108! Wha!!??

I know it's blurry, but please let me assist you:
108 degrees in Mansfield Texas.
73 degrees in Buena Vista Colorado.

Let's risk it all

What will it take to reach 4.5 billion people for Christ and to literally save 30,000 children from starvation? I think the church must start by being willing to do what the rich young ruler couldn't do.
Radical obedience + Radical sacrifice = Radical rewards.
The reward is seeing millions come to know Christ and to see thousands of children clothed and fed and to see the name of Christ worshipped by every tribe, tongue, and language. There is nothing greater. And there is no time to waste.



This is a clip from David Platt's message titled “Are we going to die in our religion or are we going to die in our devotion?”
You can watch it here or download it here.

Where's your youth group?

412CC has shy'd away from thinking "youth group" to thinking "minister to students." These links may clarify why we feel this way:
USA TODAY
THE GOSPEL COALITION

Get the word out . . .

I wish I were the one who had done this. Good stuff.

Free Yourself

K'Naan's song, Wavin Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix), is a song with a great vision- the nations gathering to celebrate something greater than themselves. It's about freeing yourself to celebrate a greater cause. For Christians, the greater cause is to spread God's fame around the world. Here's the vid:



By the way- the World Cup is AWESOME.

Do you speak soccer?

Jess and I decided last week that Hudson is going to grow up playing the game of soccer (or futbol), so we went to Academy and bought him a soccer ball. It's not one of our favorite sports (not even close!), though I played soccer for 8 or 9 years when I was a child. The World Cup has opened up a new world for us. We see the nations playing and celebrating this game. We want Hudson to know how to play soccer when we take the gospel to the nations (who happen to REALLY know how to play soccer). Steve Adler (shout-out!) said it best- "It's the language of the nations."

Soccer will be the common ground between Hudson and children around the world- so that the common language will go from soccer to Jesus.

Orangatar

To be sure, Lanny Donoho is one of the funniest guys I can think of at the moment. This is an intro video for a conference he just hosted. This will delete brain cells, but it's well worth it.