I had the opportunity last week to attend the Catalyst 2010 leadership conference in Atlanta. Â An amazing, high energy conference with great speakers. Â I’ll try to pass along some of the lessons–both the “take aways” and the “leave behinds.” Â But one of the aspects of the conference was exposure to great worship leaders. Â They never …
Author: Steve
I love to study the Bible and I love to engage with others in learning. I had been privileged to do this on a regular basis through church ministry and through part-time teaching at a local Bible colleges.
Helping individuals learn to feed themselves through their own study of God’s Word is joy-giving to me. Influencing groups to do life and church from a biblically grounded, theologically faithful perspective is my passion.
Colossians 1:15-23 Small Group Questions
Paul concludes his long introduction with a focus on who Jesus is and what He did. Before looking at the questions in your small group, you will want to spend extra time reading, rereading, meditating and contemplating the truths of this passage. Small Group Questions 1. How often do you stop to contemplate the character of God …
The Beautiful Exchange
A couple new-to-me songs from Hillsong. Thank You By Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan  The Beautiful Exchange Song by Joel Houston  You were near Though I was distant Disillusioned I was Lost and insecure Still mercy fought For my attention You were waiting at the door Then I let you in Trading your …
Safe, but not comfortable
In our men’s ministry we have an axiom that reminds us (or helps us to try) to create the right kind of environment to engage men and equip them to be men of influence (because of integrity) in their homes, workplaces, neighborhoods and church. The axiom–We want to create an environment that is safe, but …
Battle for Your Mind
The Desiring God 2010 National Conference occurred over the weekend.  The theme of the conference goes along with John Piper’s newest book, Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God. One of the first messages posted was by Rick Warren, entitled, “The Battle for Your Mind.” You can listen to it or down load …
Colossians 1:9-14 Small Group Questions
Paul’s purposeful prayer. 1. If God were to grant you one guaranteed request for yourself, what would you ask for? (Just one! And it can’t be for unlimited requests!) 2. How does Paul’s purposeful prayer–“so that”–challenge your prayer life? 3. What cost would you pay in order to please God? 4. When it comes to …
Grace, Trust and Truth
In any group of individuals, there are bound to be times when one individual (or more often, several individuals) doesn’t respond to a given situation as others expect or desire. This collision of expectations and our own personal desires results in conflict. We’ve all been on both sides of that interaction. Either our expectations were …