Nick Carnes is the founding and senior pastor of New Passion Church, in Grovetown, GA. … Read More
My 17 Year Old Valentine
I asked Nicki to be my Valentine this morning. She said, “Yes!” This time it didn’t cost me anything. It was a different story 17 years ago (as of Saturday, February 12). That time, it cost me a box of chocolates to get her to finally say yes. It was the day of our Valentine’s […]
Pivot Points Part 2
On Monday, I posted about one of the pivot points that Nicki and I made in our marriage. As a result of our choice we’ve seen the fingerprints of God on our home time after time. Today, my post is not about a pivot point as a couple, rather, a pivot point that I made […]
Pivot Points
piv·ot point: The point at which something pivots, changes, or turns (my definition) This Sunday we kickoff our new marriage campaign I DO…Not Anymore at New Passion. As I’ve been preparing for the messages I was thinking about some of the pivot points in my own marriage. Nicki and I got married young and we […]
Who Let the Dogs Out?
Hailey loves doing this…I caught her on the tail end of her little dance, she’s typically a little wilder!
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 […]