Intimacy Leads To Influence

Here’s an excerpt from my new book, Renegade: Your Faith Isn’t Meant To Be Safe. Intimacy leads to influence. Intimacy without influence is insular. Influence without intimacy is impotent We need God pouring into us so we can be poured out for others. Without intimacy with God, we have little (if anything) to give. To…

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We Don’t Really Want To Hear God

Here’s an excerpt from my new book, Renegade: Your Faith Isn’t Meant To Be Safe. Ask pastors what questions they receive most, and “How do I hear God’s voice?” will be near the top of the list. It’s a good question, because deriving direction from God, getting his guidance, receiving a word from the Lord…

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God, Pour Me Out For Others

Here’s an excerpt from my new book, Renegade: Your Faith Isn’t Meant To Be Safe. When you finally really have intimacy with God, you wouldn’t dream of being selfish with it. You need everyone to experience it. In fact, you realize that if your intimacy with God doesn’t connect you to other people and connect…

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The First Annual Rosa Parks Memorial Run

My new book, Renegade: Your Faith Isn’t Meant To Be Safe, came out last month and not only is there a book, but we are also offering (for free) a Renegade series. There are all kinds of resources (messages, graphics, videos, small group questions and more) to equip churches to do a series that will…

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God, Pour Yourself Into Me

Here’s an excerpt from my new book, Renegade: Your Faith Isn’t Meant To Be Safe. You get up in the morning and, realizing that the rest of your day there will be forces that drag you away from God, you pray for him to flood your heart. You pray desperately because you desperately want God,…

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