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Throughout history we see the rise and fall of world empires. Some even rose to the point of seeming invincibility. It’s only through hindsight that we clearly see why each of these great civilizations fell. With all that’s happening these days, it’s not hard to imagine the downfall of our[...]
People ask me how North Hall Church grew so quickly. Well, we haven’t done it the way you’re culturally supposed to be a church these days. I’m not a young, hip preacher. I’m loud when I preach and I don’t own a pair of skinny jeans. Thank you, Jesus! So,[...]
Easter is when Christians celebrate the resurrection. But Jesus' exit from the tomb wasn't the end of His earthly ministry—it was the beginning. Before His death on the Cross, Jesus lived as an example of how His followers should live. Remember, Jesus laid His deity down to live like a man and die[...]
Do revivals still work? I get this question all the time. The answer is an overwhelming, “Yes!” I’m not sure who started the rumor that revival meetings are antiquated and ineffective, but I’m pretty sure it started about the same time the head-scratching began in relation to declining baptisms and[...]
“Designer grace” is the idea that conditions have to be perfect in order for the gospel to be delivered effectively. It suggests that we need to understand the mindset of those committing a particular sin in order to properly share the gospel with them. It seems to me that designer[...]
Throughout American history, the evangelical church has held some amount of influence on our culture. We’ve seen it in the great revivals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in the “Jesus Movement” of the 1970’s, and even in the “Moral Majority” of the 1980’s. Granted, with every decade[...]