I love this verse. I’m preaching on it at our Central campus this Sunday. I’m thankful for people God has placed in my life who have this attitude and approach toward me. Like my wife , my staff, my Mighty Men, my parents, and 4 of my pastor friends who would drop anything to be [...]

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“So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.
When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.”
Nehemiah 6:15-16
Was Nehemiah all about the numbers? Is he bragging about being [...]

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I want to establish a universal and permanent preface for everyone who ever asks me about our philosophies and strategies at Elevation. Or anyone who ever reads my thoughts on this blog, for that matter, which obviously includes you.
Whenever I’m talking about leadership, preaching, worship, or anything that isn’t absolutely and thoroughly defined in the [...]

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At our staff advance a few weeks ago, I asked everyone to come prepared with their list of the 5 best practices that they perceive have been instrumental in the growth of Elevation. It was a lot of fun hearing what everyone came up with.
I took the master list of about 50 different ideas, extracted [...]

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