Many of you have been following the news of Sherwood Pictures’ next film, Courageous. The talented crew that made such films as Fireproof and Facing the Giants is releasing a new film on the need for fathers to rise up. And I got a role in it. To be clear, they have not called upon my acting abilities. My face …
We had an absolute blast at the Worship Summit this weekend. I am still processing all that took place. Our team, North Side Worship, got to lead worship 4 times for a training event for worship leaders all over the state. I then taught 4 sessions (5 Things That Will Kill Your Worship Team, The Big Idea, Cookie Cutter Worship, …
Gear is packed, presentations ready, and our team is rowdy as we leave for the Worship Summit this afternoon. I was honored and humbled when our group was asked to lead worship and I was asked to do the training at a worship training event for the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Today and tomorrow, our North Side Worship group will …
That’s right – I’m sending you back to school! Maybe you won’t be able to enroll in seminary, but have you ever had a subject in Christianity that you wanted to go deeper in? Have you ever wanted to know more about a certain subject? Have you ever wanted questions clarified about a subject in our faith? If so, I …
North Side’s senior pastor, Jeff Lethco, does a lot of things well. Recently, he added authoring to his credits as he finished his first book, Before You Change a Thing. Book description: Church leaders today are being bombarded by a growing number of voices about how to lead effectively. Unfortunately, some things that need to be said aren’t being said …
My buddy at the South Carolina Baptist Convention office, Mark Powers, called about a month ago to ask a favor. He is the director or worship and music for the state. Each year, he puts on an event called the Worship Summit (click the link to sign up for the conference) which equips worship teams to go further in their ministry …
Passionate, honest day about being the church at North Side. 2nd week into our “5 Things That Will Kill This Church” series and we stated the 2nd thing that could kill this church: “Looking Out for #1.” When selfishness infests a church, it is a dangerous place to tread. Today, we worshiped to: Kingdom Come – Travis Agnew Marvelous Light …
What a fabulous day with the North Side family! We kicked off a new series called “5 Things That Will Kill This Church.” Today, we worshiped to: How Great Thou Art – Paul Baloche Let God Arise – North Side Worship (Tomlin) Center – Charlie Hall Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) – North Side Worship (Tomlin) Amazing to hear …
Last year, I wrote curriculum for LifeWay’s LifeTruths. The topic was called “I (Still) Do.” May has been the month it has been used by over 2000 churches for their Sunday School and Bible study curriculum! Pretty wild to think about. It has been so neat to hear from people that I know and even make some new friends through …
…submitting to one another in the fear of Christ. Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is head of the wife as also Christ is head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives should [submit] to their husbands in everything. –(Eph 5:21-24, …
Continuing on in the True[ish] series, North Side focused on “Jesus: More Than a Role Model” today. A time to celebrate the cross and remember Christ’s sacrifice through observing communion. Today, we worshiped to: Here I Am to Worship – Tim Hughes Amazing Grace – Chris Tomlin (NS Worship Version) In Christ Alone – Stuart Townend How Deep the Father’s …
Help for Haiti All of us have been devastated over the recent days with the images that have come across our screens. The chaos present in Haiti is overwhelming. As the church, we are called to meet those needs. There are many great organizations for you to give to in order to help, and we have been contacted by some …
Today was a celebratory day for me. School is forever complete! Here are the top 10 quotes from today’s festivities in no particular order: “Graduates of the Southern Seminary class of December 2009, if you aim to finish what you start in ministry, you will aim too low or finish what is not Christ’s.” -Dr. Al Mohler “The Christian ministry …
I am officially forever done with school. Friday morning I mailed off five copies of my 167 page doctoral project to be bound. Later that afternoon, I filled out the last bits of paperwork needed for graduation. The only thing I have left to do is walk across a stage and determine if Dr. Al Mohler is a hugger …
If you are reading this and you are a Lander BCM student, you probably have already received your letter in the mail. This letter was different than most mail you receive, this is a letter you sent to yourself. You wrote this on September 17th. I told you that I would give you about two months before putting it in …
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 …
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 …
“Sometimes I think when we are sick we are more concerned about healing than we are about the glory of God.” -Jeff Lethco That statement was taken from Jeff’s message today on “Do Baptists believe in healing?” as we continued through our “You Asked for It” series. Jeff did a great job going through the Scriptures. He showed that nowhere in …
This is a picture of my desktop: You may think, “That’s a lot of stuff.” In reality, it’s not enough. I have a LifeWay writing deadline today and I got to pick up the pace. I am writing curriculum for their “I (Still) Do” series to come out in May 2010. The learner guide deadline is today. The leader guide …
I had a blast going to Nashville and back this week. I have been asked to write for LifeWay’s Life Truths Adult Sunday School curriculum (what an honor – thanks guys). So Monday morning, I headed up to Nashville to the giant megaplex of One LifeWay Plaza, worked until 9:30, worked all day and night Tuesday, and headed out on …
One leadership principle that impacted me in a pivotal way in college was a message that I heard from Dr. Frank Page. Page spoke during a spiritual emphasis week at North Greenville University when I attended (the year was probably 2000 – I’m getting old). During one of his messages, he spoke about a leadership principle from an obscure Old Testament story. While …
This week’s book of the week is none other than Chuck Lawless’ Membership Matters. I read this book because he required it for my next class time with him. Dr. Lawless is the dean of my school, friend, mentor, and also an incredible writer. But I also read it because Jeff and I have been doing a lot of talking …
My family and I had a great time at the Harvestfest this Saturday night. I heard there was something like 3500 people there. Todd Agnew was great. David Little and his crew did a fantastic job putting it all on. Dave Wright and his crew did a marvelous job taking care the A to the V to the L. Wonderful …
Yesterday, I was so thrilled to be in attendance at the 2008 State of the University Speech at Lander University, Dr. Ball presiding. He spoke of where Lander is going, all the accomplishments of the last year, and some recognition of some special people. One such special person that was recognized was Scott Smith. Scott and his wife, Judy, have …
The time spent Wednesday and Thursday in class was unforgettable. My cohort was taught by Dr. Robert Coleman. If you don’t know that name, you should. Dr. Coleman has been a mentor of mine from afar since 2000. This week, I got to thank him for that face to face. Dr. Coleman wrote a book in 1963 entitled, The Master …
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 a lot of work before …
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