It's almost here. After three weeks of hell, a focus on the high water part. I promise you that it will be unlike any other Sunday we've ever had at Good Shepherd. The water has been warmed, the towels are ready, and the Holy Spirit has already shown up. Now he's just...
This story was in a recent edition of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Insider It was a kind of classroom that Heidi Phillips hadn't seen before. There were no walls or ceilings. School ended at noon. Dogs roamed the classroom. If it rained, the room got wet....
In the book of Judges, the story of Deborah (Judges 4 & 5) breaks one stereotype after another: Deborah is a woman in ancient times who leads, ill-equipped Israel somehow vanquishes iron-clad Canaan, and the mighty Canaanite commander Sisera proves himself to be...
On the day after #Eclipse2017, how could I do any except pay brief tribute to a band with a song called Sisters Of The Moon? For the sake of clarity: when Fleetwood Mac had its peak popularity with its Rumours album, I was hesitant to like it very much for fear it...
Yesterday's message ... Was an example of "biblical theology" in that it took a tour of several places in the biblical library; Suggested that perhaps we shouldn't ask, "who goes to hell?" but instead, gulp, "who DOESN'T?" Landed at this bottom line in answering "who...
So far in Hell Or High Water, we've seen that . . . Hell is that awful, final, forever realm in which too late comes too early (that's the WHAT); and The well-deserved wrath of God will stand forever in vivid contrast to the undeserved favor of God (that's the...
Here I am with Danny Miller, pastor of Bethesda United Methodist Church near Lexington, NC. I spent the last four nights preaching at Bethesda's annual Revival Series. Along the way, I gave the people a sneak preview of material from Crash Test Dummies and...
Yep. It's new. Some new photos, easier navigation, ministry highlights, books, more books, and soon a place to access recent messages from Good Shepherd. We wanted to update it in preparation for the September release of Crash Test Dummies. It looks something like...
I spent Friday morning tooling around the PGA Championships with both my wife Julie and my father-in-law Ted. It’s an annual tradition, developed first at the Wachovia, then at the Quail Hollow, and ultimately at the Wells Fargo. This year, of course, "the"...
Week 2 of Hell Or High Water. Whew! Recognizing that our status as relatively comfortable Christians makes us ask very different questions than the persecuted believers asked in Thessalonica, the message landed here: The well-deserved wrath of God will stand forever...