Dear God, I Want to Please You

  As our church focuses on prayer in the “Dear God” series, our pastor has four prayers for our church that he wants answered.  The first prayer is: “Dear God, I want to please you.” Too often, we come to God just to fix our problems.  God wants to fix you, not your problem.  In Colossians 1:10-12, Paul reveals four …

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Happy Birthday Amanda!

Today is Amanda’s birthday.  Everyday I am more and more amazed at how blessed I am to have such an extraordinary wife in my life! Next to Jesus, she is the greatest gift I could ever ask for in this life.  She is a treasure, she is my bride, and she is my closest friend. On her birthday, people celebrate

Eli’s Medical Update

Many people have been asking us about Eli.  We are so blessed to have the prayers that have been prayed over him. We did travel to MUSC to run tests and check on a few medical issues.  I don’t know why they only do this consultation from 1-4 in the afternoons which is exactly Eli’s nap time.  Even after being

US Soccer and Your Church’s Calendared Activities

  As the United States soccer team was eliminated from the World Cup, America must wait another 4 years to impress the world with our skills.  An interesting set of 4 games that they played still had them losing in the first knockout round.  Americans don’t like to lose.  America’s reputation is often that we think we are the best

Looking for a Feeling

What a great Sunday!  One of my favorite things was we got to ordain Luke Tolbert into the ministry.  Luke, Patty, and Anna Kate have just finished seminary and accepted the call to service at Malvern Hill Baptist Church in Camden, SC.  I LOVE this family so much and wherever they go, the church is better discipled – excited about

Genesis FAQ’s

Genesis.  The first book in the Bible.  What Jews and Christians claim as the authority on creation, origin of mankind, etc.  I’d say it’s a pretty important book concerning the history of our world. In September-October, North Side’s life focus will be on two series walking through the Book of Genesis (Origins: Genesis 1-11, Ancestors: Genesis 12-50).  While the sermons

North Side Worship Applications

Our worship team has recently been through some changes.  A few months ago, I felt the need to step it up a few notches. So I fired everybody.  Everybody.  I even fired my wife. No matter how long everyone had played or sang, everyone lost their job.  I told them I would be willing to rehire them, but the commitment

Enslaved “Freedom”

This is the time of year when we focus on our country’s freedom and liberty. While it is fitting and appropriate to celebrate our freedom, many people in our society turn the focus on freedom to a self-indulgent focus on “my rights.” Freedom becomes a focus on individual freedom, which unfortunately becomes an emphasis on a person’s freedom to do

Looking to the Unqualified

Happy Father’s Day!  We had a great day celebrating fathers and the church.  Great moments: The Spearmans Testimony – So great to see a father and sons going and serving on mission together Romania Commissioning – Great time commissioning the Romania team for their trip – they leave on Saturday Worship – It was a great time of worship, so