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Sunday Evening Mind Dump

Wrapped up our “Impact” series today with the message, “Mark the Future.” You can view it later this week from the Southbrook website or iTunes. Each year we do an impact series and present an opportunity for the family of Southbrook to tell us how much they want to do through generosity and serving. Nearly […]

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My Ebenezer Stone

In First Samuel 7:11-12 there is a familiar scene to the Old Testament—Israel is routing their enemies. In this instance it is the Philistines who are routed for the umteenth time. Here’s the text, “11And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them, as far as below Beth-car. 12Then […]

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Hearing God

More than perhaps any other question, as a pastor I hear something along the lines of this; “How can I hear from God?” There are a variety of ways people ask this,   How can I know God’s will for my life? How do I know what God wants me to do? Does God speak […]

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Sunday Evening Mind Dump

What a great weekend @ Southbrook Church—and I wasn’t even there! Today was part three of our Impact series and we had a message I shot in Haiti—“Almost Live” as I like to call it! Everyone really caught the vision of what we could do in this impoverished and earthquake ravished country. Our plan is […]

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I’m Awesome!

About a year ago my son came home half singing/half making fun of the stupidest song (pre Rebbecca Black’s “It’s Friday” that is) he’d heard. It was, “I’m Awesome,” by Spose. Now, before you make plans to have Nathan shipped off to Juvi—know that it was the clean version a friend had and he hadn’t […]

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Part Time Christianity

A lot of supposed Christ Followers actually adhere to a form of Christianity that seems kind of half-hearted… Compartmentalized Convenient Temporary Lukewarm Middle of the Road Part Time   Do they know God hates this? Revelation 3:16 is part of the letters to the 7 churches. Which one makes God the most angry? Read it, […]

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10 Things that Aren’t Fair—Except They Are

  1.     Ministry is like dentistry. No matter how many people you help, there will always be those who hate coming to you! 2.     Hell is real. Adam and Eve signed the lease for us in the garden. Wasn’t that thoughtful of them? Thank the Lord He broke the lease on the cross! 3.     Faith […]

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Sunday Evening Mind Dump

We had a packed house for the Newcomer’s Lunch after the 11:00 service! It was great to meet so many new folks who are loving Southbrook Church! I stopped by The Cove this past Wednesday (now that our Galatians series is over) to see what was supposed to be 2 tables of about 10 or […]

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Tell Us Your Story!

  Think of the greatest movies of all time. Aren’t most of the epic tales about overcoming? Here’s a few:   Gone with the Wind Star Wars Raider of the Lost Ark Lord of the Rings Braveheart Rocky Raging Bull The Wizard of Oz Casablanca It’s a Wonderful Life Shindler’s List   Those are just […]

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The Catch 22

If you’ve been to Southbrook more than a month, you’ve heard me say something to the affect of, ‘The Bible is a lot more ‘descriptive’ than ‘prescriptive.’ I say this because it in know way teachers that we can earn favor with God by good performance. I know the Old Testament can seem this way […]

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