This Sunday in my message at South Bay Church I taught about forgiveness and gave several key characteristics about forgiveness. I have listed below a brief recap of the main idea of the Scripture passage I used, the concepts I taught about forgiveness, and the key characteristics. If you would like to listen to my [...]
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I am still pretty inexperienced when it comes to leading in ministry. I may have a Master’s degree from seminary, but that doesn’t mean that I have experience, just head knowledge! But one of the big lessons in leadership in the church I have learned over the past year is the concept of doing ministry [...]
The past few days I’ve been thinking a lot about what a privilege it is to be a pastor. This began one day when I started thinking about what an honor it is to help develop people for Jesus. My primary role as a pastor is to help people begin a relationship with Jesus and [...]
I used to be a Twitter hater. It’s true! I used to think why would anyone want to use Twitter. I mean seriously, no one cares what you’re doing every second of the day, who you ate lunch with, what you’re reading, and when you’re going to bed. Maybe as you read this you’re like [...]
I am amazed at how fast a year can go by, and I can’t believe that today is Christmas Eve. When I was growing up I never believed my parents when they said, “When you grow up time goes by a lot faster!” As you probably know, when you’re in middle school time seems to [...]
In the middle of a trial in life or ministry it is so easy to forget God’s faithfulness to us in the past. We, being human, don’t have the ability to see into the future and know how our trial will unfold and what the end result will be; however, God knows! Not only does [...]
I recently read “Just Walk Across the Room” by Bill Hybels and constantly felt myself challenged, inspired, and passionate in the area of evangelism (sharing Jesus with others). Some of you may have read Kendall’s review of the book on her blog, www.kendallhibiske.com. Since she did a great job of reviewing the book I’m not [...]
The Importance of Obedience to God in Leadership: A Lesson from Moses
Posted: June 11, 2010 in Leadership, MinistryMoses is one the most influential and important leaders in the entire Bible. He is the one that was chosen by God to deliver the nation of Israel out of Egypt and to the promised land. Moses is the very one who spoke face-to-face with God (Exodus 33:11) and he is the one who God allowed [...]
This past Sunday (5/23/10) we had a baptism service at South Bay and I got to baptize three people. This was my first time baptizing anyone and it was really exciting. On Saturday I ran through several times in my head what I would say and what I would ask each person when we were [...]
Just the other day I went to workout in the gym at our apartment complex and I ran into a guy that Kendall and I had just met a couple days before. I was planning on working out well before I actually got there, but through a series of circumstances I was not able to [...]
