From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Abyssinian Baptist Church

May 28, 2009

I’m up @ the crack of dawn (3:45am) this morning doing some final sermon prep for my trip to Abyssinian Baptist Church tonight. Quiet time is a luxury in my house and I gotta do what I gotta do. I’ll be speaking there in Harlem, NY tonight and tomorrow night @ 7pm and would love [...]

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One Prayer 2010

May 26, 2009

I love the One Prayer movement.  It really is one of the most unifying initiatives in the church today.  I really was shocked to have several churches request a One Prayer message from us and I wanted to do it, but we just aren’t there yet. Courageous Church is just a 4 month old baby [...]

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All the Single Ladies (Part 1)

May 25, 2009

Atlanta is a strange place for women and I’m a bit frustrated about it.  Full of educational and career opportunities, women from all around the world move here and excel professionally.  I’m serious – over half of the women in our church have at least a Masters degree or are working on a Masters or [...]

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Buncha Stuff Sunday!

May 24, 2009

I LOVE our church and the awesome community that we are forming here in the heart of Atlanta. We are diverse. We are exciting. We work hard.  We’re growing.  We have fun.  We tell the truth. We… I asked people to pray a lot leading up to our service today because I was going to [...]

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Preaching Baptism

May 24, 2009

I am starting a very simple 2 week message series on BAPTISM this morning and would love your prayers.  We will be baptizing our first crew of people next Sunday afternoon and I really felt the urge to preach these messages exclusively on baptism so that everyone can me unmistakably clear about how unmistakably clear [...]

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Why Capitalism Doesn’t Always Work in Church

May 22, 2009

The American Church has done a lot of good here in the United States and even abroad by incorporating some of the best principles and practices we’ve learned from corporate America.  As a matter of fact, I think the organizational and management strength of the American Church is probably what makes us unique around the [...]

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I Kind of Agree with John Piper, but…

May 20, 2009

Do you wanna see a powerful, well-produced video featuring one of the most eloquent, intelligent orators alive today?  Then watch this video… I kind of agree with John Piper.  I don’t like abortion and love life.  In spite of the fact that abortion is a political football in this nation, I still think it’s an [...]

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Buncha Stuff Sunday: I’m Very Busy Edition

May 20, 2009

I know that busy-ness does not equal success in the world of church planting, but the past few weeks have been some of the busiest of my life…with great stuff. It’s Wednesday morning and I am cheating something else just to write this post to tell you how awesome Sunday morning was with Courageous Church! [...]

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Half Full?

May 17, 2009

I worked harder this week than any week I can remember.  Every single day pushed my body to the limit as we demolished walls and tore out ceilings and rammed away at concrete posts (and cleaned it all up).  It took longer than I expected.  I injured myself several times and I feel like I [...]

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New Courageous Church Playlist

May 16, 2009

Wow!  This past Wednesday a team of about 10 people hunkered down in my living room with chicken wings, philly cheese steaks, and fried mushrooms here in downtown Atlanta to select the new soundtrack for The Courageous Church.  We had a lot of advice from friends around the country and really created a filter that [...]

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Tearing Down the Walls!

May 14, 2009

This past Sunday was one of the most powerful moments in the history of our young church.  I detailed it here on my blog, but this video will really help you see it.  Thanks to DJ Dust for the awesome video.

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Wow that was Quick!

May 13, 2009

Just a few days ago I wrote an article for a national leadership journal called “How to Make Crack Cocaine, Bombs, and Commit Suicide.” In a nutshell the article was about how rampant, simple, and compelling highly destructive content is on the internet and how those of us that fight for righteousness should ramp up [...]

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Bug Conference!

May 12, 2009

I love ARC!  I have said it before, but it’s worth saying again -you probably would have never heard of The Courageous Church if ARC hadn’t provided us with the level of support and prayer and coaching we’ve received. That’s one of the reasons I am so amped to be speaking @ an upcoming ARC [...]

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How to Make Crack Cocaine, Bombs, Commit Suicide

May 11, 2009

That’s the title of my first article on the Neue Ministry website.  Proud to have it featured on the front page and hopeful you’ll go there and check it out now!

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Buncha Stuff Sunday

May 10, 2009

Today was one of my favorite days as pastor of Courageous Church It was easily one of the most fulfilling days of my life because I saw real life change happen before my own eyes. This is why I pastor. Period. I really loved the feel and vibe of our music today.  Our team does [...]

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Are you praying SPAM prayers?

May 9, 2009

I love the Book of James in the Bible.  It’s tough and hard-hitting through and through.  I could imagine if the book really was written by James, the brother of Jesus, that he would be really bothered by people that took the faith lightly. In James 4:2-3, James basically says that a whole lot of [...]

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Are Your Goals Recession Proof?

May 8, 2009

The current economic recession has thrown a lot of people’s lives into a major tailspin.  I kid you not…over 50% of the adults @ Courageous Church are currently unemployed – most of them for the very first time in their lives.  Because of this, I really prayed and struggled for weeks as I prepared for [...]

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Money Doesn’t Produce Passion

May 7, 2009

Paying people does not make them passionate about church. Period. While our church is only a little less than 4 months old, I have learned quickly and clearly that giving people a paycheck does not produce one iota of passion for God or for the church.  Either they are passionate or they aren’t.  Here’s what [...]

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Prizes for SupportTheMovement.org

May 6, 2009

Just a few hours ago we launched a brand new website exclusively on Twitter & Facebook for a huge (for our brand new community) Courageous Church campaign that we are launching to raise $100,000 in financial and in-kind donations of goods and services!  Learn all about what we’re doing and why we’re doing it @ [...]

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Power 30 under 30

May 5, 2009

Just learned recently that I was nominated as one of Atlanta’s Power 30 under 30.  Good thing I was nominated because I’ll be 30 years old on September 17th!  (Think I may have a big ‘ol party somewhere…stay tuned.) Guess I’ll have to shoot for a Power 40 under 40 award next year :-) Really [...]

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