What a way to conclude the Elephant in the Pew series. Today, was such a powerful ending as we dealt with the issue of racism. Jeff’s message was spot on and very transparent dealing with such a sensitive subject. “I like to hang out with people who are like me.” Jeff used that line to really make me think today. …
2010 is only weeks away, and we are deep in the process of planning sermon series at North Side. I often have people ask how we decide on series, and I thought I could share a little behind the scenes look today. Elders’ Meeting – Elders join to pray, study, and brainstorm biblical concepts that need to be addressed in …
We are in official crunch time with Anthony over at Addeybug Studio right now. The North Side Worship team is cranking out some jingle bell rock to get this in your hands by Christmas time. Everything is coming together quite nicely. This is an ambitious endeavor. We have some full band tracks and then some acoustic tracks, and we have …
While Pure Life was great, there was simply too much to share. And I forgot to tell parents one of the best ways to keep their children pure in an impure world. Your home needs to be the home kid want to hang out at. You remember that home when you were a kid. It was the home that all …
What an unbelievable night at Pure Life. Words can’t even begin to describe. Praying all that was taught tonight was received and applied this very evening. After a great main session led by Craig Gross via video, we had some amazing breakout sessions. If you couldn’t come or didn’t get to all the breakout sessions you wanted to get to, …
What a powerful day – and it’s just getting started! Sunday morning services were very intense to say the least, and we still have Pure Life that starts at 5:00. Pornography is more accessible than ever, and it is tearing lives and homes apart. It creates a fantasy world and leads people to walk away from God’s standard for purity. …
Prov 6:25-32 25 Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes. 26 For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but an adulteress goes after [your] very life. 27 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? 28 Can a man walk on coals without scorching his …
Today I am sharing the second installment in our worship value #2: crediblity – leading with integrity. This lesson’s big idea: Worship leaders should direct but never distract. The job of the worship leader is to direct people’s attention towards God, not distract them from it. A worship leader has a tough balance of engaging the people without distracting them. …
As we continue this week on the topic of adultery, I wanted to share another concept with you. One of the best ways to avoid adultery is to focus on your spouse. Here goes: Many people think that the Bible is boring and so the equate God to be boring. Our culture envisions God as a fuddy-duddy in the sky …
I wanted to share some thoughts on this week’s elephant – adultery. Here goes: Matt 5:27-30 27 “You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery. 28 But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to …
Ben and I went to Catalyst 09 at the end of last week. Catalyst is a leadership event for church leaders. They get church and business leaders to share principles that can be implemented in ministry settings. The event is always a wow event as far as production and they always have great speakers and worship leaders. There was so …
11:48 AM TravisAgnew – All services were straight ridiculous today. 11:47 AM TravisAgnew – Wonderful message. Wonderful services. Wonderful God. 10:57 AM TravisAgnew – I can’t chase another woman and chase God at the same time. 10:56 AM TravisAgnew – 3. Health of the Relationship – if there is anger and bitterness and resentment in relationship, you don’t want to …
Last month, our worship team training focused on our first value: humility – leading with perspective. This month, we are focusing on #2: credibility – leading with integrity. If the first month focused on who God is, this second month is a focus on who we are as leaders. Credibility – leading with integrity Big Idea: If your reputation and …
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I’m back off of vacation. I love my job, but I have to admit: I loved a week of nothing but my bride and my boy. It was good for the soul. But now, I am back. I should be refreshed, but yesterday I decided to finally check my email, once 272 popped up at the bottom left corner in …
The Elephant in the Pew kicked off today at six different locations. What an amazing thought to think that preachers and churches all over the state were united in the topic today and battling the first elephant – the issue of overcoming addiction. Michael Osborne, chaplain of the Faith Home and our Celebrate Recovery director, gave a powerful message today …
This Saturday, I am so excited about Harvestfest. It’s an event hosted by the Lakelands Baptist Association that has tons of free food, great music, and a wonderful message. This year’s band, Soulstice, is going to do a fantastic job. I love what I have heard from them, and I love Micah (Hannah’s brother on the far left), so I’m …
Scripture: (Gen. 2:23-25) 23 And the man said: This one, at last, is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called woman, for she was taken from man. 24 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh. 25 Both the man and …
It is long overdue. I am very tired. It is vacation time. We are not going anywhere for the whole week. We are going to make some special trips and do some special things, but most importantly, I am going to enjoy this: I’ve scheduled some blog posts this week while I am away, so feel free to check back …
Today, we concluded the End of the World series. I woke up at 1 AM this morning not feeling quite right. I got sick around 7AM, thought I was OK, went to the church, realized I was not OK, and told Amanda that she had to take it and run. The church worshiped to: My Savior’s Love – Chris Tomlin …
