Explore God
God is holy, God is Most High, God is All Powerful and All Knowing. But the more I search the scripture for information on what God is like, and how…
Teaching Atlases and Freemo Journals
We’ve been writing teaching atlases at Westwinds for 10 or 12 years. Our first teaching atlases were made on our church photocopier. They were sermon manuscripts that we printed on…
Why I Love Independent Publishing
Everybody has things that they think are good and that they want to do. You might want to do a charity, or help someone, or do something kind for somebody…
What I’m Working On – The Church We See
There are signs all over Westwinds that describe “The Church We See.” These 21 statements were born out of months of prayer, conversation, and research about the many ways our…
Korean-style Prayer
In How to be with God: a Primer on Christian Prayer, I include prayer hacks at the end of each section. We used this hack in the prayer meeting we…
Lovers & Fighters, Thinkers & Thugs
Every religion has lovers and fighters, thinkers and thugs. Perhaps it’s the nature of religion, or perhaps it’s the nature of human being. The jury is still out on why,…
When They Tell You You’re Wrong
Sometimes God speaks to us through common sense. If we ask God whether or not we should buy a lottery ticket, the answer will always be “No.” Sometimes God speaks…
The Godless City
Sometimes, when people hear of my interest in the theology of city, they assume I mean cities are good and everything else is less good. But as I’ve tried to…
Pecha Kucha Excerpt // Enslaved By Eternity
The last series at Westwinds, covering the book of Titus, was taught entirely in the Pecha Kucha format. Each talk was exactly 6:40 long, and used 20 slides shown for…
God Is Not Your Boyfriend
Desire is not evil. Even common desires like a better car or the love of a beautiful woman or the sense that our work matters are not ungodly. At worst,…
Pecha Kucha Excerpt // Old Men Teach The Young Men
The last series at Westwinds, covering the book of Titus, was taught entirely in the Pecha Kucha format. Each talk was exactly 6:40 long, and used 20 slides shown for…
You Asked For It
We all struggle with the question of when it’s appropriate to ask for things. We know that mature believers don’t pester God with requests. We know that God intends for…