Men's Study Outline/Notes for Tomorrow
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I am an extravagantly loved, forgiven, propitiated, justified, redeemed, and adopted son, husband to an amazing wife, father to three very cool kids ("almost 14," 11 and 5), and church planter for the brand new Creekstone Church in Dahlonega, GA, a college town in the mountains 60 miles north of downtown Atlanta.
www.creekstonechurch.com
www.facebook.com/mckaycaston
www.twitter.com/mckaycaston
I enjoy hiking, writing, teaching, playing guitar, watching college football, reading, talking the gospel with friends, and my newest interests, mountain biking and camping.
Some of my favorite books include...
The Prodigal God, by Tim Keller
Counterfeit Gods, by Tim Keller
Personal Revival: Living the Christian Life in Light of the Cross, by Stanley Voke
Dynamics of Spiritual Life, by Richard Lovelace
True Spirituality, by Francis Schaeffer
Transforming Grace, by Jerry Bridges
The Work of the Holy Spirit, by Octavius Winslow
The Contemplative Pastor, by Eugene Peterson
Click on an icon below to visit my twitter, fb, flickr, youtube, and vimeo accounts, and my wordpress blogs.
Youth Pizza and Skate Night!
UPDATE: The youth skate will be at Yonah Bowl & Skate in Cleveland rather than Skate Country in Gainesville.
http://www.yonahbowlandskate.net/
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Creekstone's Launch Service Bulletin
The bulletin is on 1 piece of two-sided cream cardstock. And yeah, the watermark is a picture of creek stones. :)
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Special Message for Financial & Prayer Supporters of Creekstone Church
HTML version is at this link.
Creekstone's website is here.
Lumpkin Co. Park and Rec. Center directions are here.
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The Grade Exchange • 2 Cor. 5 (audio sermon from last Sunday)
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Insightful Documentary on Gang Violence in the US
Yesterday while doing some administrative work I streamed the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America on Netflix. I was expecting to be educated on the history of gangs in America. Instead, I was taken on a sociology 101 tour de force through black history in America, particularly as it relates to the post-WWII experience in southern California. This is a gritty, dark film, and not intended for children. However, the social dynamics involved in creating a gang culture in the inner city are fascinating, if not altogether heartbreaking. The documentary ends with hope, and the work that many former gang members are doing amidst the rising generation of city dwellers. However, and ultimately, it is the message of the gospel (reconciliation with God through a substitute) that is the answer for both inner city hate, suburban greed, and all other effects of the fall. If you have Netflix stream, check it out.
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What Sins of the Tongue Reveal
This morning in our Sonship phone discipleship hour, our discipler had us read two paragraphs from the Sonship manual in light of las week's "Tongue Assignment." Here is the first of the paragraphs. Read it. Weep. Repent. And believe the gospel afresh!
"Our tongues... show us how spiritually proud and self-righteous we are. For example, my critial tongue often reveals a heart that is sadly out of touch with how much I have received grace, love and forgiveness. I know this because it is not loving things that are overflowing through my tongue, but instead a spirit of being better and knowing better than others. I am right and they are wrong, and I need to point it out so everyone is clear about it. I complain because I know that I am right and everyone else is wrong. Likewise, my instinctive defensiveness and inability to apologize sincerely and quickly demonstrates that I am not really trusting in Christ to be my reputation and righteousness. I must uphold my good record of performance before others. I need people to know that I am better than they think (when in fact I can safely say I am actually worse than they think!). These and other failures prove how easily I slip away from living out of the gospel."
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A Special Message for Creekstone's Launch Team
Hello Launch Team,
As we prepare for Launch Sunday, which is a HUGE milestone in the life of Creekstone Church, I wanted to provide some lead pastor reflections.
1) We must be aware of our tendency to do life and ministry "in the flesh." So let's pray for a fresh understanding of our need for the Holy Spirit to empower our lives and ministries.
2) Creekstone would not be happening without you. Seriously. Church planting takes a team, and I am so grateful that the Lord has brought us together. Without your providential investment, Launch Sunday simply would not be taking place. I realize that you could be attending an established church with cushioned pews, but have given that up to "take chances, make mistakes, and get messy" for the sake of the gospel. Way to go!
3) We will never perfect anything, but we can always improve everything. Especially the preaching! This takes gospel humility and teachability (characteristics that do not come naturally to me). So let's look for ways to make improvements to every facet of the ministry.
FYI: A Creekstone Facebook Ad begins running tonight through Sunday- be looking for it. We should average about 76,000 impressions/views a day in a 50 mi. radius of Gainesville (for a total of almost 500,000 impressions this week). We have had ads in the Dahlonega Nugget for the past 3-4 weeks and will continue to run a weekly ad through Easter. As helpful as advertising can be for exposure, nothing can replace the power of the Holy Spirit. So let's pray for a fresh outpouring this Sunday as we prepare to gather for Creekstone's official launch!
Yours, by grace alone.
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