Pure Life is coming your way in just a few weeks. This event has been on my heart for months, and I am so excited we are nearing it. The event will be held at North Side coinciding with the Elephant in the Pew series, but we also have groups from other churches joining us. Pastors and community leaders from …
“When I get to heaven, I’m going to ask…” (responses below submitted by my friends on Facebook) “Why were my parents not alive?” “Why couldn’t we stop bad people from doing bad things to children or others in this world?” “How did prayer work? Did our prayers actually work?” “Why did I get into that wreck on my way to …
I’m about 10 days removed from my 10-year high school reunion. Yeah, I’m getting old. We had the festivities last weekend. It was a three-event reunion: 1) Football game on Friday night against Dorman – we lost, 2) Buffet at the lake, and 3) hangout at Sports Break. OG and I attended 2 out of 3, you can take your …
With everything that happened this weekend, I haven’t had a chance to share with you the great time I had with Lander’s BCM group for the last two Thursday nights. The picture above is their leadership team for this year. I have never seen such a group with so much potential, enthusiasm, and commitment. If they keep it up and …
As All God’s Children started back up a few weeks ago, we mentioned in staff meeting the need to make sure we were careful driving in the parking lot. As parents drop off and pick up kids, sometimes people can get moving pretty quickly in the parking lot and not realize kids darting towards a van. We decided to get …
Very thankful to be able to worship with North Side today. God knew my weekend activities when I planned this service weeks ago, so I am so glad the ladies led in worship today. They did fantastic! Great voices, but great hearts that always lead people to the throne. Today, the ladies led us with these songs in worship: Sing …
It’s Friday morning. 5:30am. It’s go time. It’s time to defend my doctoral project to my doctoral committee at Southern Seminary. The Taurus is ready. Granola bar in hand, let’s do this thing. Schedule: 5:30am – Leave Greenwood 8:30am – Get gas, stretch the back in Jefferson City, TN 12:45pm – Get lunch in Louisville, get dressed in business attire …
This month’s core worship value: Humility – leading with perspective This week’s worship training one-liner: The cure for lethargic worship is a good memory. In Psalm 30, David expresses praise to God based upon his faithfulness in the past. What’s interesting about this psalm is that the title infers that this was written for the dedication of the temple. Only …
I can’t begin to sum up into words what happened last night at the Greenwood Community Theatre. Churches united under the umbrella of Emerald City Worship. I was asked by a man last week who would be delivering the message that night. I had a great response for him five minutes after that conversation. We would be offering the message. …
So excited to tell you that a new ministry website has been launched today: TheElephantInThePew.com. North Side is partnering with other ministries through the month of October to conduct a joint series confronting the sins present in the church that no one wants to talk about: addiction, adultery, pornography, and prejudice. From this site, you can see what ministries are …
That’s right. I’m calling you out, week. The week of Sept. 13-19, 2009, you are going to try to take me down, but you have been misinformed. Christ in me, the hope of glory. I will survive. The Holy Spirit lives in me, and I will not be shaken. If I do waver this week, no worries – I have …
In the second week of this new series, today’s services were about “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Confused).” This day was to help all of us who feel like we can’t figure out the details of Christ’s return. Today, we worshiped to (links send you to iTunes): Forever – Chris Tomlin Marvelous …
Gen 2:21-22 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. 22 Then the LORD God made the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. You’ve heard the expression, “they …
Humility – leading with perspective True worship isn’t supposed to lift us up, it is supposed to bring us facedown. As we are going through this series on end times at North Side, I wanted to focus on some worship passages from Revelation. So rich. In Revelation 4, the Apostle John sees a vision of heaven in which the 24 …
I waited a long time to post this because I wanted the situation to be far removed so no one could figure out who this happened with. But alas, I cannot contain it anymore… The Story My family and I were at a religious function recently. Mostly Christians were there, but the people weren’t all from the same local church. …
Happy Labor Day! Hopefully, you are like me and have a lack of plans today. We are hoping to enjoy our family and rest. While I am thankful for a day off, it reminded me of the need of a weekly rest. Back in March 2008, I preached a message on “The Rest of God” in our Balance series. The …
Today, we kicked off the new series, “It’s the End of the World As We Know It.” The services today addressed those of us who feel apathetic about the Second Coming. If we are so concerned with life today, it will be difficult for us to live with the end in mind. We must live life understanding that this ain’t …
es·cha·tol·o·gy (ěs’kə-tŏl’ə-jē) n. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment. That’s right – I liked eschatology before eschatology was cool. Eschatology is the study of …
I’ve been challenged as of late by a very wise and creative friend to hone my skills as a leader. One of the things he asked me this month was: “How do you help train and develop your worship team?” Hmmm. “Does it count that I took the people who recorded a worship CD last year to a Chris Tomlin concert?” …
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