The ‘Freaks of the Week’ (and that’s a GOOD thing) have to be all the selfless, fired up, visionary, trail blazers who stepped forward this weekend to take the Southbrook Monroe banner! Well over 100 people (most of them [88] this past weekend, and many more over the last several weeks and months) have […]
READ MORECan you believe I’m writing on this? Can you believe you’re reading it? It’s sad but true, Christians today are opting out of confessing their sins right and left. It just isn’t the postmodern thing to do I guess. And what is? Well, we can’t simply sweep the crap we do to each other under […]
READ MOREYou might think this question is a bit of a no-brainer, and I must say… It should be. Even a casual reading of God’s Word makes it obvious that God does not find these two terms to be interchangeable. But here’s the rub…Christians do! Actually it’s worse than that. They don’t […]
READ MOREI’ve never shared this with you all before, but, for what it’s worth, here’s what I believe is the single greatest killer of small group ministries across the nation. It’s not a deadly virus. It’s not a lack of enthusiasm. It’s not an unwillingness to meet in homes. It’s not a […]
READ MORELast time we discovered the obvious together (actually, you already knew, but I had to be reminded that)… “I show signs of a “work in progress.” Hey, at least I admit it. Do you? Actually, we all do. The dream may often come fast, but then, before that dream is […]
READ MOREThought I forgot this one didn’t you? Thought I got fired up about pounding on the one, ‘bad egg’ lay leader while forgetting the all too common, ‘pastor run amok,’ didn’t you? It’s ok, maybe you don’t know me that well yet. If you did then you’d realize I try my best to be an […]
READ MOREWe get fired up a lot around here about everything that’s going right! It’s easy to do, but there are a few things that are going wrong. They get me fired up as well. There are more and more lost people moving into our area everyday. They are hell-bounders without the love and forgiveness Jesus […]
READ MOREDo Numbers Matter? Part 2 See part 1 to catch up. Do Numbers Matter?…continued… So when I often hear people, especially Christians, comment on how we should not get “hung up†on numbers, I think I understand what they mean. They probably mean that we should not make numbers the measure of success or the […]
READ MORETalk about a no-brainer. The heroes of Southbrook, the freaks of the week, the servants who put others first for the past week were none other than the 1st Impression team members and volunteers who made everything go so smoothly for the spontaneous baptism! Thanks to all of you for your hard work 2 weeks […]
READ MORESince in the Old Testament the requirement for a true prophet of God was 100% accuracy—or else! (one false prophecy and they stoned you to death!), I think I’ll take this opportunity to announce my retirement! This weekend really was one of the very best weekends in the history of Southbrook Church! But the truth is, times like […]
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