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December 16, 2017

Christmas Sermon Toolbox

No time of year is harder for preaching than Christmas. Here are a few reasons why that is � and what you can do about it.


Watch this 14-minute talk I gave on Facebook LIVE last week, filled with Christmas sermon planning aids:



Reasons it is difficult:



| There isn’t nearly the amount of material available (Matthew, Luke, John, Isaiah, Micah) centered on the Christmas story.
| There is an expectation of emotion through the culture � songs/music, experience, etc.
| People are distracted.
| People’s familiarity with the Christmas message.

Suggestions:



Exposition: give a sermon expositing Matthew 2 and teach the whole thing.
| Characters: give a sermon focused on the individual characters.
| Apologetics: give a sermon about the reasons people refute Christmas.
| Themes: give a sermon that can have an easy application to Christmas.

BONUS: Watch this short Christmas joke you can use in your sermon from Pastor James MacDonald:



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Published on December 16, 2017 17:55

September 22, 2017

A Friday Thought!


There is always an effort underway to find a new sacrifice for sin�


Each of us observes that wrong is being done, as people continue to sin against God and one another. Quickly, the self-righteous find someone toheap total blame upon: “Ahhhhh, now we are at peace, someone has been made to carry all this.�


But why is anyone paying? Hasn’t Jesus paid for that sin � and hasn’t He also paid for our own bent toward blaming others? “But this Man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God� (Hebrews 10:12).


Asbelievers in Christ, we agree that “It is finished”�(John 19:30)was the end of payment for sin. We don’t seek justice; we seek mercy for everyone, in every situation.


Like Jesus we pray, “Father, forgive them�(Luke 23:34)and have to add “and forgive me for sinfully wanting someone to pay, as though Christ’s wounding was not enough to cover what wounds me.�


Praise God, all sin is atoned for and as His children we are called to mercy.“Judgment is without mercy to the one who shows no mercy�(James 2:13). This is not a verse to beat the unmerciful with � it is a warning to search my own heart and ask the question, Do I love mercy? (Micah 6:8 NKJV)

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Published on September 22, 2017 08:39

April 14, 2017

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Published on April 14, 2017 07:42

April 10, 2017

Too Many Calories—Not Enough Sustenance!

I didn’t do it for Lent or anything, but I am on a very strict diet and doing my level best to stay away from the dessert table. Honestly, I have felt for a long time that I could live on ice cream and cookies. But more recently I have been experiencing the good feeling of doing the harder work, avoiding the quick sugar high—and waking up each day feeling lighter, fresher. Seems obvious, I guess, but bad patterns persist for more reasons than ignorance� like ease and familiarity.


Feast deeply upon the message of the cross as preparation for authentic empty-tomb rejoicing.


Paul Baloche, a worship leader loved around the world, has given more than three decades to training other worship leaders and writing songs that help us express our love for Christ. Paul joined our team this past year, and last Saturday night after service he stayed at our home. We were talking about ‘Holy Week� at Harvest, and I was surprised to see the surprise in his eyes. He was clearly blessed and reflective about our website , and the decade of dedication we have put into Good Friday as preparation for our Easter celebration. He encouraged me to write about it and let others know of the culture we have developed around Good Friday, where our attendance is more than 4/5 of our Easter crowd.


I have long thought that the way evangelical churches often run to Easter without stopping at the place of suffering—without seeing Christ crucified for my own sin—seems so 21st-century ‘western world�. Even good, gospel-saturated, Bible-preaching churches seem to give more time to the empty tomb than to the reason it is cause for celebration. In an overdue way physically, but for a long time spiritually, I don’t want the dessert without the main course�


Here are 5 things we do to lead our people to feast deeply upon the message of the cross as preparation for authentic Easter/empty tomb rejoicing.


1: Passion Week is a week, not a day or a weekend.

We give our people special materials to work through personally—a devotional and music to listen to on their way to church, and this year a 24/7 vigil of remembrance at the cross. I had been thinking about how our culture shows grief differently than in New Testament times. How we don’t beat upon our breast, or wear sackcloth and ashes, or wail aloud for the most part. We come as individuals and pour our cup of grief into the ocean of community anguish. The first time I saw this was after the death of John Lennon in 1980, then Princess Diana, now 20 years ago. This week we are doing the same as a church community.



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2: The primary goal of Good Friday remains the exaltation of Jesus Christ, not the winning of lost people.

