

I don’t remember drinking 228 million pounds of coffee this past year, according to the side of my recent tall, black coffee:
I bought 228 million pounds of responsibly grown, ethically traded coffee last year.  Everything Starbucks does, I do.  I stop by for a coffee.  And just by doing that, I let Starbucks buy more [...]

Shame

Why is God’s grace so tough for us to understand?  Some of us know that we need Jesus, but we just don’t quite grasp how that works and the danger is that if you try to get Jesus or you try to understand why he died on the cross without an understanding of grace, what [...]