My wife and I have date night pretty much every Friday – have for years.  She’s really pretty and I like her a lot so I keep asking her on dates and she keeps saying, “yes”.

This past Friday we went downtown to take pictures (for fun) and eat at PF Chang’s.  As we were walking around downtown we came across a street preacher at the corner of Main and 3rd – complete with bible and soapbox. I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Read More…

by Matt Walker – member of The Paradox

a continuation of Part 1

Although it is common within the Christian culture to go door-to-door evangelizing or trackbombing people, the statistics show that that is not the most effective way. It is through relationships. You may ask, “Why is that?” The answer is that the people that you are around look at your life. As they see your authentic faith and your love for them they begin to trust what you have to say to them. This opens the door wide open for discussing Jesus. Read More…

by Matt Walker – member of The Paradox

Being a part of the Paradox Church has been a huge blessing in my life, and one of the things that I have enjoyed most is the fact that it is theologically sound while maintaining a missional mindset. In many churches you find one or the other, but here I’ve been witness to both. Though many of you might understand what it is to be theologically sound, it may not be the case when understanding what it is to be missional. Read More…

Acts 17 says that God has determined the times and places that we live in.  You are not in the neighborhood you are in, in the office you work in, around the people you are around by accident.  God has intentionally put you there on mission to find Him and tell others about Him. Read More…

:: by Matt Lewis

Since becoming a part of the beginnings of what will become The Paradox Church the Lord has been beating on my spirit about certain things.  The strongest conviction was my increasing awareness of what many of us our becoming: Monday morning quarterbacks.  We love home groups, we love bible studies and retreats and “doing life” together.  We can sit around and talk and reflect and eat cookies in each other’s living rooms twice a week and feel better.  Most of us don’t like to get out of our chairs though or go outside where it’s not safe to do such things.  I began to loathe this academia type of “all theory no practice” approach to following Christ.  It bubbled over at one home group a few weeks back and I got riled up over the topic.  I wasn’t mad at the guys in my group; I was pissed at myself for being what I loathed. The conviction the Lord had given me was not a grandiose indictment of a lazy Christian generation; it was an indictment of me. Read More…