The Ancient Future These days have a lot of people cowering in fear and asking, ‘what’s to become of us?’ The dollar isn’t worth squat. Social security is neither. Medicare has been through more make overs than Cher—I’d say about 10 different chapters in the life of this quirky health insurance plan. Hmm, what chapter […]
READ MOREWould it be too harsh to wish that all professional tweeters would have their armpits infested with the fleas of a thousand camels? Before you judge, know that I’m talking about the people who feel compelled to update every 2.7 second (roughly the same time I could stay on a bull named Fumanchu without getting […]
READ MOREI’m thrilled about diving back into another book of the Bible at Southbrook Church! It all begins this weekend with… DIVINE The Gospel According to John This will be (as it sounds) a journey through the entire gospel of John in a way you’ve never experienced it before! Come join us as the […]
READ MORERemember Benjamin in the movie, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? He grew younger instead of older! Could you imagine that in the Christian life? Well, it happens more than you know. I talked about this a week or so ago and left off with these words… “It’s like that when Christ followers stop growing […]
READ MOREOne day—during the first year of Jesus’ earthly ministry—He taught a doosey of a series on what it really means to be a disciple. What follows is a small representation of such teaching: 35-38Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. I […]
READ MOREI gotta hand it to Tony Morgan. Oft times he says what everyone else is thinking. His most recent came in the form of a widdled down job retention statement. There had been times in his life where (as a CEO or Executive Pastor) he’d boiled down staff qualifications to 20 things or 10 things […]
READ MOREI’ve more or less dubbed what we did last Sunday as—the gift that keeps on giving! Nearly every hour on the hour I hear from individuals, schools, churches or help centers of the impact that “Operation Be the Church,” had on our community. Some of it was expected and warms your heart nonetheless We […]
READ MOREI wonder, can a movement be manufactured by man? If so, I guess the apostle Paul wasn’t as good at it as church history gives him credit. Look at the following: 27 “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not […]
READ MOREEach Sunday, churches all over the United States have a few basic things in common… They have a church service that involves the three M’s (Music, Message, Money)—then everyone goes home—confident they’ve done all God asks of them for another week. But have they? Sure, the Bible says in Hebrews that we are not to […]
READ MOREEver see this movie? Weird doesn’t begin to describe it. It’s about an individual who is actually born ‘old.’ The only thing baby like about him is that he is small. Other than that, he is a frail, wrinkled old man. Come to think of it, I guess that’s not much different than a new […]
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