Special Christmas Greeting from the Agnews
The Agnew clan would like to wish you a Merry Christmas in a very special way. Click on the picture for our special greeting.
The Celebration
“Is Jesus Christ the light of your world?” Jeff asked that question over and over this morning at North Side. And it was the most important question that could be asked this morning. Months ago when we prayed and planned this service, we had a lot to think about. We know that the Sunday before Christmas and Easter Sunday are …
Churches Push ‘Advent Conspiracy’ to Teach Real Giving
Churches Push ‘Advent Conspiracy’ to Teach Real Giving By Nancy Haught Religion News Service Portland, Ore. — The Christmas contradiction gives Pastor Rick McKinley a headache. Americans will spend about $475 billion this year on gifts, decorations and parties that many won’t even remember next year. They will run themselves ragged — shopping, wrapping and celebrating. And some won’t pay …
The Ten Marks of a Flesh-Pleaser
The following article is from the late great Puritan pastor, Richard Baxter. I have read some of his works and thought these ten items were good for self-consdieration today: The Ten Marks Of A Flesh-Pleaser (Richard Baxter) By Richard Baxter The signs of a flesh-pleaser or sensualist are these: 1. When a man in his desire to please his appetite, …
Week 19
How your baby’s growing: Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces, and he measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the size of a large heirloom tomato. His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of his body now. His kidneys continue to make urine, and the hair on his scalp is …
The One Thing
Here’s another rough draft from Freshman 15, the book on which I am feverishly working. This comes from the first chapter, entitled “The One Thing.” Tell me what you think! When I browse through eBay, I often wonder how I shopped before this innovative website came into existence. Before eBay, where could I find a Mr. T t-shirt with the …
And His Name Shall Be…
(My previous post – down below this one – tells about how we found out about if we were getting a boy or a girl). Some of you might have already heard our name ideas for Baby Agnew. We had picked out some good boy names and some good girl names, but we were more constant about the name for …
Baby Agnew is a…
Today was the day that Amanda and I went for the ultrasound. We were really anxious this morning and woke up real early. I went and took Amanda to school so we could ride together. I’ll have to be honest – we were totally unbiased about whether or not it was a boy or a girl. There are so many …
Shane and Shane Coming to North Side
I wanted to tell you all about a great event coming North Side’s way – the Vision of You 2008 Tour stopping down in Greenwood, SC on Feb. 24 featuring Shane and Shane, Starfield, and David Nassar. The first time I heard Shane and Shane, I was blown away. I heard the beautiful words of Scripture so wonderfully accompanied by …
Operation Noah
I googled “North Side Baptist Greenwood” this morning, and I came across an article that I had forgotten that had been written about North Side a few months ago. This article is from the Baptist Press. Posted on Apr 3, 2007 | by Marilyn Stewart NEW ORLEANS (BP)–With a mission strategy of getting plugged into the world, Northside Baptist Church …
Social Drinking
I’m giving you another sneak peek into a rough draft of a chapter from the book I’m working on, Freshman 15. This snippet is from the chapter on social drinking: Since I became a Christian, adopted from my wretched state, I have had the absolute best conditions provided. I have received divine protection from the outside world, and I have …
Week 18
Wow. It’s already eighteen weeks along for Baby Agnew. It’s kinda hard to believe. Amanda has been doing spectacular. She is such a trooper, and she’s been doing great. She’s begun to feel some flips in her stomach down there. Whoever it is down there is starting to make his/her presence known for sure. Which brings me to a critical …
What Does Mitt Romney Really Believe?
Mitt Romney is in the news a whole lot these days. But besides being one of the frontrunners for the Republican nomination for President, he is also being scrutinized because of his beliefs. Romney is a Mormon. And I regularly hear someone say, “now Mormonism is the religion that believes…” Many Christians are confused if Mormons believe the same as …
The Incarnation
Today at North Side was week number two in our series, “Let There Be Light.” This week, we talked about the Incarnation. We talked about the darkness that we live in. We tried to drive home the fact that our sin has caused this world to be a dark place where the light of Christ is avoided. But when the …
Submerge Camp 08 Website Up and Running
The Submerge 08 website is officially up and running. You can go there at submergecamp.com. Submerge is a student camp that we help put on on Spring Break. This year (our fourth year) promises to be the best camp experience ever for Submerge. If you go over to the website, this is what you can expect: All the information about …
We Can’t Change Our Circumstances…
“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 …
Week 17
How your baby’s growing: Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and he’s around 5 inches long. He can move his joints, and his skeleton — until now rubbery cartilage — is starting to harden to bone. His sense of hearing is also developing. The umbilical cord, his lifeline to the placenta, is growing stronger …
The Situation
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 …
What’s Making Christians Upset Over The Golden Compass?
