I know I usually call this the “Sunday Night Brain Dump” but after what we experienced today at Five Stones that title just didn’t seem fitting. What an Extravagant God that we serve. One that pours out His Extravagant love and blessings upon His people and His church just because He loves us. I hope [...]
This article was written over 40 years ago about the need for Godly prepared men filling our pulpits and leading our churches. It was about a need to hear a Word from God on Sunday and not just filler. Convicting.
My good friend Larry Grays had this posted on his blog. http://larrygrays.blogspot.com
FLOYD DOUD SHAFER Christianity Today, [...]
For those that took the Awakening 21 Day Challenge you are now 6 days into the fast. I am so proud of you for hanging in their the first 7 days are always the hardest. I have had so many people ask me why our church is doing a 21 day fast so I thought [...]
All I can say is that God is doing some great things at Five Stones and today was no exception. There is a business concept called the Flywheel that applies to all organizations coined by Jim Collins in his book “Good to Great.” In his book, Jim describes the flywheel as a “massive metal disk [...]
After having some time off it was good to be back at Five Stones today. To be honest our staff and volunteers were exhausted after the close of the Christmas Eve Service. Tons of great things taking place today at Five Stones. Thought we had a great turn out to start our new series “Choices” [...]
In my last post I threw out a double dog dare for people to join me in reading scripture this year. To be honest I wasn’t expecting what happened next. God threw me a double dog dare and spoke to my heart about joining the Awakening 21 Day Fast. If you know me well then [...]
Looking to shake up your spiritual routine a bit or maybe just looking to begin one? Let me double dog dare you to join me this year as I commit to dig into the Bible and journal what God says to me. I am going to use the Wayne Cordeiro scripture reading plan called Life [...]
Last night without a doubt was the most authentic and special Christmas Eve Service that I have ever experienced as a Christ Follower. Because of that I personally needed to write down what I experienced so I would not forget all that God did in my life and in the life of our new church.
Thankful [...]
I was giving the opportunity by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group to review Mark Batterson’s new book “Primal” before it hit the stores. Over the past ten years no other book has changed my life like “In A Pit with A Lion on A Snowy Day” by Mark Batterson. So to say that I jumped at [...]
So many great things have been happening at Five Stones that its just hard to pick a place to begin. This was one of the weeks as a Pastor in which God just showed me so many new truths that I have never seen before in His Word. Today I spoke on the Dark [...]
Every year I get asked about what new technology or apps that I am using in ministry or in my personal life. Here is a quick list of some of the things that I use and love. Hope this helps
Evernote: Basically Evernote is my second brain. I literally use evernote everyday. Evernote makes it easy [...]
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