My Role in the New Movie Courageous

Many of you have been following the news of Sherwood Pictures’ next film, Courageous. The talented crew that made such films as Fireproof and Facing the Giants is releasing a new film on the need for fathers to rise up. And I got a role in it. To be clear, they have not called upon …

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Worship Summit Recap

We had an absolute blast at the Worship Summit this weekend.  I am still processing all that took place.  Our team, North Side Worship, got to lead worship 4 times for a training event for worship leaders all over the state.  I then taught 4 sessions (5 Things That Will Kill Your Worship Team, The …

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Leaving for the Worship Summit

Gear is packed, presentations ready, and our team is rowdy as we leave for the Worship Summit this afternoon. I was honored and humbled when our group was asked to lead worship and I was asked to do the training at a worship training event for the South Carolina Baptist Convention.  Today and tomorrow, our …

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I’m Enrolling You in Seminary

That’s right – I’m sending you back to school! Maybe you won’t be able to enroll in seminary, but have you ever had a subject in Christianity that you wanted to go deeper in? Have you ever wanted to know more about a certain subject? Have you ever wanted questions clarified about a subject in …

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Before You Change a Thing

North Side’s senior pastor, Jeff Lethco, does a lot of things well.  Recently, he added authoring to his credits as he finished his first book, Before You Change a Thing. Book description: Church leaders today are being bombarded by a growing number of voices about how to lead effectively. Unfortunately, some things that need to …

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Worship Summit 2010

My buddy at the South Carolina Baptist Convention office, Mark Powers, called about a month ago to ask a favor.  He is the director or worship and music for the state.  Each year, he puts on an event called the Worship Summit (click the link to sign up for the conference) which equips worship teams to …

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Looking Out for #1

Passionate, honest day about being the church at North Side.  2nd week into our “5 Things That Will Kill This Church” series and we stated the 2nd thing that could kill this church: “Looking Out for #1.”  When selfishness infests a church, it is a dangerous place to tread. Today, we worshiped to: Kingdom Come …

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Looking at the Wrong Scoreboard

What a fabulous day with the North Side family! We kicked off a new series called “5 Things That Will Kill This Church.” Today, we worshiped to: How Great Thou Art – Paul Baloche Let God Arise – North Side Worship (Tomlin) Center – Charlie Hall Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) – North Side …

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What Do You Wish Someone Would Have Told You About Marriage?

Last year, I wrote curriculum for LifeWay’s LifeTruths.  The topic was called “I (Still) Do.”  May has been the month it has been used by over 2000 churches for their Sunday School and Bible study curriculum!  Pretty wild to think about. It has been so neat to hear from people that I know and even …

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What Submission Doesn’t Mean

…submitting to one another in the fear of Christ. Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is head of the wife as also Christ is head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives should [submit] to their …

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