Listening, Learning & Leading
Many of us have used the word “devoted” at some point. We have claimed to be devoted to something/someone at some point in our lives; if not repeatedly through different seasons of life. I have begun to realize how flippantly we use this word….What song comes to mind when you see this picture? …..Hopelessly Devoted [...]
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This idea of ANTICIPATION may be hard for some of us……Especially when we are referring to our relationship with God. WHY???? Well, we equate the idea of anticipation as a sort of retrospect to our childhood. We eagerly anticipated Christmas morning when we opened gifts. We anticipated our birthdays, the bell ringing at the end [...]
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Yesterday we talked about the core values of Grace Church. Our core values gives us structure, direction and purpose behind our primary mission. They also challenge us in our personal lives as well. One of the core values is to Discover Jesus. We view this in two ways. One, we help people to Discover Jesus. [...]
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This past week I had the honor of spending time with Dr. Peter Jones, via a phone interview. Dr. Jones is an incredible man of God, a great theologian and prolific educator/author. This June Dr. Jones will be hosting a conference called theXchange Conference in California. He will be joined by Francis Chan, Mark Driscoll, [...]
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I think that the word Generosity will bring a smile to almost anyone’s face. I LOVE that word. Why? Because I know, as do all of us, that it means something positive. The idea of Generosity is never accompanied by something negative. You never hear, “I can’t stand that guy, he’s so generous….” Just doesn’t [...]
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Last week I posted a blog regarding Dr. Peter Jones. I had listened to a sermon he taught at Cornerstone Church, where Francis Chan is the pastor. The sermon was based on the idea of Romans 1:25 that says we have exchange The Truth for The Lie and worshipped everything God created, but are not [...]
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This morning I was listening to Dr. Peter Jones. He was talking about being culturally relevant in today’s world. He talked about how we have cheapened the Gospel in order to be “relevant”. That somehow by removing the discussion of sin, hell, consequences, trials, persecution, God’s standards and even the Cross….We make the church’s message [...]
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When we preach the unfiltered, raw truth, God moves in some of the most amazing ways! This week God put one of those messages in front of me for Grace Church. It was not my message, but God’s. He worked in spite of me this week. We talked about some tough truths that most church [...]
Read More...Over the past few weeks my world has become far busier than I could have imagined. Since moving into our new building, the daily traffic in the office has probably increased 300-400%! Along with that, my counseling calendar has filled up, my time with key leaders has been multiplied, as well as the amount of [...]
Read More...So my biggest pet peeve….. Today’s church is full of so called leaders who believe that the “business” of church isn’t 100% founded on the spiritual direction, vision and leadership God has ordained! If you don’t understand that statement you’re either extremely lucky (I hate that word!) or you’re simply blind! The modern church is [...]
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I am a husband, father and pastor in that order. My heart is to give what I have, all of what I have, to see people fall in love with Jesus. My heart is for God's church, missions and adoption. I wanna see followers of Jesus leave a lasting mark on the culture we live in. 
