NSU – Night #1

We had a great first night at NSU. A lot of people showed up for all of the six classes. I had a blast in our Hermeneutics class. Your attendance showed that all of you really want to understand the Bible better. That’s fantastic! You guys listened so great through the beginning foundational stuff and it was just a good …

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NSU This Sunday

North Side U is starting this Sunday, and I’m so excited about the class that I am teaching: Hermeneutics. Don’t let the big word scare you, it’s about reading the Bible for all its worth. I mean it can’t be hard if I’m using stick people to teach it. Have you ever read a passage that you thought could no …

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Shake-n-Shine Needs

Shake-n-Shine is coming around the corner!  Below is a message from our Project Love guru, Rick Hendricks.  Read to see how you can help out: Hello: Shake N Shine, our camp for children in Greenwood, will take place July 14-18, again this year at Erskine College, and we need your help. We’re asking C-groups, Sunday School classes to assist us …

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“No More College Ministry?!”

Since my last post on Fusion, I’ve had some good feedback concerning future ministry plans. I’ve even had some people say they were sad that we weren’t doing college ministry anymore. But that couldn’t be further than the truth. If anything, we are going to do more college ministry than ever before! We’ve just got to figure out what that …

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Theological Survey Results

A couple of weeks ago, I conducted a theological survey of our adults at North Side. This is for a requirement for my next degree, but I tailored the questions to help our staff discern teaching and directional needs for our church in the area of evangelism and missions. Concerning conducting this survey, I was hesitant. A number of our …

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Overshadowed Past (Week 3 of GBION)

God is a lot more concerned with your future than he is your past. Sometimes we keep a distance from God due to a sinful past. Some people keep God at a distance because of their self-proclaimed “righteousness.” But God isn’t concerned with yesterday. He’s really concerned about what you do today. That’s what North Side was all about this …

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Hermeneutics for Kids?!

I am currently working on another degree through Southern Seminary.  Southern’s president is Dr. Al Mohler who you may have seen debating it up on the Larry King Live show or other talk shows.  He is a brillant man and also has a blog that he updates everyday. Today’s entry is a great read for our Hermeneutics Class since we …

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Final Hermeneutics Class

Tonight was our last Hermeneutics class for NSU. Sigh, lil’ tear. I had a great time with our class over the last six weeks. I felt like we attempted a pretty daunting task – looking and trying to learn how to interpret all the different genres of the Bible. It was my first time trying to teach all of this …

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I’m Afraid of the Old Testament

Session 5 of NSU was Sunday night in our Hermeneutics class. This week we dealt with the Law and the Prophets in the session: “I’m Afraid of the Old Testament.” Remember: the Law was given to show that it was impossible for them to keep it – even in the OT, people were desperate for grace and a Savior. The …

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Hermeneutics Weeks 3 & 4 Notes

Sorry, I didn’t post on week 3, but I wanted to write a couple of things from the last two weeks. Our class is the absolute best! You guys are learning so much, and you are getting the information and able to apply it so well. It is great to see everyone seem to grasping the Bible even better than …

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