Unfathomable Holiness

How do you relate to God? How would you classify your relationship with the Creator of the Universe, the Author of Eternity?My wife Mandy and I were on a long road trip recently, which gave us a great opportunity for long, deep discussions. One of the questions she asked on our most recent trip was related to a guy’s view of our relationship with God. She was telling me that as she considers her relationship with Christ, she most often relates to the idea of the church being the Bride of Christ: Christ loving the church as a husband. So…
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APP Review: Restrictions

We got great feedback from our first app review in the inaugural edition of Ascent on the built-in feature of iOS called “Do Not Disturb”—which you can set automatically, or manually, to ensure that you don’t receive any chirps, dings, bells, whistles or buzzes during times that you’re wanting to focus on your family. Another fantastic built-in option on the iPhone is “Restrictions.” We’ve got four boys, and we fall to the fascist side of using technology in the house. (By the way, did you know that Steve Jobs didn’t allow his kids to play on the iPad?) Right now there’s…
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APP Review: Do Not Disturb

As one of our resident tech nerds here at OMPC, I’m always asked about gadgets and apps, computers and TVs, software, hardware–you name it, I’ve probably at least stumbled across it. I’d like to recommend one of my newest favorite apps, and you can find it for free, already on your iPhone, as long as you’ve updated to iOS 7. It’s called Do Not Disturb. It has ended up being one of my favorite apps, and just the tool that you may need to build a little margin into your life. Set it to automatically switch your phone off at…
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Where else are you worshipping?

I’ve got a good friend who, when he preaches, usually includes a prayer that asks for us to have service of worship as opposed to worship services. It sounds like semantics, but there’s a unique beauty in the distinction. It’s so easy for us to think of worship as something we go “do” on Sunday morning. But as we look for the new Heaven on Earth, our reality can become more and more that LIFE is worship, and that we are serving as an act of worship. I’m often asked what my favorite part of being a worship leader is. Sunday…
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