Sailors, Saints, & Sinners

Overwhelmed by the amazing Disciple Now 2010 … had numerous students enter into a personal, saving relationship with Jesus!!  Saturday night many teens stood up in front of their peers to profess faith in Christ and publicly say “I’m with Jesus!”
Several people received Christ into their lives at Rock Bridge Chatsworth this weekend!!
Had some people [...]

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I’m loving preaching through Jonah!! What a story … it gets even more intense the next 2 weeks!!
I saw a few “communication cards” from today … SALVATIONS!! … people deciding to let God love them and then love Him back!!!
Next weekend is Disciple Now for our students.  I made some very important decisions at events [...]

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We are officially ONE church in THREE (or in MULTIPLE) locations: Dalton, Calhoun, and now Chatsworth!  We had over 300 people in attendance which is huge!!

I use Rick Warren’s theory that if you get over 200 people to a new service or effort you have staying power.  Typically, new starts (services, plants, campuses) have a [...]

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So much snow … in Georgia!!
Headed up to WV for the Student Ski Trip later this week.  Always a blast to hang out with the teenagers and enjoy some mountaintop worship and a good word from THE Word
I still can’t believe Rock Bridge Chatsworth is down to ONE more rehearsal/practice service before the [...]

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Our weekly devotional, Rock Bridge Fuel is now online … and compatible with mobile browsers.  Check it out here.
The countdown to launch Rock Bridge Chatsworth is ON … February 28th is the big day!!
Rock Bridge PM (Thursday nights) continues to have great attendance and energy.  Every week I meet someone who works on the weekend and [...]

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Rock Bridge PM … once again we had to “move the curtain” to open more seats … I’m blown away!!
The downside of “Rock Bridge PM” … I can’t figure out if it is morning or evening:

On Thursday night I was telling people, “Good morning“!!
This morning, I said, “Tonight!”
Hopefully, I’ll get it figured out

The [...]

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What an incredible week … I stand amazed at God, at our volunteers, at our staff, and at our church.
We launched Rock Bridge PM on Thursday night … had 297 seats in the Wink Theatre … wasn’t enough!!

We had numerous guests who work on the weekends saying, “Thank you … I can come to church [...]

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Great to teach again today after 2 Sundays off.  I LOVE to preach but I needed the break.
Services at both campuses were off the chart–

Great crowds … great excitement!
Baptism celebration in Calhoun.
New Ministry Center opened in Dalton.
Message was on focus & clarity in 2010.

Check out the new Rock Bridge logo on our web site.
Clarified our [...]

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What God is teaching me and reminding me of this Christmas:

He is completely SOVEREIGN — God took 1000s of years to bring His Son into humanity and into history; He used a pagan ruler, a full inn, an manger, and a virgin. Nothing falls outside of God’s sovereignty and nothing trumps His ultimate plan.

I [...]

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Preaching about the Cross can never get old because understanding & applying the Cross is as essential as breathing!!
Great to celebrate baptism today.
Spent some time planning our missions giving for 2010.  I am pumped about all the ways we as a church will be able to support God’s causes –

Lots of various efforts in NW [...]

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