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I Can’t Believe They’re Doing That In Church . . .
October 15, 2009 1

On most Sundays, I like to have one element that will make people do a double take. The kind of thing that will make them say to themselves, “I can’t believe they’re doing that in church!”For example, our Fight Of Your Life series started with the band playing Survivor’s “Eye Of The Tiger” while clips Read the full article…

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Leadership
Better To Be Wrong . . .
October 14, 2009 1

I may be learning something in leadership. It’s better to be wrong than indecisive. That’s a tough idea to swallow, isn’t it? But as I chew on it (hopefully, to swallow it), I believe it be more and more accurate. If I make a wrong decision, the people I lead on the staff and in Read the full article…

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Preaching
Eureka Moments
October 13, 2009 1

In doing the early study for a Sunday message, I often encounter eureka moments. It could be something I read in a commentary. It could be something I scrawl on my notepad as I’m brainstorming around the passage or the subject. Or it could even be something that crosses my mind as I’m mowing the Read the full article…

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Good Shepherd; Spirituality
What Can’t Be Stolen
October 12, 2009 1

So my friend Chris Macedo was sick while trying to lead the music portion of our worship service yesterday. He had the remnants of the flu/bronchitis bug that has been ravaging Charlotte and Fort Mill recently. But he said the most interesting thing to the congregation as we began: “The bug has stolen my voice. Read the full article…

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Good Shepherd
11,000 Door Hangers Can’t Be Wrong
October 9, 2009 1

As you probably know, sermon series are important to us at Good Shepherd. It’s how we think and how we plan and how we pray. And we’ve done a lot of thinking and planning and praying over this new one: The Fight Of Your Life. The series is worthy of such effort because of its Read the full article…

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