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Video: “Abortion & Redemption” spoken word by Burgundy Hubert feat. Our Rising Sound (Live)

A brave, talented and redeemed woman in our church wrote an incredible spoken word testimony of her past abortion and God pursuit of her to come to know Jesus. My band played an instrumental behind her and well…here it is. Credits Guitars: Kyle Campos, Caleb Dailey Bass: Josh Dailey Drums: Jon Utter Spoken Word: Burgundy [...]

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Video: What if God asked you to serve your poor community by living there?

That’s exactly what happened at my church in Phoenix AZ. We planted in the poorest area of downtown Phoenix and just celebrated our 9 year anniversary this past weekend. Most pastors in this area think we’re crazy to be here, most churches run out of this neighborhood because it’s incredibly difficult to support a church [...]

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John Piper interviews Rick Warren on doctrine

What an incredible blessing it was to watch this long and rich interview. Rick has taken a lot of shots about his doctrine from the reformed side, so it was so awesome of Piper to sit with him and let him share his heart on the gospel. Rick is a solid solid guy, something tells [...]

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Why I’m dumb enough to keep serving in the church?

Simply…1 Samuel 12:24 “Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.” Only fear the Lord I have nothing else to fear, I don’t have to please audiences, friends, family members, ministry partners…may I only fear God and only seek his will [...]

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How hymns helped a diverse inner city’s church unity in worship

I serve as Worship Pastor of a small inner city, Reformed Charismatic A29 church in Phoenix AZ. We have a pretty diverse group of attenders and members in almost every way: age, church background, social class, ethnicity, theological dispositions, family makeup, etc… We are a diverse family of believers on mission together to reach one [...]

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Poll: 15% of church staffers are staying just for the money

I started a long running poll last year asking the following question. Is your primary reason for staying at your church your pay? 222 church staffers(not a lot I know…I’m not Ed Stetzer) responded and to tell you the truth I was pretty surprised by the results, not because I have a hard time believing [...]

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Ted Haggard says the world understands restoration better than the church (Video)

Take a look at this snippet from Ted talking about “restoration”. I’m gonna have to break this down in bites below. Everybody knows everyone sins. The differentiation between the church and everyone else is that we should respond with restoration, healing, hope life to people’s sin condition. Ehhhhh not quite. Everyone knows that everyone makes [...]

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IHOP (restaurant) sues IHOP (prayer movement) over trademark

When I saw the headline “IHOP (the pancake-maker) sues IHOP (the prayer center) over trademark” , my thought was, what took them so long? I mean I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a more clear case of trademark infringement. Let’s look at the names: International House of Pankcakes (IHOP) International House of Prayer (IHOP) [...]

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