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 …
O, What’s a Church to Do?
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? …
Week 16
It is officially week 16 today. That means that Baby Agnew has been in the womb for four out of the nine months! We are getting there. We are about sixteen days away from finding out the sex of our baby and we are pretty stoked. I’ve got some great baby names picked out, but if you have any suggestions, …
Writing is Hard Work
I never thought it would be easy, but writing a book takes a whole bunch of work. I mean a whole lot. When I preach, I get one shot at it, and if I mess up, that’s the way it is going down in people’s memory bank. No reset button. The problem with writing is I can always spend more …
Nothing Separating
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 …
Consumerism Christmas Commences
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 …
What I’m Thankful For…
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Here’s a list of what I’m thankful for today: Jesus brought me too far just to leave me (He’s still working on me). The gift of the Holy Spirit – a guide like none other The promise of eternity – I get to be with Jesus forever with no more sin and no more tears The Word …
Week 15
How your baby’s growing: We’re going to find out if we are getting a boy or girl in a few weeks, but until then, here is what is happenning: Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She’s busy moving amniotic fluid …
Nothing Wasted
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 …
I’m Preaching on Sunday
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 …
Why 18-22 Year Olds Are Missing from Church
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 …
Hermeneutics for Kids?!
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 …
Bring Food…Just Not a Covered Dish
Just a reminder that North Side is having its Thanksgiving Dinner this Sunday at 5:30 pm at the YMCA. If you haven’t signed up, please sign up here so that we know how many to expect. It’s going to be a great night just because I love getting together with the whole family to thank God for all he has …
The Greed
Tonight at Fusion, we talked about how greed affects how we make a difference in the world. It’s hard to change the world if that takes finances that we are reluctant to give back to God. One of the main reasons college students and 20-somethings have a hard time giving financially is because they have gotten themselves in huge financial …
People Dissatisfied with Their Church
I was reading this week an interesting study done out at Willow Creek Community Church. Willow Creek is known for its role in the seeker sensitive movement. They are loved by some, hated by others, but regardless of one’s opinion on them, they have reached numerous people for Christ over the years of the church’s existence. Not only that, but …
Week 14
Amanda and I got to go to the doctor again today and got to hear Baby Agnew’s heartbeat again. That sucker was kicking just as fast as the last time! They found it a lot quicker than last time, and it was so neat because as she was searching, once she locked onto the sound, I recognized it so quickly. …
Final Hermeneutics Class
Tonight was our last Hermeneutics class for NSU. Sigh, lil’ tear. I had a great time with our class over the last six weeks. I felt like we attempted a pretty daunting task – looking and trying to learn how to interpret all the different genres of the Bible. It was my first time trying to teach all of this …
Nothing Condemning
Today was the second week in our Life Focus, “Thanks for Nothing,” where we focused on another great biblical thought that there is “Nothing Condemning.” In Romans 8, Paul gives us the great words that “there is now no longer any condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” I can’t think of a better biblical promise than that. So …
O Praise Him
We’re singing the Crowder song, “O Praise Him” at North Side on Sunday and I am really excited. I’m excited because I remember the first time I heard it. I put the new Passion CD in my CD player and almost had to pull over on the side of the road. There’s something special about a song here on earth …
The Apathy
We started a new series at Fusion this week, entitled, Waiting on the World to Change. The title is inspired by the great declarative song by John Mayer of the same title. Here are the lyrics to the song: me and all my friends we’re all misunderstood they say we stand for nothing and there’s no way we ever could …
I’m Afraid of the Old Testament
Session 5 of NSU was Sunday night in our Hermeneutics class. This week we dealt with the Law and the Prophets in the session: “I’m Afraid of the Old Testament.” Remember: the Law was given to show that it was impossible for them to keep it – even in the OT, people were desperate for grace and a Savior. The …
Baby Agnew Week 13
There is a lot going on with your baby this week. Your baby’s intestines are migrating from the umbilical cord into his or her abdomen. The villi are also forming in the intestines, and these help in peristaltic movements and digestion. The liver begins to secrete bile and the pancreas is even secreting insulin! All twenty teeth have formed and …
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