Last weekend, I had someone preach the Sunday message at LifePointe Church for me. Meanwhile I was off on an adventure, spending 72 hours with a bunch of other guys holed up away from civilization and technology. We were all participating in The Walk to Emmaus.My Walk to Emmaus was one of my most meaningful times with Jesus in many years, maybe ever. I can say that I truly had a weekend with my Lord. I was able...

Rob Westbrook Church Planter and Pastor LifePointe Church, Amory, Mississippi www.robwestbrook.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RobWestbrook Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from RobWestbrook.com

Somehow I stumbled across an article a local paper published after interviewing me about an African mission trip. Thought I'd share it and also give myself a link to the article to preserve the link. The interview was done after my first Africa visit, in 2005. The link is below. Enterprise Journal: Africa Mission Trip Posted via email from RobWestbrook.com

For the past several months I have been on a reading binge. I've had a least two books going continuously since the beginning of the year. And I've read a bunch of really good ones, all recently published and released. But last week I started on a classic I'd never read before: Shadow of the Almighty, by Elisabeth Elliot. I was blown away. Of course I'd heard the quote most attributed to Jim Elliot: He is no...

Last Sunday, for our Rooted sermon series, the topics were Baptism and Communion. Although I only used a few Bible verses, I want to make them available to you. Click on the link below and the page will open up. You can save the page and print it out, if you like. The file is in .pdf format.Rooted 6 Scriptures: Baptism and Communion (click to view)

Here's the Scriptures used during the sermon Rooted: Part 9 - The Resurrection. Read them share them, or print them out. The document is in pdf format. Download now or preview on posterous Rooted_9_Scriptures.pdf (22 KB) Posted via email from RobWestbrook.com

We had another good installment of our sermon series today: Rooted. The topic was "Who is Jesus Christ?" Again, a lot of Scripture was used. If you'd like a copy of all the Bible passages used during the sermon, you can click the link below to download or print. The file is in .pdf format.Rooted 8 Scriptures: Jesus Christ (click to view)

I've had a hectic but very, very good week so far. The Pointe is our student ministry at LifePointe Church. This week our youth leadership put together a Summer Camp for The Pointe. We've been at Camp Armstrong, a very nice camp in the Union Co., Mississippi hills. God has awesomely moved at the camp. For myself, I've worshipped the King like I haven't in some time. We had great speakers: Troy Comer ( @TroyComer56...