Evil Hearts?

I have come to the conclusion that whoever said, "Most men's righteousness is only an evil heart constrained by fear of punishment" was right on. We have to check our motives. Do we do what we do and don't do out of love or fear?

Double Minded?

Seneca, the Stoic Philosopher, said, "Finally, everybody agrees that no one pursuit can be successfully followed by a man who is preoccupied with many things—eloquence cannot, nor the liberal studies—since the mind, when distracted, takes in nothing very deeply, but rejects everything that is, as it were, crammed into it. There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living: there is nothing that is harder to learn."

I wonder how many of us are so double minded that we are no good to anyone or to ourselves? Take a moment and ask yourself a couple of questions. "Am I a 'Jake of All Trades' and really good at nothing?" "What am I the best at?" "What can I do that no one else can do?"
Only people who are single minded accomplish great things! Those who discover what they do well and do that one thing well all the time are those who get ahead!

How many irons in the fire do you have?

Sermon Introduction

I was taught in my Homiletics Class that the first 3 minutes of the message is the most important part because you either gain or lose your listener in those few moments. So, I put a good deal of thought into how to gain and keep people's attention. That has led to some wild intros. For instance, you should check out the intro of the Ultimate Cage Fighting Series I am presently doing. The whole intro is designed to grab people's attention. I think it does! Check it out here:



So what do you think? Is the intro that important? How much time/energy do you spend on preparing introductions, props, costumes, etc. to grab people's attention?

Easter Egg Outreach Pictures

Here are some pictures from our Easter Egg Outreach!

Easter Wrap Up

This weekend has been awesome. I watched our church act like Jesus. We invaded two apartment complexes with the love of Christ. We gave out 9,000 candy filled eggs, hundreds of witnessing bracelets, free hot dogs, drinks, chips and a bunch of smiles. This is our place!

Calling today's service powerful is an understatement! The first ever Passion Choir really added some umph to the time of worship. Jesus Paid It All was a powerful moment in the service.

I preached so hard in the first service that I wasn't sure I could make it through the second service. God was faithful and helped me!

We broke our all time attendance record! We had 222 in service today. Oddly enough the first service was larger than the second service. It is usually just the opposite.

I am extremely thankful for all the folks at Passion. We have the greatest folks! Hard workers. Friendly. Passionate about God.

Finally, we spent the evening with some great friends. All in all it has been a great weekend.

Be sure to go Rick Flair on someone this week when you are talking about Jesus! Not sure what that means? Listen to this mornings service here! The message is called "The Cage of Death!"