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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Remember the Nintendo game Duck Hunt? (I lost my high school and
younger audience… they think World of Warcraft is hi-tech, they just
don’t know do they?) I feel sorry for Duck Hunt. It was kind of an
afterthought/add-on to Super Mario Brothers. The two games came on
the same game cartridge, which came free with the Nintendo if [...]

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Ok, I’m no financial planner, so forgive me if my terminology is embarrassingly off on this one. But the concept is good.
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that I can make my money work for me. Through the magic of compound interest, I can put money in a mutual fund, not touch it for [...]

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For the first 6 months at Elevation, I led the music.
I know that most of the time when lead pastors say that, the follow up line is something about how terrible it was and how relieved everybody was when that day ended because they had no musical talent.
But music is actually something I love and [...]

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