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)

The Pointe is the student ministry of our church, LifePointe. They had this crazy idea and decided to follow through with it. The results was awesome.They ordered some squeeze water bottles with their logo and website printed on them. They stuffed these bottles with various other things related to The Pointe and a Gospel of John. Friday night they all went to the local hangouts and gathering spots for the teens...

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...

As a church planter and pastor in a rural area, I'm always looking for resources that relate to our unique setting. Frankly, these are few and far between. Most of the resources are geared more toward an urban setting. While some principles are universal, the urban church and the rural church are, in many ways, totally different animals. When I saw the book Transforming Church in Rural America, I got my hands on it...

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)

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I've had several people ask me for a list of the Bible verses we've used so far during the Rooted series at LifePointe Church. I've made them into PDF files so you can look at them, download them, and print them. Here's links for the first three weeks. As we move through the series I'll have them here each week.Rooted: Week 1 - The Bible (click to download) Rooted: Week 2 - What is God Like? (click to...

With lots of young families and a holiday weekend, I was expecting our crowd to be slim. And we did have a lot of our regulars out but several new faces were there. All in all, we had a very good crowd. If we ever have everybody show up at one time, we're going to break records!Our band was on fire! The stage was full and they really brought it. The rain poured and the thunder rolled the entire service. The...