Before you go off on this title thinking I’m being ‘snooty,’ consider some great leaders who subscribed whole heartedly to the law of the inner circle… King David had some hand-picked men even among the mightiest of his mighty men. And, finally, there was his best friend, Jonathan General Robert E. Lee attributed most […]
READ MOREFor the last several weeks, I have been in the book of Acts for my morning quiet time. I’m nearing the end now—the part where the apostle Paul is taken by ship to Rome to stand trial before Caesar. And here’s what gives… The Lord has told Paul that this is his future—to stand before […]
READ MOREAs we trek through the Gospel of John we arrive at some pretty interesting and controversial passages. This weekend is the first of them—Miracle numero uno for Jesus—water to wine. So many questions… So much fighting… Is it okay for a Christian to drink alcohol? Was it real wine Jesus turned the water into or […]
READ MORECongratulations! Let’s celebrate! This (yiddish) word has several different meanings but the gist of it is a sense of congratulations followed by a celebration. The Black Eyed Peas use it right in their song, “I Gotta Feeling!” It’s interesting that they use a word wrapped around Jewish culture—maybe the Peas ‘get it.’ Nah, but I do. […]
READ MOREWorship is Jamin these days! As most of you know by now, Southbrook hired Greg Carr to take over worship—AND, take it up a notch, or 10! And he’s already done great things in only ONE MONTH! Can’t wait to see what the future brings! It was just about this time last year that we […]
READ MOREWhat are a babies first words? “Da-Da” Nothing new there. But the other day I was reading about how that was the case typically with little Hebrew babies as well. “Big deal,” you say. “I’ll be sure and log that away.” Well, before you do—log it in file 13, that is—consider this. The Hebrew equivalent […]
READ MOREI’m jealous. There, I said it. And jealousy is a sin, so…all in all, not a great start to a post by a pastor. Hopefully, you’ll stick around for the explanation. There is a family in Southbrook that I love dearly and our time with them is short because they are heading back to the […]
READ MOREThis mind dump is going to be just that—a backing up of the dump-truck (beep, beep, beep) and a depositing of what’s on my mind and heart. It’s what all my “Sunday Evening Mind Dumps” have been over the last couple years—only I just checked and I haven’t posted one of these (I was going […]
READ MOREThe question has come up now more than once. Obviously, there are folks on both sides and theories abound. Was a 16 minute church service followed by a day of sending everyone out across Charlotte and Union County—to SERVE others—a good or bad idea? Seriously? I’m blown away that anyone thinks it’s a bad idea, […]
READ MOREWhy do some people blow off little children as though they were no more than a nuisance? Truth? They ‘get it’ better than 90 percent of the adults I know—including me! Children are not yet cynical like their larger, grumpier counterparts. Future men still believe they can take on the world—unlike their PC counterpart—men. Future […]
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