Him We Proclaim

Here are some photos from our quick trip to the US at the beginning of the month. Ironically, I did not get any pictures of the wedding--which is why we went in the first place. The colors were superb!  Pretty Lake Burton in the fall.  While the Bridesmaids were doing their thing, Patrick and I went to Talullah  Gorge!  And he climbed ALL of the stairs by himself from the bridge up. I was impressed!  Fishing in his PJs at his favorite spot  Throwing the rest of the bread to the ducks!

The last four weeks that I've been able to teach at youth group we've focused on the gospel of John. It's has been incredible to see how pointed and focused the apostle John was in writing his gospel. In 20:31 John says that his gospel was written 'that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name'. We're seeing that theme over and over again in chapter 1 and the first half of 2 alone. Indeed, I can't see how I've ever missed it! One of the things that we're really purposeful about is trying to help walk students through the process of Bible study. This is modeled in the way I go about teaching John. Of course I want the biblical principles to pierce the heart; I also want to model responsible and accurate study of the text, that they may learn in the Spirit how to approach the Bible themselves. In guys bible study we're nearing the end of a study on Joshua 1-6, and we are lea...