Well, looks like the girly men won out. Of course, I could have driven my Toyota 4Runner right to the front door of the church, but apparently I was out voted by the new legion of Prius owners. Is that really a car? Can you prove it? Doesn’t matter. The men will have to forego […]
READ MOREI know. It’s not the best grammar in the world, but since it’s a quote, you have to go with what was actually said—so there you have it. Do any of you actually remember this line from the movie, “An Officer and a Gentlemen?” The main character—a navy cadet (played by Richard Gere) was trying […]
READ MOREFor all the faulty theories out there about how to please a higher power, or connect with God—it’s amazing how few consider something as simple as faith. Hebrews 11:6 says, And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those […]
READ MOREIn the story of the Prodigal Son the emphasis is almost always on the…well, the prodigal son. Thus the name I suppose. Only we gave that story that name—not Jesus. And, as the story kicks off, 2 sons are mentioned not one. Take a look for yourself, And he said, “There was a man who […]
READ MOREThese awesome folks should really be the champions of the last year! We at Southbrook have long known that a lot of our folks live in the Monroe area and drive quite a distance to the Weddington campus—but also have a heart for the city of Monroe. Well, now we are off to the races—a […]
READ MOREThank you! Thank you! Thank you! — to all the staff and volunteers who made todays opening at Southbrook Monroe an out of the park homerun! We truly have the greatest volunteers on earth! Wish I could have been there…live—but technology (advanced as it is) can’t quite deliver just yet! Today was the grand opening […]
READ MOREThe other day I was reading in the Psalms and I came upon a curious passage in Pslam 56. At first it seemed much like other Davidic psalms that have David crying out to God for rescue from his enemies. On closer examination, however, these enemies are even worse.  Or better  I guess […]
READ MOREI’ve noticed over the years that God never uses, “Should Have’s.” What’s a “Should Have?” ‘I should have been on the praise team!’ ‘I should have been the pastor!’ ‘I should have been an elder!’ ‘I should have lead that project—I could have done so much better!’ It should have been me instead of […]
READ MOREI’ve noticed that a lot of pastors (me included) seem to put a disproportionate amount of weight upon the opinions of the ‘already convinced.’ Now don’t get me wrong—obviously, in any purposeful, godly, biblical church the leadership had better be, ‘already convinced.’ But I’m not talking about those who became convinced that Jesus is […]
READ MOREOk, so this event probably breaks the record in being a looooooong time coming. The point is, IT’S HERE!! This coming Sunday is not only the GRAND OPENING of our facility in Monroe, but also marks the week they join the Weddington campus in the time/space continuum! That’s ‘Back to the Future’ talk for, ‘they […]
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