“In the beginning God…” Would you be surprised to know that the magical journey of discovering who God is and how powerful and loving and gracious and…(on and on and on) is discovered or abandoned right here with these first four words of the Bible? Trust what is said about God right here and the […]
READ MORE“In the beginning God…” Would you be surprised to know that the magical journey of discovering who God is and how powerful and loving and gracious and…(on and on and on) is discovered or abandoned right here with these first four words of the Bible? Trust what is said about God right here and the […]
READ MOREFor the first part of this series, go here. Yesterday we took a look at the 3 ‘Would Be Followers’ of Jesus found in Luke chapter 9. All 3 thought they were ready to become His disciples. All 3 crashed and burned. My question is this. What are the implications for us today–living in a […]
READ MOREWhat an awesome ending to our “Diary of a Wimpy Christian” series! After thoroughly dismantling easy believism and wimpy followership, I challenged everyone @ Southbrook to really ‘count the cost’ before making any further commitments to God. Better not to say yes to God at all than to say yes and wash out all together […]
READ MORE* Before the post–a shameless plug and reminder to fathers and their kids. If you want to be the best leader you can be, if you are ready to man up then SHOW UP with your kids this Monday morning @ Southbrook Weddington. I have a challenge that is not for the faint of heart. […]
READ MOREDiary of a Wimpy Christian wraps up THIS weekend @ Southbrook with a very special challenge for non-wimps. Seriously, if you’re happy with meaningless Christianity, name only religion, and powerless living–stay away. This will likely frighten you far too much. However; if you’re like most believers I meet these days (all over the place) you […]
READ MORETHIS coming Monday morning @ 6:15 (for breakfast) and 6:30 am for the challenge. Listen below for details…
READ MOREBreaking Away From the Herd First of all, if you are just joining me, go here for part one of this series. With me? Good, let’s continue… So, what can we do if we find ourselves so buried in the middle of the pack that we can’t even see which way to go? Well, in […]
READ MOREI love when things line up perfectly. As many of you know, I like to begin my day with my quiet time (reading God’s Word and time in prayer). I’ve been using the same tool for this for over 30 years–The Word of Life Quiet Time Diary. Every five years or so it takes you […]
READ MOREAnother great weekend @ Southbrook Church! We baptized 63 people this Labor Day Weekend and saw what looked to me like the biggest Labor Day weekend we’ve ever had @ Southbrook Weddington and Southbrook Monroe! For all the years I can remember, this has been a low attended weekend. This year it has been one […]
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