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How does she do it?

Monday, November 20th, 2006

My wife cleans up the house, spic and span, neat and tidy…
Just in time for Elijah to drag out Elmo and Ernie and the Rocky box set and Remember the Titans and every other DVD we own and strategically place them all over the downstairs.
And she puts them all up…
Just in time to chase him [...]

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People want to hear

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Today I preached on baptism. You can listen online, it’s under What Should I Do With My Life Part 4.
I had no idea what the response would be.
For one thing, baptism is an emotionally charged issue. There are all sorts of opinions about it. A lot of our opinions are all about [...]

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Ancient Breaking News

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

I love my job. As a preacher, I don’t make up much new stuff to say.
I am simply a re-stater. I repackage timeless truth.
In other words, I don’t really create new content. I creatively present and apply the content that the Creator has recorded.
Man, this makes me confident. And it leaves me a lot of [...]

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Hero of the Day

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Introducing a new feature here on stevenfurtick.com:
Every Friday (that I remember to do it) I’ll be highlighting someone as my hero of the day.
Stay tuned. You could be next.
This week’s hero of the day is actually not a person, but a couple. So they are technically the heroes of the day. Unless you consider [...]

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Redefining Humility-Part 2

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Ok, I suck for this. I started a series of posts about a month ago on redefining humility. I said I would continue it regularly. I have not. Forgive me? Thanks.
You can catch up here and here.
Now, the answer to the question… 5 weeks after I asked it:
1. What went wrong with Pastor Jones?
2. What’s [...]

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Audacity and Persistence

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

I was reading this verse this morning, and I realized why God blessed Elisha’s life. I think it’s the same reason he’s blessing Elevation Church right now:
Elisha had the audacity to ask
And the persistence to pursue.
Nice alliteration huh?
Audacity
When Elijah asked his apprentice what he wanted, Elisha wasted no time playing humble pie. He got right [...]

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Elmo Soup

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Elijah now makes Elmo Soup. At least that’s what Holly calls it.
The recipe is pretty simple:
-1 plastic spoon for mixing
-1 plastic red bowl with a picture of Elmo at the bottom
-3 cups and 2 tablespoons of absolutely nothing
He walks around stirring the spoon in the bowl. And every once in a while he offers you [...]

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