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Love Kids? Interested in Church Planting? Take a Peek

Children and Messes

At Grace Hills, a new church in northwest Arkansas, we're going to be investing heavily into kids. After all, Jesus certainly did. He loved them, cherished them, and ultimately died for them. We believe serving kids well and helping parents to … Keep Reading »

Throw Off the Leisure Suit: Get Unstuck!

Hang Up the Leisure Suit: Get Unstuck

Tony Morgan has released some pretty great books, many of which are available as free ebooks (which are actually books, but with an "e"). He's just released a new follow-up book and it's well worth checking out. Here's his description: The first … Keep Reading »

Ir-rev-rend: Christianity Without the Pretense

Ir-rev-rend

Pastor Rick Warren has often said that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and an ounce of pretense is worth a pound of manure." Fake faith is a pet peeve of mine, and it is certainly an issue God addresses rather directly in Scripture. … Keep Reading »

Think Bigger

BIG

You know what my problem is? I think too small. Every time I expect big things from God, He surprises me with more, which is both a delight as well as a shame. I need to think bigger! In a recent ten-minute message I gave at a church planting … Keep Reading »

Chuck Swindoll: Serve God By Serving People

Chuck Swindoll

Men like Chuck Swindoll have a way of articulating profound truths in rather simple statements. In my own mind, I've struggled to figure out how to get the idea across that we need to serve people in order to serve God. In today's insight for living … Keep Reading »

My Church Planting Model Is Better Than Yours

Harvest

Not really. Or at least I'm not sure. Church planting is a hot topic right now in western Christianity, and it needs to be with the spiritual condition of North America and western Europe. And when anything is a hot topic, it creates … Keep Reading »

Go, Disturb Your City

Disturb Your City

Two thousand years ago, the good news of Jesus Christ had a tendency to upset entire social structures, flipping society upside down and leveling the playing field so that people from any position in life could have a restored relationship with God … Keep Reading »

You Need to Know Steven Fogg

Steven Fogg

I'm reviving an old practice of using Friday's to point out leaders I believe you should be learning from. Today, I want to point you to Steven Fogg. Steven and I had communicated for a couple of years over the web about design, communication, and … Keep Reading »

A Church In a Movie Theater: Grace Hills

Malco Theater in Rogers

It looks as though we'll be launching Grace Hills' weekly public worship services in a movie theater - Malco Rogers Towne Cinema to be exact. And I must say, I'm very excited about the opportunity ahead! We will have three auditoriums: a 149-seat … Keep Reading »

The Saddleback Network Includes Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan Community Church

The church we are planting, Grace Hills, is part of the Saddleback Network, a new, still-forming initiative to cover the earth with purpose driven churches. Today, there are four of us in the network. Peter Dupre is planting Revive Community Church … Keep Reading »