One of the most baffling, haunting, frustrating questions in all of Christianity has to be—why did Jesus have to die? Don’t misunderstand me—I get it biblically, theologically, reverently, doctrinally and according to holiness. What most people don’t get; however, is… Why didn’t God just change the rules? Follow me? He’s the rule maker, rule master, […]
READ MOREAnother week somewhat like Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride but in a good way. My family and I went up to see Garren after church today and it was a time of celebration and praise! Garren keeps his eyes open for long periods of time now and responds to requests to move his foot or fingers! […]
READ MORELast year we took 2 full buses to the Newspring “Unleash” conference. This year I want to take 3!! Pound for pound Dollar for Dollar Time spent Ease to get to This is the best, most passion igniting, unifying, leader launching conference there is! Period! Have you been trying to find your place in the […]
READ MOREHow awesome it was to discover that while I was in Haiti ministering with a small team—the youth at Southbrook Church were ministering to a group of 25 visiting Chinese students! Even more exciting when I learned how it all went down… Apparently these are students of very wealthy and important leaders in China. They […]
READ MOREWhat a week it has been! Some of the most intense emotions in years. First, it was hard to even concentrate on Haiti at first because of the heartbreak and concern we all experienced with Garren Janes being in the hospital. Haiti (our small team would soon discover) brought heartache of its own. The ups […]
READ MOREIn so many ways this missions trip is showing me what needs to be the gateway to international missions for Southbrook Church. How can it not be Haiti? Often called the “black hole” of missions because it seemed to absorb help and resources without ever showing much promise. Well, aside form being a terrible reason […]
READ MORETo the Least of these Ministering to people in such pain—who have experienced such heartbreaking loss brings new meaning to “to the least of these…” The passage I am referring to is Matthew 25:29-41 “ 31(D) “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him,(E) then he will sit […]
READ MOREI’ve heard it said that ministry can be the loneliest job on planet earth. Who said it? Fellow ministers, that’s who. And they never tell you this stuff when you’re in seminary because we wouldn’t listen if they tried! At hat point we all believe the Church (Big ‘C’) is filled with smiling believers who […]
READ MOREA hundred page post wouldn’t be enough to download all that has happened this week—some good—some bad—some incredibly painful… Pastor Geoffrey, (one of my closest friends and our Southbrook Monroe Campus pastor) and his wife, Nancy, have had to face something no parents should ever face. Their son, Garren, collapsed Friday at school and was […]
READ MOREFirst, join us this weekend for the continuation of our “Divine Series,” — The Gospel according to John. Things really heat up with the longest night in the Life of Christ. His darkest valley purchased our greatest hope! Can’t wait to share what God has taught me! Ok, some of you are going to take […]
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