The sermon podcast for Sunday, October 9, 2011 is up on Asbury Church’s website. This is the second sermon in our series “The Unbaptized Arm.” This sermon deals with “The Unbaptized Life.” The text for this sermon is Matthew 6: 19-24. Also by clicking on these verses you can see my notes from the sermon as a note in the YouVersion online Bible. You can listen to it by clicking here, or you can listen to it here on this blog by clicking below. And, as always, you can subscribe to my sermon podcasts through iTunes.
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The Unbaptized Arm Podcast
The sermon podcast for Sunday, October 2, 2011 is up on Asbury Church’s website. This is the first sermon in our series “The Unbaptized Arm.” This sermon series will deal with the things that we withhold and keep from God. The texts for this message are John 3:16, Numbers 3:12, Malachi 3:8, Luke 21:1-4, 1 Corinthians 16:2, and 2 Corinthians 8:7. Also by clicking on these verses you can see my notes from the sermon as a note in the YouVersion online Bible. You can listen to it by clicking here, or you can listen to it here on this blog by clicking below. And, as always, you can subscribe to my sermon podcasts through iTunes.
Follow Me – Forgiveness Podcast
The sermon podcast for Sunday, September 25, 2011 is up on Asbury Church’s website. This is the last sermon in our series about discipleship and the transformed life entitled “Follow Me.” This deals with following Jesus to Forgiveness, starting with ourselves. In it we examine the life of Peter. We look at Isaiah 53: 3-6 and John 21:1-19. Also by clicking on these verses you can see my notes from the sermon as a note in the YouVersion online Bible. You can listen to it by clicking here, or you can listen to it here on this blog by clicking below. And, as always, you can subscribe to my sermon podcasts through iTunes.
Follow Me – Love Podcast
The sermon podcast for Sunday, September 18, 2011 is up on Asbury Church’s website. This is the next sermon in our series about discipleship and the transformed life entitled “Follow Me.” This deals with following Jesus to Love and we examine the life of John. We look at Luke 9: 51-56, 1 John 4: 7-11, and Romans 2:4. In these we see how following Jesus changed John. You can listen to it by clicking here, or you can listen to it here on this blog by clicking below. And, as always, you can subscribe to my sermon podcasts through iTunes.
Follow Me – Depth Podcast
The sermon podcast for Sunday, September 11, 2011 is up on Asbury Church’s website. This is the next sermon in our series about discipleship and the transformed life entitled “Follow Me.” It is about following Jesus to a life of depth and life found in Jesus Christ. The texts are Matthew 13:53-56, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, and James 1: 1-4. You can listen to it by clicking here, or you can listen to it here on this blog by clicking below. And, as always, you can subscribe to my sermon podcasts through iTunes.
BaseCamp 2011 Day Four
Today is the last day of BaseCamp 2011. It’s been a great week of service to the greater Pine Belt area.
We’ve seen yards get cut, bathrooms get fixed, children get loved on, and food given out. It’s been a real great week of being the hands and feet of Jesus. These youth have given of their time, their efforts and of all that they are to really make a difference in the lives of others.
And these last two years I’ve had the privilege of working with BaseCamp, that’s always my take away. You can make a difference. You really can.
That may be one of the most dangerous things that the world can do to us. It can make us believe that we can’t make a difference. That there is nothing that we can do. That it is hopeless. That there is no point in trying to change the world.
That there is no point in trying to change yourself.
I believe in the power of change. I believe in the power of God to change lives. To change the lives of the ones that we serve, and to change our on lives as well.
You can make a difference today. Each smile. Each warm word. Each offer to help someone. Each time you don’t respond in anger. Every little thing you do, you can make a difference.
And, today, God can make a difference in you. You can grow closer. You can be more like Him. You can feel His power and His life in you today. You can be changed.
Today, let’s go make a difference. Each of us, let’s go be the hands and feet of Jesus.
BaseCamp 2011 Day Three
Being at a camp like BaseCamp is kind of like being in the hospital. Or, I guess prison. What I mean by that this is. You eventually aren’t sure what day it is, and what exactly you have to do today, and what exactly did you do yesterday.
So, today is Day Three of BaseCamp 2011.
I was struck last night at I sat in the back of the building during worship that we as the church undervalue our youth. We have 150+ young people here this year. They are working. Hard. I mean, really working. I’ve not seen a lot of loafing around this week.
And they paid to do this. For some, this is their “youth trip.” How many of us would pay to come to Hattiesburg during June and work and sweat for people that we don’t even know. And did I mention that it is June in Mississippi?
And they are doing it, to show God’s love to folks.
So today, as an adult reading this (or a youth not here) this is my challenge to you. Show God’s love to someone in your life.
Get out of comfort zone.
Do something you wouldn’t normally do.
Be His hands and feet.
You can do it. He has lov
BaseCamp 2011 Day Two
There’s an old saying that we’ve all heard – physician heal thyself. I think for me as a pastor, it could be translated – preacher hear thy sermon!
I spent the last week in worship at Asbury talking about spiritual gifts and how none are greater than the others. All of our gifts are from God, all of our gifts are at work for the same purpose of strengthening the Body of Christ and helping that Body to represent Christ to the entire world. To love, to care, to serve, to pray for, to cry with, to, in short, be the body.
Each gift matters. Each gift is important. Each gift strengthens the whole of the church.
You have a gift. You are called. You need to be living out God’s calling on your life.
So, during BaseCamp I am part of what used to be called “Support,” which is now Critical Needs. Which, I keep calling Critical Access. And I forget what it’s called and call it support.
We make lunch for the other teams. We go get things. We fix things. We run water to people. We are busy, busy bees.
But we are behind the scenes. We aren’t that visible. Other teams are tearing down things. Or are working with kids. Or are witnessing to others about Jesus.
We went to Sam’s and bought lunch meat.
So, here’s what I’m doing. I’m listening to my sermon. We are also part of the body. Without this team, BaseCamp wouldn’t work. Without this team, people wouldn’t have lunch to eat or water to drink. Without this team, our Body would not be able to function.
Even through no one sees it.
Today, I’m going to be faithful to my task, and do what I can do to strengthen the body.
How about you? Today, serve where you are. Even if it’s not in the forefront. Even if it is in the background. Even if no one but God notices.
Because God notices. And He is proud of all service done in His name.
Today, no matter where you are, be faithful.
Puzzle Intro Podcast
The sermon podcast for Sunday, June 26, 2011 is up on Asbury Church’s website. This is the first sermon in our series about Spiritual Gifts – “Puzzle.” This an introductory sermon that deals with spiritual gifts and what it means for the Body of Christ. The text is 1 Corinthians 12: 4-6, 12-27. You can listen to it by clicking here, or you can listen to it here on this blog by clicking below. And, as always, you can subscribe to my sermon podcasts through iTunes.
Why Your Church Should Be on Facebook
This is the article I wrote for the Circuit Rider of the Mississippi Annual Conference about why your church should be using Facebook and other social media. You can download this article in a PDF format by clicking here.
You can also connect to me on Facebook here, follow me on Twitter here, and connect to Asbury Church here and follow us on Twitter here.
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