I thought you would like to see this slideshow. I have it posted on our church page at http://thesouthsidechurch.org/main but I know some of you haven't been over there yet, so here it is... Click To Play I just want to thank everyone who has been a part of supporting …
031-02 An Even Better Life Is Just Around the Corner
Click Here to Download. Today's message is a message that has been on my heart for a long time, but I didn't know it until earlier this week. I had come up with the title long ago when we sent in our postcards to be printed, and honestly, I originally thought of the sermon being one about how great …
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031-01 How to Live Your Best Life Now
This is the first message in Southside Church's Grand Opening series. It's a short series entitled: What's in it for me?: How the Bible Makes Life Better In this message, I talk about how the Bible contains the keys to living your best life now. There are three key things the Bible offers us that …
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150?
What an incredible day! Last Sunday was our Grand Opening service as a church and I am excited to report that we had between 140-150 people there. We never got an accurate count, but this is how we came up with those numbers: 24 Elementary School Kids 6 Babies in the Nursery 9 Children's Ministry …
Odeo Podcast
I've added my podcast to odeo. You can check it out over there if you want, or you can use this little box right here. …
Report on our Final Preview Service
Sunday was our final preview service! On the one hand, that really excites me because it means that months of preparation are finally coming to a culmination. On the other hand, it makes me nervous because now I can't hid behind the "We're still in preparation-mode" excuse. Also, I now have to get …
Answers to Prayer
So I was praying last week and asking God for a miracle or two to confirm that he was really in this church planting effort of ours, and then on Sunday I asked the people there to pray specifically about two things. First, we needed the school board to approve our usage and specifically, we needed …
TEAMM Pastor’s Prayer Summit
Here in Lafayette, there is an association of ministers that is far more significant than some "ministerium" that many communities have where pastors of various churches get together to try to demonstrate some unity but never really get anything done. TEAMM is the Tippecanoe Evangelical Association …
Preaching in Crown Point
I just wanted to post something quickly to say that our time in Crown Point went really well on Sunday. Jen, the kids, and I all went up there Sunday morning and had a good time at the service. Afterward, Pastor Tony and his wife treated us to lunch at Portillo’s. It was a great meal and a …
Angels, Demons, and Scientific Method
Some time ago, I began a blogosphere conversation over with Rob at Casual Musings. The conversation has centered on the relationship of Science and Faith. His post is here, my response is in the comments there and also here. In his most recent comment, he posed some more questions to me. His main …
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A Whole New Mind
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink http://www.danpink.com. Daniel Pink has written a very interesting book about the coming shift from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. He makes an interesting claim that the Information Age is already over and a new way of doing business has begun. The book …
Creating and Monetizing Communities
The title of this post comes from a video posted on Guy Kawasaki's blog about a Chicago company called Threadless that has users create designs for T-Shirts and then sells the finished product. I thought it was an interesting way to talk about there business, and I haven't finished watching the …
Improve Your Preaching
One of my favorite blog sites is http://presentationzen.com because it takes a critical look at the way people present information in a public setting. As a pastor, I've been presenting information to people for a while now, and I've been using powerpoint to be a visual aid in the process, but this …
Maintain Your Insanity
I got this as an email forward from my wife, and it really was good enough to post here. 20 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity (I'm thinking this could get one arrested, actually.) At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If …
What I believe about God
TRINITY I believe that God exists as a Triune being whose very nature is that of one essence sustaining three persons in perfect relationship---Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. His essence admits of no separation among the three but remains always One. Nevertheless, the three persons remain eternally …
Reflections on Our Second Monthly Service
We had a great service this morning. It was our second monthly service and here is a brief rundown of how it all went: Marketing We really ramped up our marketing efforts this time. Here's what we did: We sent out our "New Movers" letters this week. (We send a letter welcoming them to their new …
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