I am writing from sunny Santa Cruz, Bolivia! Come back soon… to check-out my summary of events and happenings from my recent Bolivia 2009 Mission Trip. It has been amazing!
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As I remember back over my last years as part of church staffs, some of the more “heated” debates was over this term – numbers.
Anytime a church leader begins to discuss their desire to reach people, build a big church, break a numeric barrier, get off a growth plateau or add numbers there is usually [...]
#1 – I need Jesus – bad.
*** I warn you this is a brutally honest blog.***
When asked about my recent leave of absence many asked, “How was your vacation?” or “How was the sabbatical?” Let’s get this straight – it was neither a vacation or a sabbatical. I have to be honest – those five [...]
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This blog is the ninth in a series of the top 10 things that I learned during my five week leave of abscence for the birth of our newest addition – Caden Jonathan Michael.
#2 - I have a wonderful wife
Main Entry: wonderful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: great, extraordinary
Synonyms: admirable, amazing, astonishing, astounding, [...]
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Perry Noble is the Senior Pastor of NewSpring Church, located in Anderson, SC. He is a great blogger.
I wanted to pass along this blog that he recently posted with five questions we should all wrestle with from a recent meeting he led in South Carolina. He developed these questions from 2 Corinthians 2: 1-7.
Five Questions We Should Ask [...]
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This week at Bethel Community Church, Pastor Lance Phillips relayed an important Biblical principle in a great way. Often times, when churches speak on provision it comes from the angle of pressure to tithe producing guilt or from the selfish angle of “bless me, bless me” from the prosperity crowd. Instead of that, very candidly, [...]
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#3 – I have incredible kids: Gracie
Main Entry: compassionate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having tender feelings
Synonyms: all heart, being big, benevolent, bleeding heart*, charitable, commiserative, forbearing, going easy on, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, living with, merciful, old softie, piteous, pitying, responsive, soft shell, softhearted, sparing, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, understanding, warm, [...]
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esterday, we completed an equipping series at Bethel Community Church called MAKE ONE. This has been a great message series and one of the more important groups of messages that we have shared at Bethel.
The church has been entrusted with the role of equipping followers to fulfill the Great Commission (Ephesians 4: 11 -12). The followers have been [...]
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws [...]
#4 – I have incredible kids: Mollie
Main Entry: sweet
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: friendly, kind
Synonyms: affectionate, agreeable, amiable, angelic, appealing, attractive, beautiful, beloved, charming, cherished, companionable, considerate, darling, dear, dearest, delectable, delicious, delightful, dulcet, engaging, fair, generous, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, heavenly, lovable, loving, luscious, mild, mushy, patient, [...]
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