No, this isn’t a political post. It has nothing to do with that. This has to do with my quiet time this morning. I’m still in the book of Numbers and learning anew about disfunctional leadership and followership. Today it was both. The situation (Cliff Notes version) was that Moses sent out 12 spies to […]
READ MOREEasy choice, right? Seems like it, but the Israelites discovered that the rewards of the promised land were only realized after some pretty big steps of faith—some fairly eye-popping risks! And not just a few—sometimes many. And, sadly, as they stood at the very threshold of their dream country and promised land, with the wilderness at their […]
READ MOREI didn’t forget this series, just needed to give it some more prayerful consideration and careful thought before plowing ahead. If you missed the first one (last week) you can read it by clicking HERE. Now, for context, we should turn to chapter 14 of Romans: 1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment […]
READ MOREAs some of you know, yesterday—in the early morning hours—I was visited by the ‘kidney stone fairly.’ Unlike other fairies (tooth fairy for example) I didn’t get any cash, all I got was a tiny, jagged edged, rock! Well, that’s when I remembered that I promised my two kids, Nathan 12 and Juliana 10 that […]
READ MOREGetting used to these again are ya? I laid off for a few months—not sure why. Maybe my mind didn’t have anything in it to spare let alone dump. But these days there’s plenty on my mind. It was a great day today at Southbrook. Southbrook central saw more than 50 people give their lives […]
READ MOREThroughout the ages there has been a case of ‘Mistaken Identity.’ It’s fooled Christ followers into wrong responses time and time again. It’s done other harmful things as well… It’s caused a disease to continue on ‘unchecked.’ It’s caused the wrong individuals to take the fall. It’s sapped enthusiasm and passion from entire churches. It’s […]
READ MOREThe book of Numbers (in the Bible) finds finds a lot of people fighting back yawns as they attempt to trudge through it on their way through all 66 books of the Bible. If you made it through Leviticus, you’re sure to wither away in the wasteland of Numbers—they reason. Other slow going, thick and soupy books […]
READ MOREAs we continue our journey through the gospel of John at SCC—we will arrive (beginning THIS weekend) at the first of two of the most evangelical passages in all of scripture: The late night schooling of Nicodemus (ch. 3) The encounter with the ‘Woman at the Well (ch. 4). The first would be the […]
READ MOREThis morning I challenged the men of Southbrook to consider something different for their sons this Christmas than the run of the mill stuff that will break or be discarded (whichever comes first) by January. I had them think about how it was that ‘Daniel’ from the Old Testament rose repeatedly to the highest places […]
READ MORESo many thoughts floating around in my head. This could easily be a SERIES, but I will refrain and keep it short. Today was an all around great day! High turn out at Southbrook Weddington. I guess people were pretty interested in the subject matter. We’re going through the gospel of John, and today we […]
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