Yesterday I blogged about having a platform before you have a message and the dangers associated with that. Well here is someone who has spent his life crafting a message. I have an enormous amount of respect for John Piper here is one of the powerful messages that God has allowed him to share with the church. […]
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I believe everyone has influence to some degree or another. Here is another thing I have been thinking about. It’s very easy in the social media age we live in to have a platform before you have a message. Here is my question: What are you going to say when people are listening. When God
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Every time I hear Martin Luther Kings message I am without fail moved every time. I am grateful for a country that is continuing to make strides to judge people by the content of their character not the color of their skin. Happy Martin Luther King day. Let freedom ring!
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Many of you may have come with questions What do I need to do to get more volunteers? What are some sure fire tried and true methods for keeping volunteers for the long term How do I get volunteers to come to my training meetings We all start in the wrong place sunday comes
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How to Communicate to kids. Communicating to to anyone especially kids is more of an art than a science. I remember teaching a lesson to the kids it was a small group of like 30 kids I was going for it I had props I was ready I was engaging a boy in the 3rd
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Here is a message I preached a few weeks back. It was from our series on Colossians. In the message I adress the supremacy of Christ in our marriage and in our families. Here are my notes and at the bottom of post is the link to the audio of my message. We are a product of our
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One of the things I have talked about many times on my blog is how I get frustrated by content that is produced that everyone will like. I believe that often times in trying to produce something everyone will like and everyone will buy you rob the gospel of it’s essence and it’s power. One of the things that
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One of the best things you can do with your kids is teach them how to work. The kicker is that teaching your kids how to work is far more work than actually doing the work yourself. You have to slow down involve them in the process and explain why the work you are doing
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I remember once doing an object lesson where I took a can of beef stew and removed the label and then cut a dog food label off of a dog food can and taped it to the can of beef stew. I opened the can of beef stew and started eating it. All the kids
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Research shows that 80% of people who make a new years resolution will break them. 60% or more don’t even make them because they know they are going to break them. People don’t make resolutions because they feel awful when they break them. People don’t want to feel bad so they avoid the things that make them
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