“the Mountain” – Sermon Audio
preached at Mountaintop Community Church, Sunday, September 24, 11:00am Service the Mountain | MP3 Audio | 52:09 | 11.9Mb
Principles for Pastoral Success
Dr. Erwin Lutzer is a renowned author, the Senior Pastor of The Moody Church in Chicago, and the featured speaker on â??The Moody Church Hourâ? and the popular evening program â??Songs in the Night.â? He writes . . . â??Ministry is a challenge. How should your time be spent when there is an endless array [...]
Failure to Launch
Had the opportunity to preach in Services this weekend in our Pastor’s absence. It was not under the best circumstances though, having been violently ill all week and unable to study/prepare nearly as much as I would have liked. Fortunately, God pulled through and made the difference between where I was and where He needed [...]
Calvin Miller
Calvin Miller, Professor of Preaching and Pastoral Ministry at Beeson Divinity School at Samford University spoke in services last week. I had the opportunity to (in our Senior Pastor’s absence) shadow him, do announcements in service, and close in prayer after his message. Twice. He brought one of the best messages I’ve ever heard. It [...]
The Pastor's Sabbath
If we do not regularly quit work for one day a week, we take ourselves far too seriously. The moral sweat pouring off our brows blinds our eyes to the action of God in and around us. - Eugene H. Peterson Shelley, Marshall. Deepening Your Ministry Through Prayer and Personal Growth : 30 Strategies to Transform [...]
Discipleship in the Sahara
It has been a day in the wilderness, so to speak. I had the opportunity to spend the day with a friend from church, a guy I met in my first days of ministry there. We’d been hoping to make it out to an off-road trail for quite some time. He was hoping some cheap [...]
How to Keep the Pastor You Love
Thanks to Paul for the heads up. Article available at BGCWorld Magazine. Don?t be surprised if your pastor turns in his resignation. Even now he may be considering an interesting job offer from the business world at double his pay for half the hours. Lest you think he would never consider such a move, Dr. [...]
Sermon — “The Garden”
I preached this sermon during Wednesday’s New Community Service on September 7, 2005. Continuing Bill’s series through the book of Luke, it was my responsibility to preach on passage 13:6-9 concerning the barren fig tree. It seemed like a pefect match for a story about my grandfather. After listening you’ll understand why. “The Garden” [9.8MB, [...]
Four things to Remember
From Bill Hybels, the four most important church leadership laws: 1. Keep the Vision Clear, Proverbs 29:18 2. Get the People Engaged, Nehemiah 4:6 ……….a. The Pastor must be totally committed to the church’s future ……….b. The dream must not be small or low risk ……….c. The people must be asked, in person, by a [...]
Buckhead Church
Had the opportunity to visit Buckhead Church in Atlanta this weekend. Buckhead is a satellite campus of North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, GA pastored by Andy Stanley. My first impression of Buckhead was that it was a young, hip, and well-off crowd. Everyone fit the metrosexual profile and for the first time in a [...]
“Like a Rock”
I’m attaching a copy of the sermon for your use, abuse, and enjoyment. This is the second service, of two, and it’s classic Kevin (in both good and bad ways). Click Here to Listen! [7.5Mb, MP3, 41 Minutes]FYI, this is only the sermon, not the entire service. Also, here is link to the 5 minute [...]
Sunday Morning – Sermon #2
I try not to post too much about myself on here… but so many of you have been in prayer and thought about the sermon I gave this morning. It went… well, it was amazing. I could be humble (and I am). I could give glory to God (which I do). But mostly, I just [...]