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This Is Not Normal
I love when I read scripture and I find something that we have made complicated, made simple. Romans 13:8-10 is a perfect example of that: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to...
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Experimenting With The Connect Event
We are always tweaking our systems and ideas to hopefully get better, and also find easier ways for people to find community. One of the new ideas that we introduced last year was the Connect Event....
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Curriculum Menu
One of the most common questions that we get from group leaders is, “What should we study next?”. We are always happy to give them a few suggestions, but the number of studies that are available are...
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Why We Do All-Church Studies
This Sunday, we are launching a new series called Sabotage, along with an all-church wide study to go with it. The study will have videos of bonus material to help groups start the discussion about...
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Why Do We Sabotage?
All you need us love. At least that’s what John Lennon proposed in 1967. But only if it was that was that easy. You see, Paul (the one in the Bible, not the other Beatle) fleshed that thought out a...
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Week 1 Of Sabotage
I wrote in an earlier post about how important it is for our small groups to all study the same thing a couple of times a year. We kicked off our fall, church wide campaign on Sunday with our series on...
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I Am Always Right
Our groups will continue their Sabotage study this week by discussing how having an “I am always right” attitude can destroy your relationships. To get the group time started, we filmed a panel of...
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Searching For Identity
I have searched my entire life for my identity. At different stages I thought I had found it, and was semi-ok with it, only to see it suddenly shift and the unending search was on again. In...
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Choose Your Friends Wisely
We continued our series Sabotage this week by looking at making wise choices when it comes to the people that our in our inner circle of friends. Our panel is kicking off our community groups...
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People Hate New
We have spent the last few weeks moving to a new house in downtown Nashville. Every time we move, I say “we are never moving again”, until I eventually forget the sweat and tears and we end up moving...
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Speaking Truth – Sabotage Week 5
We are in week 5 of our all-church study, Sabotage. This week, Justin talked about the importance of honesty and truth in our relationships. You can watch what our panel had to say about it below, and...
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Flee or Fight? Sabotage Week 6
We wrapped up our all-church study Sabotage this week. Pete looked at how we can all have peace in our relationships through healthy, biblical conflict. You can watch what our panel had to say about...
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5 Ways For Groups To Survive The Holidays
We are headed into the toughest season all year for small groups to stay active. Fall and winter bring a myriad of parties, vacations and holidays. It is really tempting to not fight against the...
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Leader Burnout
I had the opportunity last week to hear Mark Miller from Chick-fil-A speak at an event that I was facilitating for Leadership Network in Dallas. Mark was sharing about how they have built a leadership...
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4 Reasons To Stay
When looking through resumes for an open position we are hiring, one of the first things I look at is length of time at each job. It almost doesn’t even matter what the job was. I want to see if this...
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Let Hope In Study
I have written before about how much I believe in church-wide campaigns – where every small group is aligned with the weekend series for a few weeks. I know that one of the most difficult components...
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Why Small Groups Are Vital To Your Spiritual Growth
My friend, Ben Reed, recently released a great book called Starting Small: The Ultimate Small Group Blueprint. In Starting Small, Ben helps you through the process of putting a small group...
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Train Leaders Where They Are
I occasionally get asked why I write the way that I write. If you have read a few posts on my blog, you will notice that they are not very long. A few thoughts or ideas and usually an application. The...
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5 Ways To Read Through The Bible
In a couple of weeks, I will have read through the Bible in one year. This is a goal that I have had for the last few years, but good intentions seemed to always turn into failed objectives. I would...
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It’s Time To Launch New Groups
This Sunday, we will launch over 100 brand new groups at Cross Point. We know that the best way to get new people into community is always by starting new groups. That’s easy said, difficult to do....
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