We are more than 12 hours into out 24 hours of prayer for tomorrow’s Nicodemus project as well as the message I am doing on the 22nd (The Woman at the Well). These are 2 naturally evangelical passages and I will be ‘going there!’ You can count on that! Read Full Story

Throughout the ages there has been a case of ‘Mistaken Identity.’ It’s fooled Christ followers into wrong responses time and time again. It’s done other harmful things as well… It’s caused a disease to continue on ‘unchecked.’ It’s caused the wrong individuals to take the fall. It’s sapped enthusiasm and passion from entire churches. It’s ‘puffed up’ the already arrogant. It’s driven the righteous undergrou... Read Full Story

The book of Numbers (in the Bible) finds finds a lot of people fighting back yawns as they attempt to trudge through it on their way through all 66 books of the Bible. If you made it through Leviticus, you’re sure to wither away in the wasteland of Numbers—they reason. Other slow going, thick and soupy books include, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Lamentations. Let’s face it, when it comes to Bible reading, most of us are sprinting toward the good stuff—heading for t... Read Full Story

As we continue our journey through the gospel of John at SCC—we will arrive (beginning THIS weekend) at the first of two of the most evangelical passages in all of scripture: The late night schooling of Nicodemus (ch. 3) The encounter with the ‘Woman at the Well (ch. 4).   The first would be the perfect time to invite all those friends (think, facebook), co-workers, neighbors and family who seem to have an endless stream of questions about God. The second would be the per... Read Full Story

This morning I challenged the men of Southbrook to consider something different for their sons this Christmas than the run of the mill stuff that will break or be discarded (whichever comes first) by January. I had them think about how it was that ‘Daniel’ from the Old Testament rose repeatedly to the highest places of leadership and honor when he seemed to have so many strikes against him. Read Full Story

So many thoughts floating around in my head. This could easily be a SERIES, but I will refrain and keep it short. Today was an all around great day! High turn out at Southbrook Weddington. I guess people were pretty interested in the subject matter. We’re going through the gospel of John, and today we talked about how Jesus turned water to wine. That lead to a hot topic question… ‘Can Christians drink alcohol?’ It amazes me how many times I’ve heard preachers ... Read Full Story

So many thoughts floating around in my head. This could easily be a SERIES, but I will refrain and keep it short. Today was an all around great day! High turn out at Southbrook Weddington. I guess people were pretty interested in the subject matter. We’re going through the gospel of John, and today we talked about how Jesus turned water to wine. That lead to a hot topic question… ‘Can Christians drink alcohol?’ It amazes me how many times I’ve heard preachers ... Read Full Story

Before you go off on this title thinking I’m being ‘snooty,’ consider some great leaders who subscribed whole heartedly to the law of the inner circle…   King David had some hand-picked men even among the mightiest of his mighty men. And, finally, there was his best friend, Jonathan General Robert E. Lee attributed most of the South’s early dominance to his trusted ‘inner circle’ of generals. Even great athletes in team sports usually have som... Read Full Story

For the last several weeks, I have been in the book of Acts for my morning quiet time. I’m nearing the end now—the part where the apostle Paul is taken by ship to Rome to stand trial before Caesar. And here’s what gives… Read Full Story

As we trek through the Gospel of John we arrive at some pretty interesting and controversial passages. This weekend is the first of them—Miracle numero uno for Jesus—water to wine. So many questions… So much fighting… Is it okay for a Christian to drink alcohol? Was it real wine Jesus turned the water into or Welches? <— That’s serious, believe it or not. Wasn’t the wine so watered down that it was basically grape juice anyway? Is one glass of... Read Full Story