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Seven of the Dumbest Things Christians Say

I admit it, I occasionally say things without thinking—just like you know you do. Among the more bizarre things a lot of us get caught up in are “acceptable responses, filler statements,” or “politically correct jargon” that have all somehow made their way into our frontal lobes without ever passing the sniff test. If we’d […]

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Sunday Evening Mind Dump!

God continues to grow the Impact Launch team! This week we added nearly 50 more people! We did the same last week, and the week before that! Can it continue like this? Only God knows. But we pray it does because the larger, stronger, more focused and sold out the launch team, the more impactful […]

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Next to Them

This three letter phrase and it’s twin brother, “next to him” appears over and over again in Nehemiah chapter three. And it’s key to any successful church endeavor. Here are a couple examples… 3 The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 4 And […]

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Sunday Evening Mind Dump!

Thank you SOOOOOO much to all the wonderful and generous people of Impact for your gifts to the Singleton family today! We were so very moved by the love and support we felt and especially the kind words we read in the cards and letters! Michelle and I feel it’s one of the greatest blessings […]

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Sunday Evening Mind Dump!

What Do You Do When You Hit a Wall? Weeks one and two of Impact Church’s series, “When You Hit a Wall,” went great. It’s honestly one of my favorite church services in forever. My wife, Michelle felt the same. This morning was week two of the series and twice as many people showed up […]

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Sunday Evening Mind Dump!

What a week @ Southbrook Church! First, we saw the return of a group of 15 folks who hiked to the peaks of the mountains of Peru in order to bring hundreds of Bibles to the Quechua people—Bibles in their very own language! Imagine the thrill to hand a new believer the very Word of […]

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Why Didn’t Lot Just Plant a Post Modern/Emergent, Relevant, Seeker Sensitive, Contemporary, Tolerant, Media Driven Church in Sodom? — Part One

Ok, a title should never be the length of a short post, but there it is. Since you made it past that, admit it, It’s a pretty good question, isn’t it? Today, most church plants in America are DOA unless they have at least half of the DNA listed in the title above. Or so […]

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Unique Easter Egg Drop

Wanna know the where the best event for kids is happening this Easter? — At Southbrook Community Church! One of our staff made the crazy suggestion one day that we ought to drop eggs from a hot air balloon on Easter since no one has ever done that (not usually a good enough reason by […]

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Mark the Community

Sunday @Southbrook Church I told our people about an opportunity to see many come to Christ. How many? Only God knows, but I’m confident attaching the word, “many”—that should be enough! The opportunity is a revival at Elevation Church right here in the Charlotte area. The pastor of Elevation is Steven Furtick and he’s a […]

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Meet Me Here

What if you got a note you were positive was from God Almighty? I’m not talking call CSI investigations, have the folks at area 51 examine it or take it to Ghost-busters (for authentication). No, I said a note from God—a real paper written note. Or maybe email is acceptable perhaps even a  text—whatever, but […]

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