Kevin Rector

Anna Grace Rector is here!!

She was born yesterday afternoon at 2:17 pm. She weighed in at a slight 7 lbs. 7.4 oz. and measured 19.5 inches long. She’s beautiful and we love her. If you are on facebook (and you’re my facebook friend) then you can see more pictures of her. But for now I’ll add a few here:

My Superhero Kids

One of the kid’s favorite activities is saving the world from all the bad guys. Things like bad pirates, evil spiders, giants bats, or fire ants. Here they are dressed for action and ready to go.

New Baby Coming

I’m sitting in the hospital right now (it has wi-fi) and Andrea is going through labor. We’re at the point where we’re just waiting up it’s time for the baby to decide to get born. We woke up this morning at 5:00 so we could come in for a 6:00 induction. Watch this space for baby pictures really soon.

Until then, here’s a picture taken of Andrea on her last day of pregnancy.

05/25/2008 - Do Not Be Anxious

Matthew 6:24-34

In this sermon we look at Jesus exhortation in the Sermon on the Mount to not be anxious about material possessions. We explore how that is relevant to us who are living is a consumeristic society.

 

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05/18/2008 - Holiness is Love

Deuteronomy 6:4-12

In this sermon we examine what holiness is, and how we can live God’s holiness in the world. We make a strong link between holiness and love.

 

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05/11/2008 - Prophetic Pentecost

Numbers 11:24-30 & Acts 2:1-4

In this sermon I examine what it means to speak prophetically and how that relates to the holy day of Pentecost.

 

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05/04/2008 - Be Transformed

Romans 12:1-2

The world wants to conform us to it’s image. In this sermon I talk about how we can instead be transformed by God.

 

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04/20/2008 - Love Each Other Deeply

1 Peter 4:7-11

In this sermon I examine what it means to be Christian, and to love each other. How does love cover a multitude of sins? What does this mean for us as Christians?

 

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04/13/08 - Abundant Life in Christ

John 10:7-10 - In this sermon I examine how God desires us to have an whole and complete life in Christ. Life lived abundantly.

 

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Philanthropy

David Rockefeller has donated $100 million to Harvard. Of all the place, organizations, or groups that need $100 million Harvard has to be right near the bottom of the list (Harvard is the richest university in the world with a $35 billion endowment). Obvious the man can dispose of his fortune however he wants, and I don’t want to come off as judging the guy, at least he’s giving it away. But reading this story raised all sorts of questions in my mind about stewardship and where we should send out money when we make charitable contributions.

This also raises some philosophical questions about ethics. Like, if it’s better to give money to the richest school in the world than to horde it for yourself is it even better still to give the money to widows and orphans (or people starving to death) than to give it to the richest school in the world. Are there degrees to “goodness” or is it more the attitude of the giver that matters.

My initial reaction was that I felt he should have given to a more noble cause. But the reality is that I have no way of knowing his heart or his intentions. In fact, I don’t know hardly anything about him at all. So this post started out intending to be a rant about the rich giving to the rich and had evolved as I’ve thought about it to a realization that I need to set my gavel down and quit pretending that I can judge David Rockefeller.