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January 16, 2017
The “Habit Forming” Sermon Rewind
Finally, a normal Sunday. The last three: Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and then on January 8, Faux Snow Day. So we were back a full strength yesterday with high attendance, great enthusiasm, and attentive ears. The message started right with the message and an almost bottom line. But then it weaved through Paul’s first Read the full article...
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January 12, 2017
Why People Walk Away
People walk away, don’t they? Some walk away from their hometown. Others walk away from their marriages. Still others walk away from church. And others walk away from ministry. And more than a few walk away from the faith itself. I recall a conversation with a man who told me — with great resolve in Read the full article...
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January 11, 2017
Today’s “Creatures Of Habit” Devotion
I love the fact that all over the greater Charlotte area, the people of Good Shepherd sat down this morning and opened up the same devotional guide, read the same reflection, meditated on the same Scripture, and prayed the same prayer. It’s happening through our Creatures Of Habit devotional guide. Today’s meditation comes from Read the full article...
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January 10, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Ways Going To The YMCA Parallels Your Spiritual Life
I have been going to a local YMCA branch for fitness training for about 16 years now. I came by it accidentally. About the time I turned 40, I developed a degenerated disc in my back and tendonitis in my knee, both of which rendered me incapable of either playing tennis or jogging for fitness. Read the full article...
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January 9, 2017
The “Force Of Habit” Sermon Rewind
Oh, what a weekend. We had faux snow in south Charlotte (the real thing hit north Charlotte) and so we spent much of Saturday deciding whether or not to have church. We ultimately decided, yes, normal schedule AND we’re going to start the series “Creatures of Habit” as planned. I’m glad we did. The decision Read the full article...
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January 5, 2017
A Simple Guideline For Church Meetings
Church meetings are legendary, aren’t they? And not in the way, say, Michael Jordan is legendary in basketball. Or Joe Montana in football. Or even Roger Federer in tennis. No, church meetings are legendary for the bloodshed — real and imagined — that they involve. Whether it’s a contentious assembly of a church board or Read the full article...
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January 4, 2017
Resourcing What We Are Teaching
I was really excited when these arrived at the Good Shepherd office yesterday. What are they? Creatures Of Habit Devotional Guides. In English and Spanish. Written by the people of Good Shepherd, these guides are designed to resource and empower the very habits we are teaching about through the series. We had similar projects Read the full article...
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January 3, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Random Confessions
Normally when a pastor says that he has something to confess, the people of the church think, “who’s involved and how long has it been going on?” Well, thankfully, this is nothing like that. However, for this Tuesday’s Top Five, I want to lean toward the transparent and offer you a series of seemingly unrelated Read the full article...
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January 2, 2017
The “After The Ball Drops” Sermon Rewind
The calendar threw a curveball at pastors this year by making both Christmas and New Year’s fall on a Sunday. So we obviously could not use the first Sunday of 2017 to start a new series, as you want to do that on a high attendance Sunday. Instead, I decided to continue God Drops into Read the full article...
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December 30, 2016
What’s Ahead
Three things coming up for the people of Good Shepherd: 1. This Sunday (1.1.17) we will worship at 10 a.m. at both Moss Road and Zoar Road locations. 1. “Live” sermons at each called “After The Ball Drops.” Our Latino community will worship at 11:30 at the Moss Road Campus. We will have nursery Read the full article...
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