Valuing Our Vision series #6: Empty Bleachers
message title: Empty Bleachers message text: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 message date: 07.25.10 Ownership matters. When I possess something as its owner I also possess the authority to determine the usage of that thing. This series will answer questions of ownership and management. It will look at the world, our lives, and our resources in light of the reality that God owns everything and →
Good Samaritans
Perhaps you heard the story of Wesley Autrey from a few years ago. Autrey, a 50 year old construction worker from New York City was standing on the subway platform with his two daughters who were heading downtown to see their mother when a man dropped to the platform floor from a seizure. Autrey quickly ran for the →
Valuing Our Vision series #2: Management Matters
message title: Management Matters message text: Matthew 25:14-30 message date: 06.06.10 Ownership matters. When I possess something as its owner I also possess the authority to determine the usage of that thing. This series will answer questions of ownership and management. It will look at the world, our lives, and our resources in light of the reality that God owns everything and therefore →
Cause for Excitement
This was my article for the church's monthly newsletter this month. I’ve been sitting here thinking about the summer months that lie ahead for MorningStar and I’ve got to tell you I’m just a little excited. Here’s why: 1) It looks very likely that we will be welcoming a new member to our pastoral staff sometime this summer to assume the role →
“a must read” series #1: introduction: a message from the Almighty
message title: Introduction: A Message from the Almighty message text: Revelation 1 message date: 03.07.10 These days it seems that everyone has a strategy, opinion, plan, or formula for how the church should look and operate. However, only one voice really matters, the voice of the one who gave His life for the church, Jesus Christ. The book of Revelation contains 7 letters →
50 forward series #3: Light
message title: Light message text: John 8:12, 9 message date: 01.17.10 In this 50th year of ministry for MorningStar Baptist Church we are celebrating the fact that Jesus Christ has been our all-sufficient source and solidifying this reality for the years to come. Jesus makes 7 sufficiency statements in the book of John. This second sufficiency statement asserts that spiritual seeing comes through →
missional series #2
message title: joy in the city message text: Acts 8:4-8 message date: 11.15.09 Our central mission as disciples of Jesus Christ is reproduction in others of what Jesus has produced in us. When we do this by taking Jesus into our city great joy follows.
Journeys & Destinations
This was originally written specifically for the church I pastor but thought is might be helpful for all of us. So I figured I'd share. I had the privilege of hiking through Clifton Gorge earlier this week. For those of you who have been there I’m sure you agree that it is a privilege, and with the foliage changing color it →
Counting the Cost
...which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Have we lost the fine art of counting the cost in our lives? I certainly don't believe we have lost the language of counting the cost. I hear it all the time from people, and →
Missionary Methodology
I have been intrigued lately by several studies I've been reading related to missions. What has intrigued me most is the more and more I think about my role as a pastor the more and more I realize that I am a missionary. When I began ministry a decade a half ago this wasn't nearly as true as it is →
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