Archive for Blog Lists
10 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2009 December 30, 2009
Here are the most viewed posts on this site this year…
#10 – PREACH!
#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
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!
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!!!
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!!!