So I've been thinking about the book of Revelation so much recently that I came up with a list.Top Five Misconceptions About The Book Of Revelation1. That it is "The Book Of Revelations." There is no such thing as the book of Revelations. It's Revelation, singular.2....
Some pretty interesting things happened during our second Sunday of the NUMB3RS series yesterday.James-Michael Smith's video intro was classic. Take a look:It's hard not to be inspired to preach well after that. Except at the 8:30 service I struggled. As a lot of you...
I love what we're doing with the NUMB3RS series. Taking a look at Revelation in this way has started so much conversation around the church and the community.This week, we're looking at the number 666 from Revelation 13:18. You're going to hear some really crazy...
One day last week, I took a quick look in the mirror as I was getting ready to brush my teeth and I saw . . . my dad.Now I don't look a lot like my dad and he and I had very different body types, but there was something in the angle of my chin and the expression on my...
I have a friend at our church named Nolan. About a year ago he came to one of our healing services. These are bi-monthly gatherings where we play reflective music and then invite people to be anointed with oil and receive prayer for healing of body, mind, and...
We began NUMB3RS yesterday with the teaching that "Revelation is a letter. It's a letter to churches."We wanted to begin there because it prevents so much mis-reading of the book. Think about it: have you ever gotten a personal letter written by someone you know and...
I spent Friday morning tooling around the Wachovia with both my wife Julie and my father-in-law Ted. It's an annual tradition. Walking around Quail Hollow is a yearly exercise in seeing how the other half lives.Some idle thoughts:No cell phones allowed. How cool is...
It's finally here.Well, yeah, my blog, but that's not the big thing.The big thing is that NUMB3RS is finally here. It's a message series from the book of Revelation that I've wanted to do for a long time now.Because I'll be honest: the ways that Revelation gets used...