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July 2014

July 09, 2014

A Life Worth Living #4-Ephesians 2:11-3:11

The video below is our fourth installment Mt Vernon's verse-by-verse series through the book of...

June 2014

June 28, 2014

A Life Worth Living #3-Ephesians 1:15-2:10

Here is week three in our current sermon series on the book of Ephesians. The...

June 21, 2014

A Life Worth Living #2-Ephesians 1:1-14

In case you missed last week at Mt Vernon Church, here is last week's message...

June 11, 2014

The Weirdest Way I Ever Saved a Church Member $700

I've got a guy in my church named Kenny. I wish every church had a...

June 07, 2014

War of the Worlds #5-Your Weapons

Missed last Sunday at Mt Vernon? Here is the final message from the War of...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

What's in the 'Secret Sauce' at Mt Vernon

The DNA of each church is different. Every church culture is unique. Recently our staff...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

BIG Ideas of 2013 – Part 2

Monday I shared six months worth of BIG Ideas, one sentence statements that captured the...

March 17, 2014

BIG Ideas of 2013 – Part 1

Each Sunday when I preach I give one BIG Idea from Scripture to the people,...

March 14, 2014

What a Simple Hug Can Do

It's amazing to see the impact you can have at your church this Sunday if...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Why We Created a Next Steps Desk at Mt Vernon

Things are always changing at Mt Vernon. One of the major changes we made in...

February 19, 2014

Hooray! We Ruined Church!

We ruined church for someone, and we're excited about it. A few days ago I...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

Why Church Should Be Fun

Church should be fun. It really should. Now wait, all you coffee-shop-theologians, before you start...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

Mt Vernon Rap

Last night Mt Vernon Church premiered a staff Christmas present to the church. Enjoy!

November 2013

November 01, 2013

Blessed, A New Series Starting this Sunday

We all want to be blessed, right? I mean, who doesn't want to be blessed?...

October 2013

October 07, 2013

Mark Junkins Funeral Message

Yesterday I had the heart-breaking privilege at preaching Mark Junkin's funeral. He was an incredible...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Stories of Hope (Why I Do What I Do)

Yesterday at staff meeting (whoop whoop!) we went around the table and shared stories about...

September 20, 2013

Picture Perfect Family

This Sunday at Mt Vernon we're starting a brand new series, "Picture Perfect Family." We're looking...

September 18, 2013

Imagine . . .

In last week's message at Mt Vernon (watch it online here), I cast a vision...

September 16, 2013

Creating Contagious Communities of Hope

Yesterday at Mt Vernon we unveiled a phrase (some might say purpose statement) that will...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

30 Things I'm Thankful For at Mt Vernon

I write a lot about life and ministry on this blog, but every once in...

August 09, 2013

Front Porch Gospel

The front porch is disappearing from American life. A hundred years ago, nearly every home...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

The Other Guy: A New Series on the Holy Spirit

This very well may be the most important sermon series I've preached since coming to...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

Asking God to Sell Some Cattle

Have you ever taken God at his word and asked him for a strange yet...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Catfish: Untangling the Lies We Believe About God

By now you've heard of the term "catfish" being thrown around by the media these...

January 22, 2013

What Never Ever Ever Gets Old For Me

It's got to be the way I'm wired, because I know that many people just...

December 2012

December 18, 2012

Why I'm an Unashamed Facebook Stalker

At a recent church function, a new church family came up and gave me a...

December 18, 2012

Why I’m an Unashamed Facebook Stalker

At a recent church function, a new church family came up and gave me a...