Believing THE GospelThere Is Only One Gospel I preached yesterday out of Mark 1:1-9 as our church is beginning a lengthy study of the life and ministry of Jesus through the Gospel of Mark. In the opening sentence, Mark declares that this is “the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God”. The ... Read more Monday, 3 October 2011 | Hits: 117 | Comments |
Counterfeit Marriage“The story of America's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community is the story of our fathers and sons, our mothers and daughters, and our friends and neighbors who continue the task of making our country a more perfect Union.” Thus begins President Barrack Obama’s May 31 proclamation declaring June ... Read more Tuesday, 12 July 2011 | Hits: 273 | Comments |
What a Difference a Good Woman MakesIn honor of Mother's Day this week it seemed appropriate to highlight the leadership and ministry of godly, courageous women who, often unknown to the masses, gave their lives in service to Jesus. These are some of the women of the Reformation according pastor Justin Holcomb. All too often, the textbooks ... Read more Tuesday, 3 May 2011 | Hits: 374 | Comments |
Clarifying Points of Contention (part 2)In my last post, I addressed the first five concerns I have about Rob Bell’s controversial book, Love Wins. In this offering, I will add five more. These are not all the concerns I have, but they are sufficiently representative to help my readers grasp the kinds of issues that ... Read more Thursday, 28 April 2011 | Hits: 362 | Comments |
Clarifying Points of Contention (part 1)Having laid the groundwork for an examination of Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins, let’s take a look at some of the specific issues I found troubling in what Bell has written. I’ll try to annotate the references to the book as best I can in case you want to check ... Read more Thursday, 28 April 2011 | Hits: 257 | Comments |
Theological Backdrop for Evaluating "LovRob Bell has been widely touted to be a universalist since he began to promote his new book, Love Wins. His publisher, Harper Collins, described the book in their press releases this way, “Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God's love and God's judgment: Has God created ... Read more Thursday, 28 April 2011 | Hits: 271 | Comments |
A Response to "Love Wins"Since the publishers of Rob Bell’s Love Wins first began to promote the book as a “vision for rediscovering a richer, grander, truer, more spiritually satisfying way of understanding heaven, hell, God, Jesus, salvation, and repentance” a cloud of controversy has engulfed the book and its author. I refused to ... Read more Thursday, 28 April 2011 | Hits: 437 | Comments |
A Pastoral RequestI wanted to highlight a point of the table talk this week because I know our home groups are largely not able to dive into the discussion this week. Our group had an evening of fellowship last night and I know the other Rowell group is prepping for a rehearsal ... Read more Thursday, 24 March 2011 | Hits: 400 | Comments |
Remember, Jesus fulfilled it...Today was a much needed sabbath for me personally. I enjoyed the day with Betsy, getting a nice lunch together, going on a walk, eventually having the boys home from school to play baseball in great baseball weather. We grilled chicken and burgers tonight and enjoyed a nice meal as ... Read more Tuesday, 22 March 2011 | Hits: 503 | Comments |
StoriesWe want to hear stories from you all about what God is doing during the week and how he is using you all to minister to others, what he is speaking by the Holy Spirit to you and through you and how the gospel is forming, reforming and transforming your ... Read more Tuesday, 8 March 2011 | Hits: 239 | Comments |
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Food for the HungryJohn Rowell, the lead church planting pastor for Generations, has been pastoring churches for nearly 30 years. During this time he has also been deeply involved in global missions, a role that has taken him ... Read more |
Acts 29 NetworkThough Generations is not affiliated with any denomination, we are a member of a network of church planting churches called the Acts 29 Network. For more info please go to the A29 ... Read more |
Ministry Resource NetworkJohn and Ginger Rowell planted Northside Community Church in December 1984. Over the course of nearly twenty years of service in that church plant, missions was a major focus of attention. John created Ministry Resource ... Read more |
A Story from HaitiFriends, Hello!! Thank you for your prayers this past week. I had an incredible time in Port-au-Prince, and the trip was indeed exactly what I was meant to do. I expected to go, see the city and get a feel ... Read more |
A Story about Child Sponsorship“Eliu is coming to our wedding.” “What?! You mean the guy you sponsored?” “Yeah, I just talked to him, and he wants to fly up for the big day.” And so he did. Eliu Diaz’ first trip out of his country ... Read more |