http://www.jessephillips.net Electioneering Communications Director Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:53:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_490" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Please pray for CJ Mahaney and the SGM Leaders conference."][/caption] On Wednesday morning, CJ Mahaney spoke at length about his time away as leader of Sovereign Grace Ministries. He addressed the Sovereign Grace Pastors Conference, spending considerable time outlining many regrets in his own leadership. He also ... http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/11/08/sovereign-grace-pastors-conference-cj-mahaney-brent-detwiler/ Today was a big day at Metro Life Church. We announced that dad (Benny Phillips) would be embarking on phase 1 of an eventual church plant in South Orlando. We're calling it a multi-site church right now. We also announced that my year of bi-vocational ministry (working as a pastor and ... http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/09/25/new-ventures/ Here is what I said today to the saints gathered at the Sr. Appreciation luncheon. ------------------------------- “And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and ... http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/09/18/the-necessity-of-old-dreamers/ [caption id="attachment_469" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Jason VanLue"][/caption] My friend Jason VanLue was recently diagnosed with Crones disease. He is an amazing man who is handling this situation with an inspiring faith. He has created a new blog on Faith and Function which I'd encourage all of you to check out. http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/05/18/please-pray-for-my-friend-jason-vanlue/ This past Sunday, when we picked Issac up from his class at our church, he was holding in his hands a coloring book picture he had filled in with crayons. The picture was exquisite. Jesus' hair and clothes were perfectly colored, not a stroke outside the lines. I laughed at ... http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/04/01/issac-crayola-prodig/ This past Sunday our church sang the song "It Is Well With My Soul" by Horatio G. Spafford. We rehearsed the gut-wrenching saga of a man who lost almost everything in just a short time. He lost his only son to scarlet fever at the age of four. He had ... http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/02/22/doctrine-of-sin-and-personal-tragedy/ [caption id="attachment_437" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Issac, the architect of Babel blocks"][/caption] Not every attempt to apply the scripture is equal. We recently studied the Tower of Babel in our reading time. One day, Issac was playing with his blocks and said, "Look, mommy, I built the tower of Babel." Apparently the whole idea of ... http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/02/18/living-by-the-babel-or-bible/ [caption id="attachment_427" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Support John Stemberger"][/caption] A young woman from Ohio named Rifqa Bary was invited by one of her friends to attend church. She had been Muslim, but secretly converted to Christianity. The leaders of the mosque her parents attended discovered that she was a Christian and she fled ... http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/01/26/rifqa-berry-attorney-john-stemberger-lawsuit-ohio-10-million/ [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="The local mission field"][/caption] This months issue of Tabletalk is one of the best they've put out in a long time. They address several issues in the style of "Screwtape Letters" by CS Lewis in which various demons oppose the gospel by sending correspondence to each other. Here's ... http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/01/19/missions-a-letter-from-hell-about-our-mission/ [caption id="attachment_407" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="What recession?"][/caption] “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all ... http://www.jessephillips.net/2011/01/17/if-god-is-for-us-what-recession-can-stand-against-us/