The Notebook

We held the second Easter service in the history Bridge Church with 191 people who gathered to celebrate the resurrected King. That number was with about 45 of our regulars gone. Last year for our first Easter there were 80 people who showed up. God continues to do amazing things in Perry, OH throug...

Sunday, April 20th is the Official iPhone Pastor Appreciation Day. It is on this day that someone in the congregation should buy their pastor(s) the 16 GB Apple iPhone and two year service plan from AT&T and present it to them for a job well done. Actually I am starting this movement with this ...

Origin of Easter – A Christian Commemoration The origin of Easter, a holiday associated with the observance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is actually based on an ancient pagan celebration. Christians recognize this day as commemorating the culminating event of their faith, but like so m...

Do you remember the scene in the third Indiana Jones movie where he went through all those traps in order to save his father? The last trap he encountered happened as he came up to the edge of a cliff. He has a deep chasm in front of him, and he is told to take […]...

How do you worship God Monday through Saturday? Or, is worship confined to Sunday when you walk through the church doors? God tells us, “here’s what you’re supposed to do in life: you’re supposed to learn to love Me back, because I made you to love you and I know you. And I want you [&he...

I have been in Mississippi for the past five days speaking to churches and groups about Bridge Church at Perry. I enjoyed wonderful Southern hospitality, catfish and warm weather. My host for the time I was there was Carl Myers, Area Director of Missions for Pearl River Baptist Association. The folk...

You and I are engaged in a real battle, one of cosmic proportions. We know we are facing a real opponent because this world bears the bloody, painful scars of this conflict: war among nations, shattered lives, broken homes, suicide, rape, abuse, and immorality of every kind. My goal is to help you s...

The Bible teaches that there are two possible births and two possible deaths. Everyone experiences the first birth – the natural birth. Some experience the second birth – the spiritual rebirth. When the Scriptures speak of the first death they are referring to physical death. Unless Je...

For all of you 24 fans, we will not get to see what is happening in Jack Bauer-land until 2009! The cruel realization first came to me when the 24 season premiere widget on Matt’s MacBook Pro went from 23 days to 324 day recently. Could this be a mistake? It was not to be. […]...

I used to blog every day back in the good ‘ol days under the name The Southern Scribe. As a matter of fact I got into podcasting for awhile adding all the cool intros and such with Garage Band. That was before I so innocently entered the world of church launching in 2006. Starting a […...