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Yesterday, at the National Day of Prayer noon service, I had the chance to lead with some people from our church, a new musician friend in Adam Jansen and some local pastor friends. At the end of the service, I said to the crowd: If you don't have a church home, I want to shamelessly ask you to …
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This last Fall, we took a survey in our church asking people to rank our church from "ick" to "wow" on various categories. This is a non-scientific study, of course, but the vast majority of our church attendees gave our church a "wow" on our preaching and mid to high marks on everything else. Also, …
Yesterday, I started a series of posts on why people go to church. Studies show us that large portions of the population claim to have a strong relationship with Jesus yet studies also show that large portions of the population rarely or never go to church. Today, I continue that discussion. …
This morning, my wife heard on the Christian radio station that a recent study reports 67% of Americans claim to have a personal relationship with Jesus that affects their daily lives. However, just last weekend, I heard a statistic that currently 17% of Americans go to church. I think that means …
With Everything (Elevation Remix) - by Hillsong United from Elevation Worship on Vimeo. The quality of music coming out of Elevation Church is truly remarkable especially when you consider many of the risks they take regarding instrumentation. Check out their Vimeo page to see more. …
What's the issue? The question of Biblical "inerrancy" has been raised a number of times particularly in the past 50 years or so. Before answering this question, I think it's important to simply highlight what the real issue is. …
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Leadership takes guts and authenticity. Lead well and you're unstoppable. …
This post is part of a series on explaining the whole bible. Exile The kingdom of Judah ended with the destruction of Jerusalem and the deportation of the brightest young people to Babylon. However, Jeremiah had predicted that the exile would last only 70 years, and Isaiah even predicted a king …
The latest Internet video phenomenon has come from American Idol. It's the song, Pants on the Ground! ATL 10 @ Yahoo! Video "Neil Young" has even done a rendition of this new hit: …
It seems so capricious and uncaring that a God would allow his own son to suffer, until you get the bigger picture that God loved the sinful world so much that he sacrificed one son, for three days, to gain billions of children for a sinless eternity. We look at all pain and suffering from the …
James 1:2-3 gives the standard Christian answer to this question: Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance... Of course, knowing the Sunday school answer and being okay with it are two …
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Found at this other blog. Quoting the original article: This unexpected, spontaneous, and scripted dance (aka Flash dance) was performed by over twenty thousand people. How did they do it? Planners recruited 800 people using Facebook and Twitter Choreographers taught a simple dance …
For a couple weeks now, I have been dissatisfied with the modern worship songs we've been singing in our church. The music is great, the beats are fun, the lyrics are powerful, but honestly, they aren't very deep. In particular, the majority of modern rock-style worship music puts God in the second …
This morning, I was reading the first few chapters of Numbers. I have to be honest with you, and I am somewhat ashamed to admit, I wasn't expecting much. Aside from a few interesting (and confusing) stories, the book of Numbers is filled with, you guessed it, numbers! The first few chapters are all …
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Oh to see the dawn of the darkest day. Christ on the road to Calvary. Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten then Nailed to a cross of wood. This the pow'r of the cross. Christ became sin for us. Took the blame, bore the wrath, We stand forgiven at the cross. …