North Side U is starting this Sunday, and I’m so excited about the class that I am teaching: Hermeneutics. Don’t let the big word scare you, it’s about reading the Bible for all its worth. I mean it can’t be hard if I’m using stick people to teach it. Have you ever read a passage …
As I am continuing my week at seminary, I must say that this has been a busy week. After working through how to format my dissertation for a few days, we have now been in class talking about the history of our country’s revivals. At night, I change poopy diapers and try to get as …
Yesterday’s quote of the day in class: “When revival comes, will you be the person leading it, or will you be the person needing it?” -Dr. Timothy Beougher Think about it. Deep question. If God was to move mightily in your city, would you be the one who was on your knees praying for it …
Being away from North Side was a bit different today. I can’t remember the last time I “went to church” without serving. I showed up at a place. I parked in a visitor’s spot. And I had to go to the help desk for info. Very different, but I learned a ton. We went to …
Best line of my week thus far at seminary was from Dr. Chuck Lawless yesterday morning: “If you were God, would you call yourself?” He had just read Eph. 4:1 and told us to think about living a life worthy of our calling. He said that, as ministers, sometimes we have gotten comfortable with the …
The family and I are in Louisville for the next 10 days as I take a class up at seminary. I am working on another degree through the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth and this is one of the segments I have to be up at school. We have to do …
We got to celebrate fathers today at North Side in a fun way. At the 11:15 Obie, Cory, Cory’s son, Nate, and me started the festivities with some Father’s Day Superlatives. We couldn’t select any winners for the “Loudest Snoring Dad” award because there were too many people pointing fingers at the fathers in the …
Today is our wedding anniversary. Amanda and I have been married for four years and counting! In some ways it has flown by and in some ways it seems like I can’t remember what it was like before we were married. Not that its been drudgery in any way, it just seems so right and …
As we are becoming engulfed in the summer months, our staff is also doing a whole lot of tweaking and long-term planning in the last two weeks. Someone asked me yesterday, “Is summer easier or harder on a church staff? Which is more busy?” I had to answer, “yes.” You see, they are two different …
Continuing on in our series, Waiting on the World to Change, our church studied what it meant to do in the area of “Practical Service” today. When it comes to mission work, I think the church (universal) has always fallen on one of two ends of the spectrum (this is the case in almost everything …