#4 – What A Wife Should NEVER Do!

#3 – 10 Reasons I SHOULD NOT Be Dating Him/Her

#2 – My Thoughts On Hell & Rob Bell

#1 – My Wife Had A Bad Experience At Chic-Fil-A!

A Huge “thank you” to everyone for visiting this site this year…

Happy New Year, REALLY looking forward to 2012!

#14 – Seven Things I Cannot Expect

#13 – Seven GUT CHECK Questions For Staff Members

#12 – My Thoughts On The Elephant Room

#11 – Seven Things To Keep In Mind In Regards To Sexual Sin

#10 – What A Husband Needs To Understand About His Wife

#9 – A Divine Slap In The Face – Breaking An Online Addiction

#8 – Five Things A Successful Marriage Has To Have

#7 – 10 Questions Staff Members Should Be Asking

#6 – 10 Signs You Are Near A Burnout/Meltdown

#5 – #1 Tomorrow…

#25 – 12 Reasons Why I Was Broke…And How You Can Get Out Of Debt

#24 – Don’t Miss This (Basically An Announcement About NLC)

#23 – Six Steps To Overcoming Obesity Part One (AND HERE is Part Two)

#22 – You Should Never Hire The Person…

#21 – 10 Reasons I Will Not Be Participating In Shopping On Black Friday :-)

#20 – You Seriously Need To Come To NLC, Here’s Why (Another Announcement About NLC)

#19 – Rollin’ With An Entourage

#18 – A Quick Statement About My Dad (after my father passed away in July)

#17 – Ten Reasons I Think Your Marriage Is Going To Make It

#16 – 10 Ways To Fail

#15 – #6 tomorrow…

#1 – Books!!!

• RUN, do not walk, and buy Dave Ramsey’s newest book on Leadership! I’m 1/3 of the way through it and it is one of the TOP THREE books I’ve ever read on the subject of leadership!
• Pastor Robert Morris wrote a book on the subject of the Holy Spirit that is AWESOME…so thankful for this resource, I honestly believe it will take your walk with God to the next level!!!
• John Eldredge’s new book, “Beautiful Outlaw” is the best book he’s ever written…get it as soon as it comes out! (Release date is October 12)
• Tony Morgan has a FREE E book that you can download RIGHT NOW…love the way Tony writes and his passion for leadership and the church!

#2 – Sermons – Craig Groeschel recently preached a series on the book of Nehemiah that was absolutely amazing, some of his best preaching EVER!!!  Here is their website…or you can go to itunes and download the podcast.  Trust me…listening to this and applying what you hear WILL change YOUR LIFE and the world around you!

#3 – Andy Stanley’s messages on the current condition of our country and the economy were absolutely amazing!!!  The series was called “Recovery Road” and you can view those messages here! Warning…they are some of the most challenging things you will ever listen to!!!

#4 – Reawaken is going to absolutely change lives!!! I honestly believe that one of the KEY INGREDIENTS to a healthy church is a healthy senior pastor!!!

#5 – Unleash is quickly closing in on have 1,000 people registered…it’s going to fill up by December 31, better sign up soon!!!

• The two hour evangelism seminar that I taught at every campus is available to view online here…OR you can download it on itunes at the NewSpring Church podcast.
• Already hearing stories from the class about people sharing Christ with people…and people responding to their boldness and accepting Christ!!!
• Cant WAIT for Sunday!!!
• You have GOT to read this post by Pete Wilson…the quote he put up was amazing!
• Tim Stevens asks an incredible question here…one the church SHOULD pay attention to!  (He also did THIS POST…which was VERY convicting.)
• And finally…you REALLY should read this post by Pastor Steven…wow…life is TOO short to look back and say, “I should have…”

Have a GREAT weekend!

