making vision stick.

Check out this great clip from Andy Stanley, one of the most effective teachers on leadership in the world today.


Making Vision Stick from GiANT Impact on Vimeo.

the ultimate HOPE!

W.E.Sangster was a significant Methodist preacher in London during the last century. 

He was afflicted with some unusual disease that stole his voice. 

In his affliction he was cared for by his daughter. 

On the last Easter of his life his daughter said, "What a terrible thing it is to be alive at Easter time and not be able to shout." 

Sangster's response was, "What an even more terrible thing it would be, to be able to shout but have nothing to shout about."*

This Easter 4.24 @ elim gospel church we will have plenty to shout about!  

*(This is an excerpt from an email sent to me from a mentor and member of our church family.  I love it when people provoke me:)

the invitation part one.

Check out this 2 part teaching on sharing the most valuable invitation anyone could ever offer!

Good Friday!

gathering 4.22 7pm

Easter Sunday!
services 4.24 9 & 10:45am

4-10-11 - The Invitation - Unexcused Absence - Joshua Finley from EGC on Vimeo.

2 questions that impact everybody.

The 2 greatest questions in this life:

1. Who is God?

2. What is my response to question #1?

1.   Because God is a Personal Spirit I will seek intimate fellowship with Him.

2.   Because God is all-powerful He can help me with anything.

3.   Because God is ever-present, He is always with me.

4.   Because God knows everything I will go to Him with all my questions and concerns.

5.   Because God is sovereign I will joyfully submit to His will.

6.   Because God is holy I will devote myself to Him in purity, worship, and service.

7.   Because God is absolute truth I will believe what He says and live accordingly.

8.   Because God is righteous I will live by His standards.

9.   Because God is just He will always treat me fairly.

10. Because God is love He is unconditionally committed to my well-being.

11. Because God is merciful He forgives me of my sins when I sincerely confess them.

12. Because God is faithful I will trust Him to always keep His promises.

13. Because God never changes my future is secure and eternal. 

Dr. Bill Bright gave us some absolute truths to meditate on.  

radical.

Some of my team and I recently finished a book entitled radical by David Platt.  

Warning: the content of this book is pleasantly disturbing and may be potentially life altering.  If you have any plans to live a high maintenance, low impact life, don't even think about picking up this book.  

Here's a few appetizing samples:

• "Real success is found in radical sacrifice"

• "Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God."

• "Meaning is found in community, not individualism; joy is found in generosity, not in materialism; and truth is found in Christ, not universalism."

Check out the book and the one year radical experiment.  I plan to walk our church through some of this material in the fall.