Travis Agnew Its 8:10. I am giving my final exam for RELI 101 at Lander. Don’t the students look so studious. They have worked so hard, they are all going to make A’s on this one. Well, maybe not everyone… It’s been an honor to teach this crew this semester. They have really thought through some sacred texts and ideas this semester. …
This Christmas season, please do not welcome your community in the following manner like this week’s church sign: “Think You Might Be Going to Hell? Skip Church on Christmas and Make Sure! Service 12/24 7:30 PM” Any church wants to see high attendance on Christmas, but maybe this method isn’t the best approach. Christmas is all about Jesus coming …
I have an important announcement to make: North Side has the best bricks in South Carolina. No, it’s true and it is official. Someone came to church on Sunday to hand us a nice framed award indicating that we have the best bricks in South Carolina. The Brick Industry (yes, there is such a thing) has annual awards that give …
Yesterday at North Side, we kicked off the Christmas season with a new series entitled, “The Perfect Gift.” In this series, we are focusing on each of the descriptions that Isaiah gave concerning the coming Messiah in Isaiah 9:6: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. …
This week’s book of the week is Thom Rainer’s Breakout Churches. Rainer, the president of Lifeway, used to be the dean for the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. In this book, he studied churches who were making the leap to doing great things. It is a great read with some great findings. Top 5 Ideas: Rainer’s …
I taught my final class for the Fall semester at Lander today. It has been a whirlwind of a semester. I haven’t posted a ton on the class, because honestly I have been so busy just preparing for the class! That’s why I was crushed to find out the other day that my lecture notes were lost when my computer …
I have been so blessed to hear so much positive feedback from “The Time is Now” CD. If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, you now have some extra possibilities: iTunes – You can now download your CD on iTunes. Amazon – You can order a hard copy in the mail or by the mp3s on Amazon’s site. NS Bookstore …
This week’s bad church sign states: “NO OFFERING PEACE ON EARTH” As we have now entered the Christmas season, this sign strikes me as hilarious. I suppose they are advertising two things: They are not taking an offering this week A Christmas message: Peace on Earth What it appears they are saying is that their church is not going to …
I wouldn’t say I took a vacation last week. I didn’t come to the church last week, but I worked my lil’ tooshy off. Monday and Tuesday, I worked on my doctoral assignments. By Tuesday night, I had completed: Chapter 2 of my dissertation and mailed it off Received approval for chapter 1 18 pages of chapter 3 completed …
I love it when Jeff thinks his message isn’t going to be any good and it comes out fantastic. He was worried about today’s message, but I thought it was great. His message on how to use our words to point people to Jesus was both helpful and practical. You can listen to it here. I think the whole “Sticks …
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