Baptism is the second topic discussed in the First Steps experience.
What we have found at New Season Church, is that the majority of our new believers have never been church goers.  While generations past have had somewhat of an understanding of baptism, and it has also been understood in the culture of the Church as somewhat expected, people of this generation [...]

You’ll Be in My Heart

In my previous post I mentioned that I would go more into detail about our First Steps experience at New Season Church.
Well, here we go…
The 1st part of First Steps deals with salvation.  We introduce the class by asking the question….”what happened?”  (p.s. about 70% of this curriculum is ripped from 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Ga…..great team over there!)  We take [...]

Today is the first Sunday at New Season Church for “First Steps”.  First Steps is a one time class that helps new believers answer the question, “what do I do now?” 
I am so excited to see this thing grow in the coming months!
Here’s the subjects:

Salvation: What Happened?
Baptism: What is the significance and why do I need to be baptized
Community: The [...]

I’ve heard leadership been defined as a characteristic in one person that another person naturally wants to follow. 
Being a pastor on staff in the evangelical Church today, one would hope (especially me) that one characteristic used to describe me would be… a “leader”.  But I’m just now learning probably the most elemental leadership lesson that there is.
Most of my leadership style thus [...]

  I’ve been listening to many podcasts by Francis Chan lately and have completely fell in love with his heart and pursuit of God.  Some of the messages that I’ve been listening to, Francis has been focusing on the return of Christ.  Chan raises many issues that may seem elementay to some….but to be honest, the humbleness and purity that [...]

My whole life I have passionately sought after God.  Some times I seek harder, some times I seek less.  I can remember one season of my life in which I thought I could find God through emotion….the idea that if I had some type of encounter to where goose bumps came over me, tears began to flow, and almost a [...]

I heard these lyrics last Saturday night from an amazing worship leader names Daniel Bashta.  “Hell can you hear me…darkness do you fear me?”  The song was about realizing the power within and screaming out with the authority of Jesus that you will change the course of eternity by making such an impact on people’s lives that hell gets less [...]

What do you do when you’ve been engaged in the creative process all day long and you come to that point where you can’t think anymore?  With a world of deadlines, sometimes the option to quit is no option at all.  So here’s my suggestion: Pray and Rest. 
Pray that God, the best creator,  will move in and through you to [...]

So…this post probably isn’t going the direction your thinking, but Ill continue none the less.  The other day I had a 7 year old with me and we were goofing off driving down the road, playing slug bug, and engaging in deep conversation just like anyone would with any regular 7 year old.  As we are driving down the road, [...]