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I Ran a Red Light, and God Showed Up

November 18, 2013 7 Comments
I Ran a Red Light, and God Showed Up

A week ago Janice and I were in North Carolina for a Leadership Conference with the South East District of Foursquare churches. On Friday night Janice would be receiving her ordination. We left our hotel in time to arrive at our meeting place for a reception for those being ordained. I approached an intersection and remembered that […]

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How to Not Live Like Skim Milk

November 4, 2013 13 Comments
How to Not Live Like Skim Milk

“We talk cream, but we live skim milk.” – Dwight Moody   Several years ago my wife Janice and I were delivering some food and praying with the residents of a low income housing complex. One of the lady’s we regularly visited would squeal like a little girl when we showed up with fresh fruit, something she […]

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How to Ignore the Lie

October 28, 2013 7 Comments
How to Ignore the Lie

Our circumstances tell us a lie to blind us from the truth of God’s vision for us.  God’s original plan for mankind was for us to live in a perfect relationship with Him. However, sin entered the earth through Adam and Eve and that our relationship has been broken ever since.   However, God sent Jesus […]

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Making Ministry Simple Every Day

October 22, 2013 5 Comments
Making Ministry Simple Every Day

Ministry every day really is not difficult. At least it should not be.   We have a lady that has been faithfully attending life church for over a year now. It is amazing to see how her relationship with Jesus has grown. For many months she had been out of work and each week we would pray […]

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It is Worth it All

October 14, 2013 3 Comments
It is Worth it All

I know there are those that think ministry is all glamorous and all Pastors do is spend an hour or two getting ready to preach. Yet there really is a lot that goes on behind the scene. For the majority of Pastors who lead small churches we really do take on a lot of different […]

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Organic Worship: a Book Review

October 10, 2013 3 Comments
Organic Worship: a Book Review

I am sure that if you asked 100 Christians to define worship, there is a good chance you would get 100 different answers. From the very time of creation of man God desired a people to fellowship with. Fellowship with God is best done through our worship of him. However as time has passed we have […]

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Plunging In

October 7, 2013 10 Comments
Plunging In

Peter seems like he would be the most unlikely candidate to be a disciple. Of course that could be the very reason why Jesus picked him.  He was confessing Jesus as the Messiah one minute only to be rebuked by Jesus next when he was told “Satan get behind me.” His passionate temper would put […]

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Birthing Something New is Always Messy

September 23, 2013 7 Comments
Birthing Something New is Always Messy

The hospital room may be spotless and sterile, but birth itself will always take place amid chaos, pain, and blood. —Steven Pressfield I will never forget the birth of my three children. They were wonderful events but to the natural eye they were a messy event.   Chris was my first born. Janice and I were […]

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Positioned for Worship

September 9, 2013 10 Comments
Positioned for Worship

“[True] worship… situates a person in a servitude and complete surrender of the will.”- John Spellman, Organic Worship   It seems difficult to really comprehend a life lived completely for God. We seem to constantly chase after our own agendas and our own dreams. We can be the most faithful Christians but we constantly seek […]

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The Power of Dissatisfaction

September 2, 2013 9 Comments
The Power of Dissatisfaction

Visions form in the hearts of those who are dissatisfied with the status quo.” – Andy Stanley   Nothing kills success or vision more than being satisfied with life as it is. (Tweet This) No matter where we are in life God has something greater. (Tweet This)   In ministry I frequently encounter people who have lost hope. They […]

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