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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five U2 Songs (Reprise)
February 4, 2014 0

The rock world is buzzing with U2’s new song Invisible, released for free on iTunes on Super Bowl night.  You can read about it here. Do they take themselves too seriously?  Yes.  Does it sometimes take one transcendent song to rescue an otherwise mundane album (like the way Magnificent delivers No Line On The Horizon)?  Read the full article…

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A Sermon Closer
February 3, 2014 0

I was looking for a way to wrap up yesterday’s sermon called Scoreboard.  I was hoping for a compelling and personal way to remind people that “God’s not keeping score.  He’s saving a place.” And then I remembered a testimony one of my friends from our Men’s LifeGroup gave during a meeting.  He recalled an Read the full article…

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Defining Moments Week 5 — Scoreboard!
January 31, 2014 0

I am so grateful for Defining Moments. Which is ironic because I fought with it for the four weeks before it launched.  I’m glad the series won that fight. Because the concept connected. The fasting brought breakthrough. The “Sunday morning at the movies” tickets brought people in the door. The invitation brought them to faith. Read the full article…

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Best. Tattoo. Ever.
January 30, 2014 0

One of the many happy consequences of Stan Wawrinka winning last week’s Australian Open was the message contained in the tattoo on the inside of his left forearm. (Before I return to the tattoo, some other of the “many happy consequences” of his win include:  1) A one-handed backhand wins a Grand Slam event!  The first Read the full article…

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What Can You Blog About On A #Snowpocalypse Day?
January 29, 2014 0

Here’s what our city looks like today: So what in the world can a preacher blog about on a day like this in Charlotte? Of course, we’ve certainly got it better than Atlanta where my daughter’s commute home took five hours yesterday. Speaking of my daughter, she makes an appearance in this flash mob video.  Read the full article…

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