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Intro to Life Worth Living
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING? I remember the week I lost my sunglasses. I was on the verge of panic. You see, these weren't just any sunglasses. They were outlandishly expensive Oakley(c) sunglasses, and my mom had given them to me as a Christmas present. I wore them every day of my life for over …
Following Jesus
Download: MSWord File When I taught my first ReNEW class, I realized that I couldn't assume everyone was on the same page spiritually, so I also created this smaller class session that specifically focused on what it means to begin a journey with Jesus. I still like this material, but it …
ReNEW Class Materials
Download: MS Word & Powerpoint Files Back in 2001, I developed a concept for an annually recurring class that I would teach in my church every January as a refresher course in church membership to prepare for our "Recommitment Sunday" in the first week of February. The class I taught in …
LWL 101: Living a Life of Worship
Downloads: MS Word format | Student Edition PDF | Teacher's Edition PDF (note: MS Word documents contain macros that do not need to be enabled) Explanation: According to Jesus, the greatest command in all the Bible is this: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and …
Life Worth Living
The spiritual growth curriculum that I've been developing for the past four years is a series of classes called "Life Worth Living." The classes are based on the four core commitments of the spiritual life arranged in logical order: <li>Worship: God is number one in my …
Win XP Autodial problem fixed
I've been frustrated for a few weeks now about a "feature" of Windows XP. It automatically dials a network connection whenever it thinks I want it. I have DSL at home and a motorola router, but I also have a VPN connection set up on my home computer so that I can dial in to my office computer from …
People use my materials!?
Today, I got a note from a fellow pastor in Canada who is using some of my materials in his church's membership process. He's using a class I developed called ReNEW which is a comprehensive class to introduce baby Christians and reorient believers to the realities of God's will for life in the local …
Seven Minutes with God
Would you like to boost your spiritual growth? Would you like to get into a regular habit of Bible reading and prayer? Well, of course you do, but you probably are thinking that you don't have enough time to do any of that. Here's a little solution for you. For some time now, I've been familiar …
Close to God
I've just been re-energized in my spiritual life! Only a couple of weeks ago, I was feeling depressed and really down in many ways, but that all changed when I went to the Midwest Baptist Conference's Leadership Retreat in Champaign, Illinois. The first night there, I was challenged by a message by …
My First Blog
Well, I have finally succumbed to the world of blogging. I hope that anyone who reads this will be enriched by whatever I have to say, and that most of all, people will receive the wonderful blessing of knowing God personally. I can't think of anything more important than developing a close …
025-02 — Too Hot to Handle
Mark 1:40-3:12 What do you think of Jesus? If he were here right now, what would you expect him to do? To say? The problem is that Jesus is never limited by our expectations. He is an outside-the-box kind of person, and he's just too much for some to handle. Listen up to see if Jesus is too hot for …
025-01 — Are You Ready
Mark 1:1-39 It's a brand new year and it's a perfect time for us to get a fresh view of Jesus. The question is, are we ready to meet him? In this message Pastor Jeff challenges us that if we want to get a fresh perspective on Jesus, our hearts need to be prepared. Listen up for practical ways to …
003 — Under Construction (Sermon Series)
This series of messages is my first series to attempt an outline my vision for what NWBC as a church should be come. I preached it after being pastor at NWBC for about 5 months. …
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