Today was a tough and bittersweet day at LifePointe. We had a wonderful service but was tempered by a bit of down news. Today was the last day our present band played for us on a regular basis. For the past 8-10 months several members of our band have played at two churches, all on Sunday morning. They sacrificed their time to help us have the best worship music we could provide. We're thankful God brought alone...

LifePointe Church had a fantastic day today. We're still down a bit in attendance, but baseball and softball are about to wrap up. So when everyone gets back we're going to be pressed for room. A great problem to have. Bob, our worship leader, was out today. This left James to lead the worship. Today was his first go at it and I have to say he did a great job! With Drew on drums, there were four young ladies...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...