The Notebook

Hello everyone! The past several days have been tough for us personally, for Bridge Church and for the Perry community. At Hank’s viewing the funeral home estimated between 800-1,000 people were there to pay to pay their respects to a man that touched each of their lives. Hank’s funeral was a ti...

On November 16, 2006 I had lunch with Hank at Steak and Shake to share with him about a new church that five families were starting in Perry. Hank and his wife had been searching for a church to attend that would meet the needs of their family. I met Hank, Ginnyne and their kids […]...

Found this video on YouTube of Mark Driscoll talking about Joel Osteen. Driscoll hits the nail on the head on this one....

Several weeks ago someone turned in a connect card at Bridge Church on which was written “Define Christian.” I thought about those simple words and decided I needed to address this, as apparently was important enough for someone to ask. We had just finished a series titled ‘We Apologize For”...

Here is the cover for my new book coming out very soon. Thanks to designer Amanda Butler of Cold Tree Press for her hard work and for working with me to get the cover just right....

Good morning Bridge Church, As you know, many of you who attend Bridge Church have decided to become members of this great work that God is doing in Perry.  Through this process it has been awesome to hear your stories as we have interviewed many of you for membership and how God has worked in [&he...

I am assuming you have heard of the iPhone by Apple or dubbed by many bloggers as the Jesus phone (it can work miracles). If you haven’t heard of the iPhone, then they really need to let you out more often. Anyway, I was one of those who told themselves, that when my contract is […]...

Legalism revolves around trying to please or impress others by following man-made rules rather than God’s principles. It centers around strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than the spirit of the law, which is to follow God. It is contrary to the dynamic of grace. It is opposite of ev...

This is an email I received from my good friend Brad Graves who is launching Cross Church in San Diego. If you can help, please do so. Jeff, Thank you so much for responding to our needs in San Diego and for having us on your heart. Attached is a blog post that explains our […]...

Worldview is a thought system that we have developed for explaining the world around us and explaining our experiences in it. We can possibly believe in spiritual warfare theologically, but that doesn’t necessarily require us to implement it practically. We develop a set of categories where we pla...