Click on my picture to be a friendAnd with no further ado the five most viewed posts of the month…
After church thoughts (3-16-07) – in this post I summarized the sermon “Jesus was relevant”. This post has seen the most feedback of any post in the history of this blog.
It’s not working anymore – in this post I was merely pondering what [...]
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In April of 2005 I experienced one of the most amazing experiences in my life… I was appointed the Senior Pastor of Northgate church.
The journey had actually begun a few months earlier in January of 2005 when I came alongside Pastor Max Mcginnis to be mentored in my new role as Senior Pastor before he [...]
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I’m wiped out!
This weekend I shared with our church that God has called myself and “The Ladies” to plant a church, and that consequently we will be resigning effective June 30th.
I’m going to spend the next few days blogging about what all went into that decision and where we’ll be going from here.
But for right [...]
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I’m up way past my bedtime… and I’ve got a few things rolling around my mind…
I just watched The Prestige for the second time… dang I still don’t get it!
This weekend’s gonna be BIG! We’re talking about “Risk” at church!
On Monday “The Ladies” and I are taking off for Lancaster, PA for MINE (Minister’s Institute [...]
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OK,
So this weekend we’re talking about risk and the ultimate risk-taker… Jesus!
I’m going to be sharing some upcoming “risk” around here and I’m going to be calling all of us to embrace the “risk” that Christ calls us to!
Keep this weekend in prayer… it’s gonna be a BIG one!
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This weekend we are talking about Jesus… the Risk Taker!
Think about it… He took a HUGE risk when He left Heaven to pursue the lost!
He chased after me, you, and St. John says, “The whole world.”
I love the fact that Jesus took a risk… He risked everything for the hope that you and I would [...]
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I’m ramping up to preach at Thursdays tonight!
We’re continuing the “Shattered…” series and tonight we’re talking about the relentless nature of Jesus!
We’ve kind of bought into this idea that “Jesus is a gentleman and He’ll accept your ‘No’ and walk away.
There is a modicum of truth there, but it is certainly NOT the full truth!
Think [...]
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Jesus was relevant.
You can hear the sermon here.
You can read the summary and comments here.
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Ahhhhh… the sun is FINALLY shining!
A few “things”…
I’m going back to Pleasantville, PA this weekend to wrap up a class for Pastors… a Biblical studies class on the book of James. I’m looking forward to the serenity of a modern day “Mayberry.”
Saturday afternoon “The Ladies” and I are headed down to Georgia [...]
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OK, these two posts (It’s not working anymore and After church thoughts) have been causing quite a bit of conversation!
So let’s laugh a little bit!
Perry Noble, one of my favorite bloggers, has a piece on the craziness that sometimes surrounds growing churches… my sides are hurting on this one! (read it here).
In [...]
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