Thoughts from Pastor Steven

Archive for May, 2008

4 Ways a Worship Leader Can Earn the Trust of Their Lead Pastor
At Elevation Church, we are in the unique situation of having a lead pastor who used to be a worship leader. He is also a huge music lover who knows more rock trivia than anyone I know. Even though he knows how to [...]

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What Ever You Do, Don’t Read This

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Just Kidding. Kind of. I’d like to introduce a new feature here at stevenfurtick.com that will either be the best idea we ever had, or the demise of our ministry.
My staff has talked me in to letting them twitter as a group and we’re going to feature the conversation right here on the [...]

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(If you’re not this way before you preach, the following is not meant as a slam.  Just a window into my way of doing things.)
They say Spurgeon was abnormally intense before he preached.  Sometimes, they had to carry him out to the pulpit…the weight of the burden and the glory of God made it difficult [...]

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To force our need to the surface…

…So we can comfort others with the comfort we have been comforted with.

To force the issue to the surface…

…So we can recognize it, and speak into it.

To force our faith to the surface…

…And produce a deeper gratitude in our lives.

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