Jeff's Musings

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...

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 […...

Yesterday in sunny Tampa, a new church launched with 174 people! My friends, Steve and Janie Sjogren left Cincinnati last fall to move to Tampa to start Coastland Tampa. God’s hand has been on Steve and Janie throughout the years as Steve was the founding pastor of the Vineyard Church in Cincy...

No it’s not the Atomic bomb or the Hydrogen bomb, but the tongue bomb. We’re quick to avoid murder, stealing, and drunkenness, but we often assassinate other people and leave destruction in our wake by the way we use our tongues. Husbands have stabbed their wives with words that are as sharp as ...