... are keeping you from growing into the fullness of faith and the life God has purposed for you. Do any of these "incompletes" (with appreciation to Eric Allenbaugh's book Wake-Up Calls [New York: Fireside, 1994] for these categories, and to Landrum P. Leavell III of Royal Palms Baptist Church [Phoenix, Arizona] for pointing me to the book) apply to your life: 1. relational incompletes do you have unresolved conflicts with someone, or do you have feelings that have not been expressed? 2. integrity incompletes ...
It happened in an instant. From top of the mountain to bottom of the heap--literally, the bottom of a heap. Joe Kay was a high school golden boy. All conference basketball star. Senior Valedictorian scholastic star. Lead saxophone musical star. Joe Kay was headed to Stanford after graduation. On the night of February 6, 2004, he was leading the basketball victory of Tucson High School against their arch rivals. A glorious last moment slam dunk by Joe and the game was won. It was the perfect pinnacle of his ...
Do you remember as a child how you dressed to take trips? (You can either begin your sermon with an interactive time at this point, inviting the congregation to remember how they were dressed for trips, or you can make it personal and tell your own recollections of what kind of clothes your parents made you wear when it was time to travel.) As a child I remember having to get dressed up whenever we'd go on a family trip. If we were going in our own car, we could be more casual, but still had to look good ...
