“We can’t change our circumstances, but God can use our circumstances to change us.” That line was the Big Idea for a message I preached a few Sundays ago at North Side on nothing wasted. I was so encouraged to hear that our study in the passage of Romans 8:28 was able to help so many people out. I remember …
You can’t really appreciate the light until you fully comprehend the darkness. There are warning labels on just about everything. Jeff had a bag full of items with warning labels on them. Everyone is warning us about something, but no one is saying a word about the most dangerous thing out there. CNN won’t talk about it. Schools won’t educate …
The Golden Compass is a children’s movie that is coming to theatres on December 7th. The following post is not a PR statement on whether or not to watch the movie. You will have to decide if you want to financially support the movie. This is not a political post trying to sway you on whether or not the movie …
What would happen to Greenwood tomorrow morning if North Side Baptist Church ceased to be? What would take place in our community if our church’s presence in the community completely vanished? Would it be tragic or even noticeable? Would people miss a building or would they miss a movement? Would they realize only the numbers missed versus the lives transformed? …
In our Thanks for Nothing series, we concluded today with “Nothing Separating.” We’ve learned some amazing things from God’s Word in the past few weeks, and today was no exception. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. I love it when Jeff asked the question: “are you saved?” and made it so simple. There are five steps in …
Amanda and I probably got 87.7% of our Christmas gifts bought today! And what’s even more amazing is that we never left Greenwood! I know – it is unheard of but tis true. It was fun and not too crazy, but we had our budget, and we started working down the list and we were pretty happy with all that …
In today’s service, we focused on the fact that with Jesus, nothing is wasted. No hurt, no circumstance, no pain, no insult, no distress, no disaster, and no devastation is wasted for those who love God and who are called according to his purpose (Rom. 8:28). In some amazing way, only Jesus is able to take our hurts and pains …
Jeff is on vacation in Texas, and so I am preaching at North Side on Sunday. I love sharing God’s Word with people . I love our church. And I love this series that we are currently going through at North Side, “Thanks for Nothing.” The last two weeks have been on “Nothing Required” and “Nothing Separating.” Tomorrow, I am …
Most churches look around on a Sunday morning and count who is in attendance. But how many churches look around to notice who is not represented there? How many church members look at the age brackets of their church and become worried? If you haven’t looked around lately, it’s time that you did. 18-22 year olds are missing from most …
I am currently working on another degree through Southern Seminary. Southern’s president is Dr. Al Mohler who you may have seen debating it up on the Larry King Live show or other talk shows. He is a brillant man and also has a blog that he updates everyday. Today’s entry is a great read for our Hermeneutics Class since we …