In 46 days there will be some big changes for my family and for New Passion Church. In 46 days, New Passion will have already celebrated our 6th birthday and as great of a milestone as that is, it’s been a long, tiring, challenging, yet rewarding 6 years. Although we knew the right answers and […]
Fatherless
I started reading, “It’s Better to Build Boys Than Mend Men” by S. Truett Cathy Chapter One shares these disturbing facts about fatherlessness in the United States: The Results of Fatherlessness: The United States is the world’s leader in fatherless homes. The results of our actions, according to the Father’s Manifesto: 63% of youth suicides […]
The Two Faces of Leadership
Leadership Face One Many of us have heard it taught that God ordains leaders and places them in their positions of authority and influence. I believe this. A paraphrased look at the three most popular passages that we get this teaching from is…. Daniel 4:17, it tells us that, “the Most High rules over the […]
The “L” in Leadership is Not for “Liar”
There are several things that would disqualify a person from being a leader or at least from being considered a leader, but there are two particular reasons I want to discuss which happen to fall under the same category. The “L” in Leadership is Not for “Liar” Lying and/or Deception (which is essentially lying) is […]
Why We Don’t Beg People to Stay
I have a firm rule as a pastor. I DO NOT beg (or ask) people to stay at New Passion. I’ve always had my reasons why, but this verse, though simple, is very profound, I couldn’t have said it better myself… These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they […]