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BOLD / Part One

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God has been teaching me about boldness over the last few months. I just want to share with you today a few things I believe He has been teaching me about this character trait; some of the things I’m wrestling with right now. As I see it, there are a number of areas of our lives where boldness is needed. Let’s look at three of them today. I’ll cover three more tomorrow. I’ll go with a first-person perspective here: BOLD …

Here’s how we make a difference.

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Passion is an annual gathering of college students from around the world in Atlanta, GA. It’s a few days full of worship and teaching, aimed at making the name of Jesus famous. Do Something Now is an organization of Passion that is geared towards doing good in the world in Jesus’ name. What happens when the annual gathering of students combines with the force of Do Something Now? Watch below. THIS is how we make a difference in our world. …

Vertical Year in Review Videos

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Here are the two “Year In Review” videos I did for Vertical Church. We used these during our message this morning, which was a celebration of all the things God has done in and through our church in 2011. Check ‘em out! Our 2011 “Stats” video: Our series mashup video (all the series we did in 2011): Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious

Vertical Christmas / What You Didn’t See

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As awesome as Vertical’s Christmas services were, there was something about what went on behind-the-scenes to make those services happen that made it even more special to me. Here’s a list of several things happened that most people who came to these services didn’t see, along with a few fun facts (and a few pictures): The nearly 5-hour setup on Tuesday night as we battled sound issues, power issues, and many other unknowns. To see the patience practiced by our …