Now What?

The next leg of our Journey begins today.  God has given us an amazing new meeting facility in one of Spartanburg’s darkest communities.  Alcohol and drugs, crime, violence, homelessness, and hopelessness are the words often used when the name of our new community is mentioned.  Maybe…just maybe…that will change.  Where there is great darkness, there [...]

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Stepping Out of the Boat

I like the comfort of my boat.  In fact, I am rather attached to it.  There is a part of me that likes to feign agorraphobia so that I never have to leave.  Unfortunately, I seldom encounter God in the most powerful and meaningful ways while hanging out in my boat.  He seems to usually [...]

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Life in a Nutshell

The day we begin to put as much emphasis on and money into the making of disciples (converts) as we do the care and teaching of them, then our personal lives and our churches will be transformed.

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The Secret to Leadership

One of the great ironies of life is that only great followers make great leaders.  The truth is that there are few original ideas floating around these days.  Philosophies may have a different name or appearance to casual observers, but most of our perspectives on life have at one time or another belonged also to [...]

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Get Out of the Boat

“What are you doing today that you could not do apart from the power of God working in your life?”  That is the question posed by John Ortberg in his book entitled, “If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat.”  What a great question to ask ourselves on [...]

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Who Is Waiting on Who?

In hindsight, most of the time I have spent waiting on God was in reality, time that God spent waiting on me.  In many situations, all that was required for me to see God move was an act of faith on my part.  We often look for signs, wonders, and specific callings instead of boldly [...]

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The Real God

Spiritual growth is a process of adjusting our beliefs to accept God as he is.  We all have a set of beliefs formed from our experiences, our upbringing, our philosophy of life, and our self-centeredness that threatens to undermine our faith.  The image of God we have created must be replaced with truth if we [...]

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EXTREME MAKEOVER; Church Edition

What would God say about our church?  Have you ever been at a church where a Pastor expressed his passionate desire to know what God would say about the quality of his church’s faithfulness?  You ought to be.  In Revelation, we get to read exactly what God’s thoughts were toward 7 different churches.  From those [...]

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The Time is Now

Every moment we fail to invest in the next generation is a moment that someone else does.  Our young people are constantly connected to sources of influence.  The internet, cell phones, interactive games, MySpace, Facebook, text messaging, and chatrooms are just some of the ways young people stay connected to their peers and other influences [...]

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Stepping Out…

There are times in life when God reveals his will and asks us to follow.  There are also times when he asks us to follow and only then does he reveal his will.  Finally, there are times when he expects us to step out in faith in order for us to see where he is [...]

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