I bet you thought wilderness training was meant for the toughest and most seasoned outdoorsmen among us. Am I right? That dude on , “Man vs. Wild” can have it, but I’ll take a nice hotel, a massage and a pina colada. But what if I told you that wilderness training was not only common […]
READ MOREI like what our Monroe Campus Pastor—Geoffrrey Janes reminded us of today: Oprah and others say, “I am MY way, MY truth, and MY life.” Jesus says, “I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” Who do you believe? Don’t forget that all the Southbrook University Classes (12 in all) begin tonight at both […]
READ MOREEverything Genuine Has a Counterfeit. Ever notice that? Some call’em, ‘knock-offs.’ knock off Oakley sunglasses knock off Nike shoes knock off Gucci bags knock off Polo shirts knock off Rolex watches counterfeit money look alike movie stars fake antiques fake smiles fake friends fake repentence fake community fake serving Depending on what’s being faked, the stakes […]
READ MOREJust a quick update and word of praise to our great BIG GOD!!! Today was out largest attendance yet since moving into our new building!! But the number that matters most is the 73 new additions to God’s family as 66 people at the Weddington campus bent the knee to Jesus Christ and 7 at […]
READ MOREOnly one more day left to invite everyone you know to the “United” series! As always, I am confident that God will show up in a big way and amazing things await all the people who show up with Him! So, in order to make it easy as pie for you—one last time… The most […]
READ MOREGod’s Word describes the ‘Church’ in many different ways: A Bride A Body A Family A Gathering of Believers A Place of Healing I really like the illustration of ‘the body’ in describing the church because even the simplest among us can relate and understand what we ought to do as members of a church […]
READ MOREThe most anticipated series in a long, long time at Southbrok Church begins THIS weekend! I wanted to give everyone one more EASY way to get everyone you know to one of our campuses for this life changing experience. Here’s how you can… * Use the E-vite tool from the Southbrook website! Details below. The ‘E-Vites’ are back up on […]
READ MORERead the previous posts below if you want to catch up. For everyone else, let’s assume at this point that we are talking about someone who has either ‘good, biblical reasons’ for leaving a church or someone who has pathetic reasons but has decided to leave anyway. Either way, how does one leave in a […]
READ MOREA week and a half ago a couple thousand of us exchanged bracelets with the names of lost ones written on them. Our hope was that the conviction to pray for these people to encounter Christ Jesus on Sunday August 30th would be twice as strong if we knew others were counting on us to […]
READ MOREClick here to read the first half of this post that I wrote this morning. Can we move on now? Good. Before I mention how you can leave well I thought it might be important to list the legitimate reasons for leaving in the first place. So, in no particular order, here they are: The […]
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