1st Week of Class

Well, I have gotten a lot of questions from friends and family about my first week of class teaching at Lander, and there is a good reason I haven’t been able to blog about it yet: because I was teaching my first class at Lander this week. This week was extremely crazy for a few …

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Book of the Week: Firefall

This week’s book of the week is Firefall written by Alvin Reid and Malcom McDow.  This book is a great commentary on the movement of the church over the last two centuries.  It highlights revivals that spread when God’s people sought his power to come and change their land. Top 5 Thoughts: “Revival is God’s …

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Partnership Priorities: Greatest Match

When a church is establishing a strategic partnership in the area of mission or ministry, how do you pick ’em?  With all the needs, how do you know which ones to get involved in?  The second priority is: Greatest Match What is the greatest match with our church’s giftedness? When ascertaining the greatest need, we …

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Partnership Priorities: Greatest Need

Continuing our discussion on our North Side mission strategy, I now want to indulge a little deeper.  Our mission strategy focuses on three things: personal evangelism, strategic partnerships, and cooperative program.  For the next few days, I want to explain how we prioritize our strategic partnerships: In addition to the task of personal evangelism, North …

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Week’s Rundown

This week is a busy week at North Side and at Lander, so here is a rundown of what is going on in my world: Worship CD – listening to worship CD today, possibly making some tweaks, and sending it off this week (woo hoo – go Anthony) AVL Extravaganza – Dave and I have …

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Crisis of Belief

Another great Sunday today.  We have one more week of Experiencing God after today, and this series has been huge in the life of our church.  Each week, I hear more and more of all that God has been doing in the lives of people at North Side.  People are truly living with their eyes …

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Healer

Pretty disappointed to read this article this week: KIM WHEATLEY, CHIEF REPORTER August 22, 2008 01:10am PASTOR Michael Guglielmucci has been told by church officials to report to police, who will investigate what has happened to money raised during his cancer deception. The Australian Christian Churches told The Advertiser yesterday that it was auditing Mr …

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Book of the Week: Evangelism: A Concise History

This book of the week is none other than John Mark Terry’s Evangelism: A Concise History. This book hits some of the greatest evangelists and the greatest evangelistic efforts since the beginning of the church.  It’s one of those books that gets you excited about what God has done and what we can anticipate him …

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Pretty Official

This picture makes me laugh. I guess this is pretty official – I’m teaching at Lander starting Tuesday!  How official, you say?  Well, I have: Gotten an ID card Gotten a faculty parking sticker Seen my classroom Tried out a presentation on it Met some faculty Got a textbook Printed off a syllabus Found the …

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Personal Evangelism Point #3: Invite

Third personal evangelism point: Invite that person to experience life with Christ. If all we do is pray for someone’s conversion and invest in them spiritually without sharing the gospel, we have missed the entire reasoning for the first two emphases. Evangelism does not take place without an adequate presentation of the gospel of Jesus …

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