The Notebook

Christianity is more than just something you believe. It is a lifestyle. That lifestyle involves three things:   1. I evaluate everything. I don’t just automatically buy into the world’s system. I read an ad, I see a tv show I don’t automatically say that must be true because ...

This week I was with thirty two people from around North America for training for the PowerPlant student mission experience that will take place in 2006. PowerPlant is a pre-packaged, weeklong mission experience for students. I met some great people from all over North America. Cities represented in...

I am at NAMB getting trained for PowerPlant. I will post on Thursday about this experience....

The Bible is full of stories illustrating God’s grace.  There’s the story of the Good Samaritan who helps the guy who’s stranded on the side of the road who’s helpless and there’s no way he could repay him.  There’s no way you could possibly repay God for what He has done for y...

The Bible says there’s only one way you’re going to get into heaven. It’s a gift from God. By God’s grace. You could never earn it, you could never learn it, you could never buy it, you could never work your way into it or deserve it or get enough brownie points or credits to […]...

Click here to download audio of today’s weblog Download 1018_podcast2.mp3 How do you go about bringing change in your organization or church? There are three ways to facilitate change. The first way is to destabilize the status quo. The second is to create reasons for change to occur, and the ...

To listen to a live stream of the sermon, "Planned For God’s Pleasure" go here and click the appropriate day to listen to http://www.podnova.com/more_directories/podfeednet/the_podfeednet_podcast_directory/religion/the_southern_scribe/ To download a mp3 file for CD burning or play on...

Click here to download audio of today’s weblogDownload 1014_podcast.mp3 Churches or any organization for that matter that neglect to sponsor exceptional leaders with loads of potential and move them through the organization are in danger of losing them through the back door. This could be very...

Click here to download audio of today’s weblog Download 1013_podcast.mp3 Last week I had began to write on mentoring and got sidetracked, so  I want to come back to it and finish off the week on this subject. America is probably the best and worst place to maintain an accountable relation...

What on Earth Are We Here For? Download 10-9-2005.mp3...