Notes from my Moleskine. . . Reading Luke 10:38–42 this morning. We all know the story. Most of us have lived it far too many times. Martha was distracted; Mary was focused.Martha was upset; Mary was listening.Martha chose to worry; Mary chose the better way. I don’t...
Yesterday, I preached a one-point sermon at Victory Fort (Matthew 13:44–46): GOD IS ALWAYS THE MAIN CHARACTER IN HIS STORIES. Then I asked a question: Who is the main character in your story? While reading Luke 7 this morning, I was confronted with my own point and my...
“You can’t always get what you wantBut if you try sometimes you might findYou get what you need” — Mick Jagger The problem with life is I usually don’t want what I need. I want exactly what I want. And I want it right now. What we want and what we need is rarely the...
I’m in Raleigh, North Carolina, with 2000 students at Campus Harvest 2010. Adam Mabry, Lynette Lewis, and Rice Broocks all knocked it out of the park this morning. Ferdie Cabling is on tonight, then I speak at the final session tomorrow morning. Here’s my...
I am often asked about “the keys” to church health, church strength, church growth, and why Victory is a large/strong/healthy church.My simple answer: we got big because. . .BY GOD’S GRACE, WE FOCUSED ON DOING ONE THING FOR A LONG TIME.Here’s a breakdown of that...
I recently met with some of our Filipino campus ministry leaders to talk about how to build mega-campus ministries. (Here’s some context for our mega-campus ministries discussion. While most multi-site churches have one huge central mother ship, orbited by smaller...
