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February 21, 2020
The Problem Of God, Week 1 — “The Problem Of God’s Existence”
What do you do when your faith raises so many questions that you’re not sure you can even claim it as your own anymore? What do you do when skepticism outweighs belief and doubt overwhelms trust? And what do you if YOUR faith is strong but the people you love can’t turn the corner of
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February 6, 2020
#TBT — The Trentonian, Fall 1985
Well, lookee there. It’s a newspaper story written by yours truly and it has nothing to do with either tennis or preaching. As part of my “tennis columnist” gig at the Trentonian in 1984-1985, the sports editor gave me a chance to cover the Princeton-Colgate football game one fine Saturday afternoon. Alabama-Auburn it was not.
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February 5, 2020
A Book Release, A Workshop, A Good Day
Yesterday was a good day. First, Simplify The Message; Multiply The Impact had its official release. Second, I was able to celebrate that release by leading a Simplify The Message Workshop in Asheboro, North Carolina, for thirty-one United Methodist pastors eager to hone their skills. The event was the brainchild of John Franklin Howard,
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February 4, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Things To Know About The Release Of “Simplify The Message; Multiply The Impact”
Today is the day. Simplify The Message; Multiply The Impact officially releases. Drops. Debuts. Sells. Whatever the verb, today is the day it goes official. I’ve had my “author copies” for a couple of weeks and this is the day for wider distribution. Here are five things to know about the book, its origins, its
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February 3, 2020
Greater Love, Week 1 — The “Movement” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Embodied no little bit of irony. Two days before the official release of “Simplify The Message; Multiply The Impact,” a book for all practical purposes on designing and delivering one point sermons, my sermon yesterday featured four … points. Four movements. No single bottom line. The reason for that different kind of
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January 30, 2020
Special Delivery — Preaching Without Notes
My love language is Words Of Affirmation. (If you don’t understand that reference, check out Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages where you’ll see that all of us speak & receive love through one of the following: physical touch, quality time, acts of service, gifts, or words of affirmation. I didn’t have to read the
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January 29, 2020
From InterestED To InterestING
I still remember a conversation that, paradoxically, led me into full-time ministry. I was 24 at the time, and working at the Princeton, New Jersey office of the United States Tennis Association. As part of my duties, I gave presentations to physical educators, Special Olympics coaches, and even tennis teaching professionals. My supervisor at the
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January 28, 2020
Sherlock Holmesing Congregation & Community: Preaching & The Sacred Act Of NOTICING
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is one of the most portrayed characters in the history of fiction, film, and stage. Doyle’s four novels and fifty-six short stories involving Scotland Yard’s favorite sleuth have multiplied into hundreds of movies, television programs, and stage productions. Holmes is so ubiquitous that many people believe that this fictional character
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January 27, 2020
Missing Peace, Week 4 — The “Need To Know Basis” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Had a moment of crisis at the 8:30 service when I brought the WRONG BIBLE into the Worship Center. By “wrong bible” I mean the one without the Scripture printed in TWENTY-TWO point font and taped into it so I can read; Waited on the bottom line until almost the very end;
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January 24, 2020
Missing Peace, Week 4 — “Need To Know Basis”
It’s Friday and I’m already pretty keyed up for Sunday. Why? Because we get to look at what is at the same time THE MOST BEAUTIFUL and LEAST FOLLOWED verse in Scripture. Huh? To see what I mean — and to know the Scripture in question — it’s Sunday. 8:30, 10, 11:30 at the Moss
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