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Archive for July, 2007

Fireworks

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

This 4th of July is going to be fun. I’m going to teach Elijah what a bottle rocket is. Fireworks give me flashbacks. From ages 13-17, I worked at a fireworks stand. For 2 weeks surrounding the 4th of July, I sold Roman Candles, Sparklers, Ground Bloomers, Pop Rockets, and innumerable various other items designed [...]

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It seems like the tide is turning. No doubt, there’s still a lot of territorialism and greed in the body of Christ… we’ve got a long way to go.
But when I see initiatives like this and this , I’d say things are looking up.
Elevation is doing our dead level best to give away anything [...]

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That kind of church

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

One of my favorite people at Elevation Church is a guy named Norm.
He gave his life to Christ during our first month as a church. We baptized him a few weeks later. Now he’s a key volunteer and would probably win the award for “most loved Elevator”, if there were such an award. Lori, work [...]

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Dirty Sermons

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

I love our church. I was preaching in Florida last Sunday (and saw over 70 students give their lives to Christ-praise God!), and being away from you Elevators makes me realize how much I miss you, and how special our church is.
So I was fired up today. The joint was packed, the band was blazing, [...]

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