New Song Sunday: High and Lifted Up

This Sunday, we will be doing a new song for our congregation that I am very excited about.  The song is from Hillsong entitled “High and Lifted Up.” The first time I heard this song was last year riding on my lawn mower listening to my iPod.  I almost had to pull the lawn mower …

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Your Leadership Circle

In John Maxwell’s book, entitled Developing the Leaders Around You, he focused on the intentional development of other potential leaders.  In one lesson, Maxwell stated, “The greatest leadership principle I have ever learned in over twenty-five years of leadership is that those closest to the leader will determine the success level of that leader.” While …

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Fusion is Going Green

Just a reminder that tonight is Fusion!  Fusion is officially going green.  Whoever wears the most green on this St. Patty’s Day will get a $25 gas card. My green clothing today is a name tag I put together quickly in order to miss being pinched at staff meeting. For any college students, 20-somethings, or …

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The Messiah Tension

Yesterday, we concluded the Crossroads series with a message entitled, “The Messiah Tension.”  Many people are confused really if Jesus meets the qualifications of the long-awaited Messiah.  I talked about three major objections to Jesus in my message before getting to the real objection. The real objection to following Jesus for many people is they …

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Bailout #1 (or why our country is in the mess that it is in)

While the United States is still working on how to appropriate the funds for our national bailout, we are still unaware of when or if this financial crisis will be averted.  If you watch the news at all (or gaze at your retirement), you feel the pain and realize that this national crisis is affecting …

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I Really Want to Follow Jesus

Do you ever get to one of those places in your life where you really, really want to follow Jesus?  I’m not talking about simply being involved in religious activity, I mean, do you ever truly desire to follow Jesus the way He commanded us? In Chuck Colson’s book, How Now Shall We Live?, he …

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Bad Church Sign of the Week: There’s No A/C

This week’s bad church sign states: “There’s no A/C in Hell! …either.” First off, I believe hell’s description is a tad bit worse than simply the absence of controlled air.  If that is the worst description you can think of, you really don’t understand it. But by using an exclamation point, why are the deciding …

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The Muslim Salvation

Today was week 2 in the Crossroads series.  The message today centered on “The Muslim Salvation.” In my message, I spent half of the time giving the history of the prophet Muhammad and the foundation of Islam.  For the second part of the message, I explained five key differences between Islam and Christianity. We had …

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Book of the Week: A God Divided

This week’s book of the week is A God Divided written by Christopher Catherwood.  It is our featured book in the bookstore for the Crossroads series.  If you are wanting some extra info on the differences between Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, you need to pick up this book. Top 5 Ideas: “By the ironic nature …

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