Tired But Blessed Beyond Measure

So it has a been a while since we have posted and I have to no avail been able to find time to post or to tutor mickie in logging on so we apologize for the delay. i am still burning the candle at both ends working 70 hours a week and taking 6 hours of class, but it feels like i will end up in glory sooner than later. New Testament Greek is the bomb and it is highly recommended for extreme Bible nerds.

i say that i am blessed beyond measure because everyday when i look at my beautiful bride and our amazing children i am humbled by my true unworthiness of such a blessing. Not false, superficial feelings, but revelational truth of my sinfulness and God's amazing outlandish love for sinners. It has caused me to ponder how much i and anybody really knows about Yeshua and His Father.

The questions have been running through my head:

Why does the present day church not look like the disciples?
Why do we not eat with sinners, prostitutes, and tax collectors as Christ did?
Why have we made up rules which Christ never gave to us?
And why have we forsaken the rules He has given us for a more comfortable life of faith from our own personal perspective and not the Bible?

mickie and i have been reading a book by mark driscoll called The Radical Reformission and it has rocked us to our core. we have both been appalled by the closeness and unprofessional way in which pastor driscoll speaks about Christ and at the same time we see the intimacy it would take to treat Christ like your friend as He says that He is. i must agree that the gospels are scandalous when you look at them closely without present-day blinders on.

How can we been in the world but not of it if we remove ourselves from the world whether physically or by unmentioned sanction of certain people? Is the Holy Spirit not powerful enough to allow us to dig deep into the unsaved person's life and connect to their core for the purpose of leading them toward the answer to their deepest longings for significance? Why are we not infiltrating the camp of the unsaved for the purpose of redeeming it for Christ?

we are Free!............. we are Free!

We are free to live radically and go therefore making disciples in all situations, not just in church or at revivals. We have power to go behind enemy lines and take back what is God's creation turned evil; a human soul with a tarnished image of God.

Enough preaching though. we love each and every one of you who have supported us and read this blog. we miss you all dearly and pray that God prosper you ministries no matter what the shape. i will get mickie to write next time so you do not have to listened to me preaching. Shalom and may the Ancient of Days bless you socks off!