Ryan Paulson
Devotionals
“God’s aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.”
– Dallas Willard
I am finishing my sermon series on the Farewell Discourse this Sunday at theWELL. Even though chapter 17 of John isn’t technically in the ‘discourse,’ I’m including it anyway because it is just such a...
“The Christian way is different. It’s harder and easier. Christ says, ‘Give me All. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I...
theWELL is going camping Tuesday -Thursday of this week and I am SO excited. I was a backpacking guide for 4 years in Colorado during college, and I have never seen God change lives like...
I’m starting a new series tonight at theWELL – and I’m really excited for it. It’s on John 13-17, which has typically been referred to as the Farewell Discourse. John 13 begins with Jesus in...
I overheard a conversation at Panera this morning. I know, I shouldn’t be eavesdropping, but they were taking about the after-life and it was really interesting to hear their theology of heaven. They talked about...
I read the book Simple Church this past week. It’s one of the best ‘practical church’ books that I have read in a ling time. The whole premise of the book is that lass is...
Last week I was asked to come down to Bethel Seminary to give a short talk on some of the distinctives of leadership in the next generation. Here is the list that I came up...
I’ve had the privilege of teaching through the first few chapter of Ephesians over the past months. It has been one of the most formative series’ for me personally that I have ever done. Studying...
It’s hard to believe that it is the last day of 2010. There has been so much that has happened in the last 364 days; some of it has been hard and a lot of...
I’m sitting here at a Starbucks in Escondido, CA on December 5, 2010 working on putting the finishing touches on the message that I am going to give at theWELL tonight (the College Ministry that...
I love this quote by Dallas Willard. it came to my mind as I was preparing for teaching on Ephesians 3:1-13 this weekend. “The true saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on takeoff....
