What to Do About Personality-Driven Churches

Fact: personality-driven churches exist. Whether you like it or not, we cannot escape it.  While I have tried to deny its reality, it is inescapable.  With every passing tweet, book, podcast, and social share, each of us can become more and more known by the personality of our leader or the DNA of our specific church …

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Drive-Thru Sermons

Confession: I check bags in certain drive-thrus and trust other ones. And I listen to preaching the same way.

Our Pastor Is on Vacation

Wow.  Such a loaded church sign: NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO VISIT OUR PASTOR IS ON VACATION Ouch.  I’m sure this sign tells the outside world about the unity and encouragement present there.

Your Children Know What You Love the Most

I believe children of every age know what it is that their parents love.  Whether it’s somebody or something, our words and our actions declare those things that have our hearts.  They are observant enough to see what it is that wakes us up in the morning and lingers on our minds until we drift …

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Bible-Driven Sermon vs. Sermon-Driven Bible

I was a teenager when I felt called to the ministry.  Right away, I was given opportunities to speak at different functions. I am so very thankful that most of those horrific “sermons” were not recorded.  I had no training.  No one had yet discipled me concerning how to proclaim God’s Word, yet I was given …

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God Is Sovereign Even Over Technical Difficulties

After a long day of ministry yesterday, I sat down in my recliner to eat a late supper of Bojangles chicken and rice bowl (an excellent choice by the way), and I received a message from a church member who stated: Thanks for leading worship this morning.  That was probably one of the top 2 …

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Family Night – September 27th

In my new role as Family Pastor, I am putting together some steps to help families grow in Christ.  One of our first shots at this is something we are calling Family Night. We will meet together on Saturday, Sept. 27th from 6-8 in North Side’s Family Life Center. Bring your family to join with …

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God’s Plan for Your Family Is Not Complex

God’s plan for your family is not complex. We make it that way, but it really is not. This is the plan – God wants to reconcile the world to himself and he plans on doing that through Christ-following parents teaching their children to follow Christ and it multiplies from there. Abraham’s Job Let me …

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What An 83-Year-Old Thought About Our Worship Services

I remember the first time I met sweet Mrs. Jimmie Rose Carver.  In a tiny frame, Mrs. Jimmie burst with the joy of the Lord.  After the man who was her husband and her pastor  for 60 years passed away a few years ago, she decided to visit North Side despite what she had heard …

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