C3M Men’s Boot Camp

A few months back I had the privilege of sitting with a few other pastors talking with Tom Nelson of Denton Bible Church.  I had heard about his discipleship program for young men before, but did not know much of ...
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Recovering from Intellectual Flabbiness

Church planting is a lot of fun, but also a lot of hard work. It is very easy to get wrapped up in doing things 'for' God and forfeit quality time for knowing God. It has been almost 2.5 years ...
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29 Coffee Interview with CP4US.org

My good friend Dustin Neeley from cp4us.org interviewed me about 29 Coffee while we were at the Acts 29 Pastor's Retreat in Vail last June. Check it out! ...
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Rethinking Corporate Worship

Over the last several years, I have been thinking a lot about the modern 'worship movement' that is taking place in the Church today and the emphasis on personal worship. There is such a huge emphasis on worship style, methods, ...
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29 Coffee: Drink Coffee. Plant Churches.

Church planting is one of the greatest ways to evangelize an area, and by God’s grace we are seeing many new churches planted each year in the US. However, one of the common barriers to planting new churches is the ...
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Scan Directly to Evernote Without a Compatible Scanner

I know this post will be way out of order for my Evernote series, but I am way too excited to not share! There is a way to utilize a 'non-supported' scanner to scan directly into Evernote on a Mac ...
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Evernote: Best App 2011

Until recently, I would have never thought that one application (app) could change how I do things so profoundly on my computer, iPhone, etc.  However, Evernote has proved to be, in many ways, the missing link to my quest for ...
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I Want to MARRY Hyperbolic Statements

Jesus utilized hyperboles to emphasize a point. I love hyperbole.Dictionary.com defines Hyperbole as:obvious and intentional exaggeration;an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literallyLast night, I went to the local store (think large, massive, discounted, and ...
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Mission Possible: Bible Reading

I'm a pastor, so that means I'm paid to read the Bible, right? Well, sort of, but more importantly, I'm a follower of Jesus, so I need to read the Bible in order to know Him more. I know and ...
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Broken Systems

A few weeks ago I walked into the school where our church meets and things were slightly chaotic. This is to be expected in a church plant, for sure. However, things had been going so well, that I thought that ...
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