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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five “Surprises” From New People At Good Shepherd
February 11, 2014 0

On Sunday night, I wrapped up Next Steps, a four week membership exploration class at Good Shepherd. It was a large group of people — attendance hovered around 50 people or so — who came from a variety of religious and non-religious backgrounds. At various points in the class, we discussed what about our church Read the full article…

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Anatomy Of A Sermon
February 10, 2014 0

As some of you know, I’ve been looking forward to the launch of The Shadow Of A Doubt for a long time.  And I had special anticipation for the first message in the series, “Believe It And Not.”  I loved the story in question — Mark 9:14-27.  I believe it contains one of the greatest Read the full article…

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The Shadow Of A Doubt Launch — Believe It And Not
February 7, 2014 0

I am really looking forward to this new series The Shadow Of A Doubt. I like the series title. I like the series graphics. I like the way it follows up on Defining Moments. I like the worship art that we have supporting the sermons. I like the title of this week’s sermon:  Believe It Read the full article…

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An Evening With A Dozen Teenagers
February 6, 2014 0

I spent a couple of hours last evening with a remarkable collection of teenagers. They were part of our HalfWay House ministry, which meets at the Zoar Road Outreach Center each Wednesday night. Under the expert leadership of Devin Tharp, the students opened Scripture, re-discovered their identity in Christ, and shared in small groups which Read the full article…

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From An Evangelical Church To An Evangelistic One
February 5, 2014 2

Good Shepherd has always been an evangelical church. By that I mean that from its inception, the church has taken a strong stand on the core doctrines of Christianity’s good news (that’s literally was the evangel is — good news) such as: * the divinity of Christ, * the inspiration of the Scriptures,* the reality of heaven and Read the full article…

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