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Links I Like

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Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing. Click here for past Links I Like.

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  1. One report about educators bringing porn into schools. This is simply astounding the adults would suggest showing porn to kids in school could be a good thing.
  2. What makes a good church member. Helpful list.
  3. Kevin DeYoung on Preparing college students for graduation.
  4. 7 Honest Church postcards. Good for a laugh.
  5. Ed Stetzer on 3 church planting mistakes to not make. Definitely things we look for in potential planters with Revolution.

Preach Better Sermons || Darrin Patrick

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bookI’m watching the online conference Preach Better Sermons today and wanted to share some of the learnings I picked up. One of the speakers is Darrin Patrick founded The Journey in 2002 in the urban core of St. Louis, Missouri. The Journey has six locations and has released seven church plants. Darrin is Vice President of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network (which Revolution Church is part of) and has helped start multiple non-profits in St. Louis. Darrin is the author of two books: Church Planter: The Man, The Message, The Mission and For the City.

Here are some things that jumped out from Darrin’s segment:

  • The Journey rotates through Old Testament, New Testament and hot-button current topics. This keeps the sermons fresh. 
  • By moving around like this, it helps the church have a holistic view of Scripture.
  • Teaching through books of the Bible you are forced to teach on everything.
  • Take chunks of time to prepare during the summer for the rest of the year.
  • We need to preach the gospel all the time, not just in one sermon.
  • The gospel is this thing that is growing.
  • The way we came to Christ is the way we stay in him.
  • People have felt needs, but the gospel is the real need of every human being.
  • Would your sermon work if Jesus didn’t rise from the dead?

Monday Morning Mind Dump…

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  • Yesterday was by far one of my favorite days at Revolution ever
  • Yesterday I got to cast vision about living on mission
  • So far, I’ve been loving preaching through the book of John
  • This is the first time I’ve preached through a gospel and have been surprised by it
  • It is definitely perfect timing for our church and where we are
  • Love how God does that
  • If you missed it, you can listen to it here
  • Last week Katie and I continued our 11th anniversary celebration by heading up to Phoenix for a few days
  • It was everything I hoped it would be
  • We sat by a pool and read, we tried on clothes that were out of our price range for fun
  • We also saw Sigur Ros in concert, which was simply amazing
  • We ate at Fogo de  Chao, True Food and The Arrogant Butcher
  • Loved the food tour through Phoenix
  • They were all amazing, but Fogo was easily my favorite, they kept bringing more and more meat to our table
  • Started reading some books I’m really excited about while we were in Phoenix, all on totally different topics: The Relational Pastor, Give & Take and Follow Me
  • Stay tuned for some reviews later
  • We’re getting closer on our summer missions trip to the Czech Republic
  • If you want to give to it, you can do so here and put “summer missions” in the memo part
  • Really excited for this week as I have some meetings with some church planters who are thinking about planting in Tucson and coaching some MC leaders at Revolution
  • And of course, tons of T-Ball with my boys (1 practice and 2 games this week)

Links I Like

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  1. Christine Hoover on 25 things a veteran church planter’s wife has learned about church planting. I couldn’t agree more with this list. So much truth here.
  2. What churches can do to prevent sexual abuse in their church.
  3. Darryl Dash on How many hours should a pastor work in a week.
  4. Victoria’s Secret is coming for your middle schooler. A must read for parents of daughters.
  5. Russell Moore on Should Christians boycott Starbucks.
  6. Knowing how much access to give as a pastor and leader. Great insights.
  7. An open letter to the church from a lesbian.

This Weekend @ Revolution || Making Your Life Count

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We’ve been meeting for 4 weeks on Sunday morning as Revolution Church and I have been loving it. I’m so excited for week 5 as we continue our series in the book of Ephesians.

Here’s what is happening this week at Revolution this week:

  1. We’ll be looking at Ephesians 3:1 – 13 if you want to read ahead. We’ll be looking at how God uses people to make an impact and make their life worth living and what it is about the people that God uses. Why do some people make an impact felt for generations and others simply live lives that nobody notices. If you want to live a life that is remembered and felt for generations, you don’t want to miss this week.
  2. Our missional communities are launching next week. If you haven’t signed up yet, go here and do so today. Many have filled up, but there is still space in many. If you aren’t sure what they are, here’s a short video to give you some details.
  3. If you haven’t signed up to join a missional community yet, you need to get a jump on it. Some of them are filled up or filling up and I’d hate to see you miss out on one of the best parts of Revolution Church. We will have sign-ups at the church this week, so I’ll give details on that.

This is definitely a week you don’t want to miss at Revolution Church. So, bring someone with you (you never know when a simple invite will make an eternal difference)

Remember, we meet at 8300 E. Speedway Blvd. at 10am

See you on Sunday!

Links I Like

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Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing. Click here for past Links I Like. 
  1. Craig Groeschel on Disrupt rhythms strategically.
  2. Someone needs to stop Pat Robertson.
  3. Darrin Patrick on Loving your wife and the mission.
  4. Men, here’s the most important meeting of the day.
  5. Mac Lake on The reason your church lacks leaders. Like all things in a church, if you want something to happen, you must be intentional.
  6. A kind wife.

Mission Opportunities for Revolution Church’s Move

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I shared this past week that Revolution Church is moving to Sunday morning on September 9 and we will be meeting at Magee Middle School. The response to this move from our church has been overwhelming. It is exciting to see the excitement that people have about this move. I am excited about this for a number of reasons, but one of them are the mission opportunities for us as a church and individuals.

Here are just a few:

  • Having your Saturday night free to hang out with friends. Let’s face it, a lot of things happen on Saturday’s. Either parties for kids, things downtown on 4th Ave., U of A football games, sports for kids, and a variety of other things. For the last 4 years, our family has had to say no to much of this because of church and we’ve missed some great opportunities to be with people who don’t know Jesus.
  • Unchurched people are more conservative about church attendance. I shared this when I talked about our move, but we have seen this personally in our own church and seen it through a variety of polls and studies. When it comes to church attendance, unchurched people are more conservative than churched people.
  • Blessing Magee. We’ve already had some opportunities to bless the faculty and students of Magee with some simple things they’ve asked for. I’m excited about the potential of an MC focused on serving and loving the school, and other ways we as a church will be able to be the gospel to them.