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10 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2009 December 30, 2009

Here are the most viewed posts on this site this year…

#10 – PREACH!

#9 – I’m Dreaming of a Church

#8 – We Will Never

#7 – Pray For Your Pastor

#6 – Seven Reasons Your Church Plant Might Fail

#5 – Seven Leadership Questions Teams Should Be Asking

#4 – Why I Am Frustrated

#3 – Seven Reasons Why Marriages Fail

#2 – 15 Signs That A Church Is In Trouble

#1 – “This Sh_t Is Awesome!”

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Some Random Stuff… October 23, 2009

It’s Friday…here are a few more posts that have attracted a lot of attention over the past several years!

#1 – This post on masturbation! (What was CRAZY was the people who emailed in afterward trying to justify it…SERIOUSLY.  There are some things I think I might stay silent about…I’m just sayin’!)

#2 – THE Question that CHANGED MY LIFE! (It will change yours too!!!)

#3 – Top Ten Mistakes Church Planters/Pastors Make!!!

#4 – AWESOME QUOTES!!! These SERIOUSLY set me on fire!!!

#5 – Top Five Complaints I Hear From Church Planters and Pastors…

#6  – Why Do People Criticize? If you are a leader…it isn’t “if” you get criticized…but “when,” so we need to understand “why!!!”

#7 – “I Don’t See How Someone Can Worship God With A Booming Sound System.” I heard this on the radio one day…and…well…it fired me up!

#8 – Five Reasons For Pastors NOT To Quit!!!

Staffing, Ministry and Vision! October 22, 2009

Here we go!

#1 – Should I Go Into Ministry? Great question…if you are even considering it…read this!

#2 – Eight Things I Think Every Worship Leader Should Know!

(Our receptionish actually got a phone call from a lady somewhere in the midwest who yelled at her for the above post!!!)

#3 – Seven Things Worship Leaders Wished Their Senior Pastors Knew! (I had my favorite worship leader, Lee McDee, write a response to my post above…EXCELLENT STUFF!!!!)

#4 – What Every Youth Pastor Wishes Their Senior Pastor Knew – seriously…pastors…read!

#5 – Superficial Sunday in the South!

#6 – Four Types of Staff Members…Which Type Are You?

#7 – Five Things You Should NEVER Hear From A Staff Member! EVER!

#8 – Seven Reasons Jesus Could Not Have Been A Pastor In Many Modern Day Churches!

Relationships October 21, 2009

I love to teach about relationships…here are some older posts I have done on this subject…

#1 – “Nice” Christan Boys And Girls Make Me Sick – it’s true!!!

#2 – Six Signs The Dating Relationship Is In Trouble!

#3 – Five Things A Single Dude Should Know! I love single dudes…praying that we continue to seemore godly men step up!!!

#4 – Seven Reasons Why Marriages Get Into Trouble! A good thing for couples to review together!!!

#5 - A TRUE LOVE STORY – this one WILL make you cry…amazing…a couple who said “I do” and meant it!!!

Lessons From My Journey October 20, 2009

One of the things that I try to do a lot is share from my pain and my failures.  I’ve noticed in church world that people relate a lot better to a leader when they realize that he isn’t necessarily above them…but rather one of them and is struggling with them.

So…here are some things that I’ve dealt with…praying they may minister/challenge/bless you.

#1 – Top Seven STUPID Financial Mistakes I’ve Made Part One – I had a degree in financial stupidity for over a decade!!!  Seriously…and in this post I shared the PAINFUL lessons I learned…and how to come out of a financial hole!!!  (BTW…it takes WORK!!!!)

#2 – And here is part two to the STUPIDITY that I repented of!

#3 – I’ve had a life long battle with weight issues!!!  There was a time when I weighed over 300 pounds and wore a size 50 in the pants!!!  (I literally still weight every single day…yes, I have issues!)  So…in this series I shared my struggles…

#4 –   “When I Saw The Blood I Freaked Out!” NO one likes to see the blood of their own child…and the first time I saw Charisse injured God used it to ROCK my world!!!

#5 – Eyes LOCKED!!! Once again…God used my little girl to ABSOLUTELY drill something into my head!!!

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Pastors, Leadership…and Stuff That Makes People Blush October 19, 2009

One of the things I’ve always tried to do is say exactly what I mean.  I believe life is too short and hell is too hot for people to play around with words!  So…saying that…here are a few posts that I’ve done for pastors and leaders…if you haven’t read them yet…enjoy…

#1 – The Pastors Pain – written at a time when I was REALLY struggling!

#2 – Keep Your Penis In Your Pants – written after I had heard about another pastor having an affair…I was MAD!!!  And believe it or not…some people got mad!  :-)

#3 – The Pastor’s Wife – often THE MOST neglected person in a pastors church!!!

#4 – Pastors Are People Too! – I completely ripped this article off from Clayton…WOW!

#5 – Playing for an audience of one!!! (People said this one made them cry!  Which is funny b/c…I cried when I wrote it!)

#6- What They REALLY Mean – if you are a church leader…you will LOVE THIS!!!  :-)  It is one of the most fun thing’s I’ve ever written!!!

Eleven Things I Want To Do… April 27, 2009

Everyone has a wish list (or at least SHOULD have one!)  Here are 10 things I want to do…some ministry, some personal…all serious!

#1 – I Want NewSpring Church To Reach Over 100,000 People For Jesus Christ!

If the early church can do what they did in Acts 2:41 with ABSOLUTELY none of the technology we have today…then what does the Lord expect of us?  I believe we will see this…am begging God for it…and will not back down from doing all that I can to see that this happens.

#2 – I Want To Have At Least 25 NewSpring Campuses In The Next 10 Years.

I don’t know how in the heck we are going to do this…but I know that multi site works and that our church is called to do this.

#3 – I Want To Begin A Church Planting Network.

Once again, I don’t know how…I just know that I have a heart for church planters!  I want to help as much as I possibly can…and I know that our church must be involved in both church planting and multi site.

#4 – I Want To See At Least 3,000 People Be Baptized In One Day!!!

If it happened in Acts…it can happen again.  He’s the same God!!!

#5 – I Want To Go Back To Hillsong Church!

Going there was amazing for me…Jesus used it to stir my heart in a major way…and I hope to get back there someday!

#6 – I Want To Have A Meal With TD Jakes!

Yep, I said it several weeks ago…I will say it again.  He is one of the leaders I really admire…but have never had a chance to meet in person!

#7 – I Want Rick Warren To Come To Anderson, SC!

OK…I know Rick probably doesn’t even know where Anderson is…but I would LOVE to have him come here…spend a day with him and have him talk to the staff…hey, dream big, right?

#8 – I Would Love To Go To Rome!

It seems like Rome has came up several times in conversations recently…and everyone who has gone says it is awesome!

#9 – I Would Love To Own A Jeep Rubicon!

Maybe it’s the weather…but I can’t help but think that driving a jeep would be SOOOOO relaxing.

#10 – I Would Love To Buy 5-10 Acres Of Land…Build A House Right In The Middle Of It…And COMPLETELY Enjoy Living In The Country!

#11 – I Would Love To Have Biceps Like Craig Groeschel!

If you were at Catalyst West Coast then you know EXACTLY what I am talking about.  When he rolled up his shirt sleeve and showed off his bicep I said, “dang” out loud!  He’s ripped!!!