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The Long Way

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

As God led the children of Israel out of Egyptian slavery, the Bible records that:
God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” So God led the people around by the desert [...]

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Never done that before

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

It used to be that when I had an idea about something crazy we could try at Elevation, my first and primary filter about whether we should do it was whether other churches that I knew about and admired had ever done it/would ever do it.
I’m asking that question less and less these days.
I’m learning [...]

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Front Page!

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Ok, sorry to do this 2 posts in a row. I’m not trying to turn this blog into a bulletin board for press clippings, but I knew that you’d all want to celebrate:
Elevation’s Bless Back Project was featured on the front page of Sunday’s Charlotte Observer! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Church in America [...]

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The Kind of Headlines We Want to Make

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

The Charlotte Observer wrote about one of our Elevators recently and he passed this article on to me. Good stuff.

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Open Source Christmas Update

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Guest Blogger: Creative Pastor, Larry Hubatka
Guest blogging for Pastor is like being invited to have dinner with a bunch of people you’ve never met. You really don’t know what to wear, how to act, or even what would be appropriate to say. So you end up working especially hard to make a great first [...]

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Redefining Stewardship

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

(Sometimes after I preach a sermon, I think of something good that I really wish I would have said. That happened this week, and this is my addendum. Although my sermon clocked in 66 minutes, so I probably didn’t need to add another single blessed thing.)
In Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus told a parable about stewardship.
Three men [...]

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Under Challenged Generation

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

The Bible records a few instances of Jesus laying down an especially hard core challenge, followed by the conclusion: Many people left and followed Him no more.
It seems that these people felt over-challenged by Jesus. They concluded that the cost of discipleship was too high. So they made the decision to walk away from Christ.
As [...]

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