Date Night – Only a Few Days Away

We are so excited about Date Night on Saturday.  While part of our staff and many volunteers are busy editing, printing, making, praying, or preparing, we are nearing the day and we are getting pumped! Last count I heard we had over 180 201 (UPDATED) couples coming to this event!  That is so much more than we were anticipating.  If …

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Worldliness #2 (or how to join a monastery)

In John 17, Jesus is teaching his disciples a pretty lengthly lesson.  Aware that his crucifixion is near, he really starts to remind his disciples that he is about to be gone.  To prepare them for life without the physical presence of Jesus near them, he shares these words: “I do not ask You to take them out of the …

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What Happens in Vegas Shouldn’t Happen Again

Today at North Side, we worshipped to: Happy Day – Tim Hughes Everlasting God – Brenton Brown Make Me Holy – Travis Agnew We Fall Down (Tag) – Chris Tomlin Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) – Chris Tomlin What a great day of worship and commitment at North Side as we concluded our series, “What Happens in Vegas.”  Today’s …

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Book of the Week: The Gospel of Matthew

This week’s book of the week is none other than The Gospel of Matthew.  The first gospel in the New Testament was written by Matthew, one of the original twelve disciples.  As a tax-collector, he really hit on many parables on money.  And ethnically, as a Jew, he included more Old Testament quotations than any of the other gospel writers. …

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Marriage by the Book

While we have one week left of our current series, “What Happens in Vegas,” February will kick off “Marriage by the Book.”  I am so excited about this series.  Jeff and I did some planning over the services this morning, and I am extremely excited about what is going to happen Sundays @ North Side in February. For those wanting …

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Giant Slaying Leaders Develop Giant Slaying Followers

One leadership principle that impacted me in a pivotal way in college was a message that I heard from Dr. Frank Page.  Page spoke during a spiritual emphasis week at North Greenville University when I attended (the year was probably 2000 – I’m getting old).  During one of his messages, he spoke about a leadership principle from an obscure Old Testament story.  While …

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Top Posts on My Blog

Top 8 Viewed Posts from My Blog as of Late: About Passion Church?! Giglio and Tomlin Church Plant?! Why People Under 30 Hate Their Jobs Culmination of a 32 Month Anticipation of a Sermon Series Bad Church Sign of the Week: Don’t Let Worries Kill You Storytellers: “All Things New” 2009 Bible Reading Plan Christmas Eve Service

The Difference Between Organization and Discipline

A couple of years ago, I read a line in a book called Big Idea by Dave Ferguson.  In this book, he lays out how his staff handles a logistical nightmare in how they plan.  The way their church organizes around one thought and gets so much accomplished requires a ton of work.  When I read it, I was a …

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