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Unrideable

It’s a word now, baby! Yesterday I greatly anticipated a rare event indeed–a correct forecast from the Magi known as weathermen. Alas, the temp never got to the 49 degree promised-land but I was not to be altered. I hadn’t ridden my mountain bike in almost 3 weeks and to say that I was getting […]

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The Revelation

When we think of the book of Revelation, all kinds of things come to mind. End times. The apocalypse. There are movies, books and all kinds of myths that have their roots in the themes of the book of Revelation. It is a book that is fascinating to many, yet properly understood by very few. […]

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Sunday Evening Mind Dump

This may have been one of my favorite weekends ever @ Southbrook Church! This weekend a friend for over 30 years and a tremendous teacher of the Word of God–Jimmy DeYoung–unpacked prophecy after prophecy about our blessed Lord Jesus! He showed us that there were over 300 things FORETOLD regarding the first coming of Jesus […]

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The Apostles’ Teaching

During the past 5 days of readings, I couldn’t help but think back to the last 2 weeks of ‘Heartbreak Warfare’, when many people passed from death to life by making decisions to accept the gift of salvation that Jesus Christ offers us. My spirit rejoices when I see hands go up as people proclaim […]

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Truth Hurts

Truth is, truth does a lot of things. One thing it doesn’t do; however, is nothing. And people react in strange ways to truth: They deny it They don’t want to hear it They stretch it They wield it like a weapon They play it like a trump card They hold it back They let […]

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Early Mornings with God

I love getting up early and starting my day with Jesus. I’m not at all a morning person–unless I start it with Jesus. Seems only He can turn us vampire, night people into pleasant day folks! This morning I read through parts of Romans 8 again–even though it was the 100 day reading for yesterday. […]

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Sunday Evening Mind Dump

So excited about the kick off of “Foretold” this past weekend! The weather was crummy, but people came out anyway and experienced the truth about Christmas. Every year this is a challenge for pastors to cut through all the fluff and unwrap the real beauty of Christmas. For that noble purpose, we have created this […]

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PAUL TO THE LEADERS

100 Day Bible Reading Challenge.  Days 86 – 90 A lot of people want to be known as a leader.  Many people feel that they have the qualities and skills it takes to lead others.  But if you’re not working on improving your personal life and keeping it healthy, you may be out of balance […]

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Free Marketing — Part 2

Forgot all about this one, huh? I almost did too (just being honest) with Christmas right around the cornor and all. But I don’t want to leave that point unfinished. So, if you missed part one, click here to dig it out of the archives and get yourself up to speed (think I’ll click too […]

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Paul to the Churches

As Christ followers we have so much to be grateful for. Paul, the greatest missionary and church planter who ever lived, spent the last several years of his life traveling around the Middle East planting churches and training pastors. He was so unbelievably overcome by what God had done for him through Jesus Christ, that […]

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