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May 6, 2019
Brave, Week 2 — The “What I Made The Devil Do” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message …. Hinged on the Lord as “hurler” and Satan as “hurlee” in Revelation 12; Suggested that many times when we claim “the devil made me do it” it is actually avoiding responsibility for things we got into all by ourselves; Landed at a bottom line that was so heavy on wordplay it wasn’t
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May 2, 2019
When A Good Thing Happens To A Good Man
One of my best preacher friends is starting a new ministry position this week. Claude Kayler, who served as the founding pastor of Good Shepherd from 1991 – 1999, was recently named the Chief Ministry Officer of the Intentional Growth Center in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. Here’s Claude. I don’t know why he’s holding a
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May 1, 2019
Good Shepherd + Good Hope = Revival
Here I am with Joseph Fultz, the pastor of Good Hope United Methodist Church near Lexington, North Carolina. That church invited me to start their revival series this past Sunday night, so after launching the Brave series here in Charlotte, I journeyed up I-85 and delivered a talk called “For The Church.” The sanctuary was
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April 30, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Questions To Ask In Growing Self-Awareness
Self-awareness prevents self-destruction. And a lack of self-awareness hastens it. I believe that self-awareness contains an essential understanding of how you come across to others — and it can be a thin line indeed between being appealing and annoying. So here are five questions I ask myself and encourage others to ask of themselves as
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April 29, 2019
Brave, Week 1 — The “Everyone Needs A Hand To Hold On To” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Opened the Brave series, a series that is itself based on the book of Revelation; Explained that the genre of Revelation is more Virtual Reality Tour than it is Crystal Ball Study; Contrasted John’s use of “was, is, is to come” and “Alpha and Omega” with the marvelously delicate touch God gives
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April 26, 2019
“Brave” Begins!
Brave One thing is certain: we live in uncertain times. On the inside, our nation is sharply divided along political, religious, and ideological lines. On the outside, wars and rumors of wars form the drumbeat of the nightly news. Outrage is the currency of the day. Where is it all headed? Will things get worse
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April 25, 2019
The Massively Small
One day awhile back, I took one of our staffers along for a pastoral visit with a family in the early stages of grief. As some of you know, it’s the kind of work that I find challening but invigorating. On the drive back to the church, my Good Shepherd colleague and I processed the
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April 24, 2019
A Podcast On The Chip & Gary Tennis Show
Chip Hooper and Gary Plock were All-American college tennis players at the Universities of Arkansas and Texas back in the 1970s. I had heard of both, knew neither, but was aware they were really good players. Through the miracle of social media Gary has befriended me. He seems to like my take on faith as
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April 23, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reflections On Easter 2019
They really do never get old. Easter Sundays, that is. I suppose this is my 29th of them in full time ministry. I doubt any one of them has been THE BEST EVER, but without the sum of them, I’m sure my soul would have starved. This Easter, these five moments stick with me: 1.The
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April 22, 2019
The Jesus Effect, Week 4 — The “The Benefit Of The Doubt” Sermon Rewind
This weekend’s Easter message … Followed believer baptisms at all the Sunday celebrations at Moss; Admitted to “starting dumb” and “ending strong”; Focus on Thomas in and beyond Scripture; Led to this bottom line: Jesus erases your doubts to release your potential. —————————————————————- So I want to start out today by doing something extraordinarily stupid
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