Cross Purposes

27Feb08

“Jesus called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.”   Mark [...]

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Community at McDonalds

20Feb08

I sometimes stop at McDonalds and work on my sermon while sipping a coffee and eating a breakfast burrito.  I know that doesn’t sound real inspiring, but if we had a mountain nearby, I would go there for sermon prep.  For now McDonald’s will have to do.  As I was sipping and eating and working I paused and looked [...]

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Go and Bless People

10Feb08

 At the “One Thing” conference in San Antionio author Reggie McNeal challenged the church to shift from having an evangelism program to having a blessing strategy—just go out and bless people with acts of kindness.  Empower people to discover their passions and God’s call in their life and then use their gifts to bless people.  [...]

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Generous Offering

04Feb08

Adrienne Taylor (our financial administrator) was excited to tell me that the special offering for Pastor Santiago and his church in Puerto Cabezeas Nicaragua was $5,800 dollars. Thank you Peace Church for your response! With this offering Santiago and his church can rebuild the walls and put a roof back on the church destroyed by Hurricane Felix.  It will [...]

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