July 19, 2022 CounterPoint – new sister site

July 8, 2021 BootCamp 2021

January 3, 2018 Living Community Part Five

December 24, 2017 Living Community Part Four

December 18, 2017 Living Community Part Three

December 5, 2017 Still Here…Living Outside the Box

November 11, 2017 Living Community Part Two

November 1, 2017 Living Community Part One

July 1, 2015 Beauty in Chaos

April 27, 2015 Conformity 3

April 20, 2015 Conformity 2

April 13, 2015 Conformity 1

April 6, 2015 Outside the Box 7

March 30, 2015 Outside the Box-6

March 23, 2015 Outside the Box-5

March 16, 2015 Outside the Box-4

March 9, 2015 Outside the Box-3

March 2, 2015 Outside the Box-2

February 25, 2015 Darkest Hour

February 23, 2015 Outside the Box-1

February 15, 2015 Playing Outside the Box

February 12, 2015 Silent Solidarity

January 11, 2015 Community 3

January 8, 2015 He Loves Me

January 6, 2015 Happy New Year

December 20, 2014 Community 2

December 13, 2014 Community 1

December 11, 2014 Accountability ?

November 27, 2014 What God Wants-3

November 23, 2014 What God Wants-2

November 19, 2014 Yearning

November 18, 2014 What God Wants-1

November 13, 2014 Dawn

November 9, 2014

November 4, 2014 Bible Thru Cross

November 2, 2014 10 Words

November 1, 2014 greatness

October 26, 2014 grace

October 24, 2014 Live Loved

October 21, 2014 Addictions

October 13, 2014 voices

October 11, 2014 Accept Love

October 8, 2014 soul care

October 7, 2014 Eliminate Hurry

October 5, 2014 Who are you becoming?

October 4, 2014 Refuse to Surrender

October 3, 2014 Only God’s Love

October 2, 2014 Were You Once More Than Now?

October 1, 2014 Work of the Cross

September 30, 2014 Be ALIVE

September 29, 2014 God’s Good Pleasure

September 28, 2014 Desire

August 5, 2014 Starts September

July 9, 2014 Rebooting

January 10, 2008 True Service to the Community

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CounterPoint – new sister site

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BootCamp 2021

CounterPoint is a proud supporter of WildHeartSTL BootCamp 2021. The event is Oct 14-17 and limited to the first 100 men to register. Registration is now open at the wildheartstl website.

Living Community Part Five

(18) Children, you show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it. (19) When we love others, we know that we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God. This is fundamental to all that Jesus taught. Love each other, don’t simply talk […]

Living Community Part Four

So HOW do we go about loving one another? The idea of ‘what is love’ is tainted by the influences of our culture. Some may say that sex is love or that love is found in the giving of extravagant gifts. John makes it real clear in his letter: “We know what love is because […]

Living Community Part Three

Now the bar is raised even further. In the words of Jesus, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the […]

Still Here…Living Outside the Box

The Apostle Paul was inside-the-box (ITB) until his encounter with Christ on the Damascus road. He fully renounced his ITB credentials in his letter to the church at Philippi. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort, though I could have confidence in my own effort […]

Living Community Part Two

Not only is love foundational from the beginning of time but Jesus Christ further brings it into perspective when He walked the earth. He was confronted by one of the religious teachers and asked to identify the greatest commandment. His reply, “The most important is: ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. […]

Living Community Part One

The next few posts will be about what it means and requires to be a true and living “community.” To move beyond oneself and truly engage the world around us. To realize that there is more to life than simply waking up, going to work, coming home, and doing it all over again the next […]

Beauty in Chaos

Can you there be Beauty in Chaos? Chaos is something most normal human beings prefer to avoid given the chance. As such, it carries negative connotation with respect to living a vibrant life, and yet, there a beauty can be found in the midst of the upheaval and disruption of chaos. Don’t believe me? Ask […]

Conformity 3

Conformity in the Church Actually we are to conform to the holy life described in the Scripture. Sadly this has been perverted in some church environments resulting in unbearable legalism. Wny? In Scripture, the church is called a “body”, comprised of different and distinct parts each serving a specific function ultimately serving for the benefit […]

Conformity 2

So what is the difference between Conformity and Uniformity? We have established that Conformity is taking action in accordance to prevailing social standards, attitudes and practices. Whereas Uniformity is the state or quality of overall sameness, homogeneity. These two words are not the same; specifically because in Uniformity we see the elimination of Personality. In […]

Conformity 1

Conformity minus Personality equals Uniformity All of society seeks a level of conformity. Whether it be to a political view, wearing a brand of clothing, drinking the same beer, supporting the same social issue, adherence to speed limits, Ford versus Chevy, American versus foreign, even wearing a jersey of the select sports team. Just look at TV commercials…it is […]

Outside the Box 7

Freedom to Live Loved Not knowing, at a primal level, that we are profoundly loved is possibly one of the biggest problems in society today. Think about it…what is at the root of nearly every instance of someone acting out against others or sinning in a variety of ways? We don’t really understand that we […]

Outside the Box-6

Freedom to Live Intentionally While the other six freedoms are primarily about detoxing from the religious and social systems of our culture today and letting healing soak in, this freedom is about growing. It’s about choosing the way you want to be in the world, being intentional in your actions, and designing a life that […]