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Saved by grace. Servant by calling. Husband of Paula. Father of Linley Beth. Lead Pastor of The Point Community.

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Archive for January, 2008

Acts 29 Chicago

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Day 2 of the Acts 29 Bootcamp and CoachNet training at Trinirty Evangelical Seminary has come to an end. It’s all incredibly good stuff. The CoachNet training is invaluable to me as a pastor. I am excited to get back home and implement some of the principles with my team of leaders. I will write [...]

My Favorite Spurgeon Quote

Friday, January 25th, 2008

“I must content myself with following my Lord, who made himself of no reputation to go after out of the way sinners in an out of the way fashion. I would sooner do violence to pulpit decorum and break through pulpit decency than not to break through hard hearts.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
 
I once said that I [...]

Today Is My Birthday

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Yes, today is my birthday. My mother was 38 years old when I was born, and I am 38 today. My parents had not planned to have another child, after having two girls they were ‘done’. I was an unplanned pregnancy. So I wonder what if my mother and father had determined that since mom was ’older’ [...]

Rambling thoughts

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

You’ll just have to forgive me. It’s already been a crazy busy week (2 days in), so my mind is full of lists. Here is a sampling…

Sunday was yet another awesome day at The Point! 
I am preparing for the Acts 29 Bootcamp in Chicago. I’ll be serving as an assessor and being trained for Coaching [...]

Gettin’ Happy

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Early in 2007 I mentioned a study that I had read which stated that one of the most unchurched areas of the country was actually located in a six-county area of East Kentucky. It was difficult to believe that within a two hour drive from Frankfort was that kind of an unreached people group. I [...]

Random Linkage

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Interesting perspective on Huckabee as a Presidential candidate.
Behold The Lamb Of God at The Point made it onto YouTube…watch it here.
Al Mohler to be nominated as SBC President. He’ll need to do something about this.
Resolutions that merit being resolute about. I have read these each January now for several years.
Looking forward to this book, and [...]