• I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this post from Scott on, “Are you most or some?” WOW!
• Pastor Steven Furticks post on, “Staying Out of Trouble vs. Walking In Your Calling” – uh…yep…awesome!
• This post by Seth Godin…and this post…AND this post are all worth a minute of your time!
• LOVED this quote from Tim Keller on Jonathan’s blog!
• Jeff Henderson was bothered by THIS conversation…and we should be as well!
• Clayton’s blog on depression = money!

That’s it for today!  Lots of GREAT stuff out there!

Anyway, don’t know if you’ve read these or not…but here are several links to check out if you haven’t already…

• I loved Tony’s thoughts several days ago on MIssional vs. Attractional!
  
• NewSpring Church has a facebook page…just in case you didn’t know!
• Pastor Steven blogged so well about Craig Groeschel’s new book that I just thought I would link it instead of trying to rewrite what is already an excellent post.  You should REALLY get this book!
• Tim Stevens’s wrote about frustration and giving…excellent post!
• John Piper’s thoughts on tithing are MONEY! (No pun intended!)
• Clayton posted some thoughts on “Protecting Your Pastor” after Unleash…very eye opening!
• Pete’s thoughts several weeks back on, “Majority of Pastors have no friends” is a great read! ALSO…if you didn’t read THIS article he did about “Forsaking Reality for Virtual” then you need to…it’s DISTURBING!

That’s it for now…have a GREAT Thursday!

#1 – Can’t WAIT for our 10 year anniversary service next Sunday (the 24th) at the BI-LO Center in Greenville.  (Here is more information on it!) PLEASE plan to get their early…we are expecting traffic to be insane!

#2 – Unleash is selling out QUICKLY!  There are less than 400 spots open…so if you are planning on being here you had better purchase your ticket soon!  I am PUMPED about it (BIG SURPRISE!) Go here to sign up!!!

#3 – I’m REALLY honored that Pete Hise, pastor of Quest Community Church, has invited me to speak at “The Uprising” this April.  The early bird rate for this conference ($49) ends today.  Honestly, I am excited about this event because I get to hear Pete (who is one of the most passionate people I know when it comes to seeing people meet Christ) and Shaun King (one of the greatest young leaders out there) speak.  I think in my talk I am just going to get up and say, “Do what Pete and Shaun said!”

#4 – This post by Pete Wilson on three questions that will change you is a MUST READ!

#5 – This post by Mark Batterson on, “Be careful little thumbs what you text” is awesome as well!

#6 – Sunday is going to be amazing…praying for and believing that God is going to do HUGE things.  We will be taking a special offering for the relief effort going on in Haiti…so please come prepared to step up and be generous!

#7 – BBQ is going to be served in heaven!!!  (Along with ice cream…and neither will have ANY calories or fat grams!)

• If you don’t read anything else…read this post by Tony on your platform…AMAZING!
• Batterson’s Four Ways To Identify An Idol Is Awesome…AND Convicting!
• Tim Stevens had two great articles on the changes in the church over the past decade…here’s part one and part two!
• Seth Godin’s post on, “Why Ask Why?” DANG!

That’s about it for now…hope you have an amazing weekend, REALLY looking forward to church this Sunday!!!

• I loved this post by Scott (he was quoting David Gibbons)!  May we see more churches like this!!!
• If you haven’t watched THIS VIDEO from Pastor Steven’s son about financial advice…DO IT NOW!  WOW!!!  I LOVED THIS!
• Craig’s post about riding the wave = CLASSIC!!!
• Mark Batterson’s post about a watchtower is DEAD ON and is a MUST READ for pastors!!!
• AND…Marks’s Five Creativity Equations are AWESOME!!!
• BTW…someone in Pastor Mark’s Church needs to buy him a car!!!  Seriously!  He has NO IDEA I am writing this and will probably call me and tell me to take it down (I won’t…sorry bro!)  Seriously…have you kept up with his car stories? Somebody up there in the DC area step up and hook him up!!!  Remember…you can’t out give God!!!
• Here is the link to register for Unleash!!! Over half of the tickets are already gone…it’s filling up fast!!!

That’s all for today–happy Friday!