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Call’m Out! Part 1

Can anyone reading this ever imagine the following? You have a church where the Holy Spirit begins to move in amazing ways—hundreds, if not thousands, are coming to faith in Christ. Marriages are being restored, people are becoming more generous—less self-serving, there’s great joy spreading like the ripple effect when you throw a large rock […]

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Christmas and the “Exception Claus”

Sorry I haven’t posted for a couple of days, but blogging sometimes takes a backseat to a little ole thing I like to call, life. Anyway, let’s pick back up with some more of my Christmas rants. Here’s the shirt my parents made me wear to bed on Christmas Eve until I was 10 years […]

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Christmas ‘Contact’

This weekend a lot of people learned what it means to make contact with God! We learned that the goal of ‘drawing near’ at this time of year may not be enough. Close only counts, as they say, in horseshoes and hand grenades. But when it comes to embracing the reason for the season nothing […]

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The Ultimate gift

Tonight we kicked off our quest to see 200 people receive the ultimate gift of salvation before the end of this year. As we closed out the service almost everyone came forward to write on Christmas ornaments the names of friends, neighbors, co-workers and family who do not know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In […]

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More CHRISTmas!

A few days ago I wrote a post about the absurdity of Christmas without Christ. Few posts have ever stirred up so much reaction. If you missed it, you can get up to speed here. It was entitled, “No more Xmas!” Perhaps people read it just to see who this pastor was who seemed to […]

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Life Changers

Transformed Other than the Bible, there are several books that I know God used greatly to literally alter the course of my life. I owe a lot to these books and these individuals for helping to ignite an even greater fire in my heart than I ever thought possible. I wanted to share them with […]

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The Ultimate Gift

Friends, can you believe 2007 is almost over?! We’ve seen God do some amazing things this year, and I believe the best is still to come.  At Southbrook Church we have some wonderful things planned that will help you and your loved ones focus on Jesus Christ even amidst all the clutter and confusion swirling […]

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No More Xmas!

I’m tired of battling folks about the secularization of Christmas! It’s not only wearisome, it’s mind-bogglingly stupid! Taking Christ out of Christmas is like taking the tires off your car and then having the whole family climb in for a Sunday drive. It doesn’t work. How long is our society going to be caught up […]

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Hits, Misses, and Just Plain Delays

What a great year the Lord has blessed us with at Southbrook Church! I know it’s early, but I’m already thinking about how UNBELIEVABLE next year is going to be. I’ll bet it will be the Best Year of Our Lives! Read here is you want to know more about that. But I know that […]

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Some more cool Christian links to check out!

Hey, here are several more links to check out if you are interested in Christian blogs. Enjoy: http://biblical-coaching-podcast.com/ http://brandonearly.com/ thechristianalert.org http://inhim.wordpress.com/ http://www.livingforgod.net http://segwaythrucollege.blogspot.com/ http://rhblogs.com/jy/ http://lifeinsiteofchrist.blogspot.com/

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