Too, too often (in some churches every single week), we subordinate the needs of Christ’s body to what a lowest common denominator lost person would understand. This is so backward and unbiblical. Worse, it brings less glory to Jesus by trapping His children in business-as-usual “let’s revisit the plan of salvation� services. Start dreaming about a service designed solely for the purpose of stirring fresh heart passion for the cross in the soul of a sixty-years saved person—it will pour incredible energy and vitality into those already in your church family. We have been doing this for a long time, not as the best or only way, but as a very good way you might prayerfully consider for your church, too. Maybe most surprising is how, despite our designing Good Friday services exclusively for impacting believers, we later learn that people are saved in these services every year. (For more on how effective evangelism is best as a byproduct of a vertical church, not a primary goal of the church gathered, )


3: Somber reflection is not the enemy of Easter celebration, but rather the means to its highest expression.

At Harvest we’ve built a very particular culture around our Good Friday services. These services are sacrificial and sad. We ask our whole church to drive, some as much as 75 minutes, to our original campus. There the most talented music, spoken word, media, and creative arts people in our entire family pool their gifts together with all the production, tech, lighting, and others who are serving to create something incredibly special and impactful. The fact that it is inconvenient is good. Jesus didn’t lower the discipleship bar to build numbers and neither should we. Ask people to do a hard thing, challenge them to change their pattern, turn off the TV, lean in to the Lord.


Jesus didn’t lower the discipleship bar to build numbers and neither should we.


Everyone wears black, enters in silence, and leaves in sorrow. There is not a moment of victory or celebration, because that’s the way it was that first Friday—would anyone have labeled it ‘good� that day? Just because you know how it ends, doesn’t mean you should rush to the conclusion or that doing so won’t damage what you experience when you get there. Not a single melody of joy, not a note of triumph in the Good Friday service.


The cross and death of Christ are only seen as good—the greatest good—when looking back. For the first disciples, the death of Christ was the end, the loss of who and how every hope might find fulfillment. They DID NOT KNOW or understand that Christ wasn’t gone for good when He said “It is finished� (). We have many years invested in the observation that celebrating “He is Risen� without “It’s Friday, but Sunday is coming� is incomplete—and in the end may actually be shorting God’s people.


Good Friday reflection is like being pulled back in a slingshot. Looking into the empty tomb and rejoicing from the depth of your soul are massively amplified through your heart awareness of what sin’s payment cost God’s Son. Of course you don’t need a service to do that, but it is our joy to serve our people by leading them down the road of suffering, as a preparation to the shouts of “Hallelujah!� Here are some highlights from years past�



4: Then on Sunday, proclaim “Christ is Risen!� from the house tops!

After years of teaching “Clap your hands, all you people! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!� (Psalm 47:1), our people show up early with banners and bright clothing. This year pennants are being handed out with names of Jesus on them.





Our church family will make themselves hoarse singing, shouting, and rejoicing from the bottom of their hearts. The music will be incredible and celebratory. Vertical Church Band and some 2000 volunteers will be out in force taking the good news to each of our campuses across the great city of Chicago. We try as best we can to follow the mental/emotional cycle of the first disciples that very first weekend.


For this year, our team actually filmed a recreation of the scene where Mary reaches the disciples with the resurrection news, and Peter and John run to the empty tomb. Two years ago, it was Mary at the empty tomb�



The compelling thing about the resurrection of Jesus is its life-changing, irrefutable reality. Don’t apologize for it or give the impression that lost people need to appreciate it. Lead the saved to celebrate it, and the Lord Himself will descend in saving power, calling to Himself those He has been drawing. Get fired up yourself, Pastor. Think long and deep about this awesome, history-altering event. This spring I’ve been preaching on the kings of Israel—the vast majority of whom were walking disasters—and cannot wait to lead our church family in celebration of the only King of Kings, who still today makes wonderful stories from wrecked lives.


5: Pray and lead your people to pray for God’s manifest presence in your services this week. “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might tremble at Your presence� ().

This is Easter #29 for Kathy and me at Harvest Bible Chapel, and I am undiminished in my delight. Listen, my pastor friend, you may not have a parking problem or an overflow room or a shortage of bulletins. You may not yet be experiencing the victories you have been seeking for in life and ministry—but you have the living Christ, the bloody cross, and the empty tomb. Determine now to revel in that personally, and then from the pulpit more than you ever have before. Bow this moment and pray for the fire of God’s Holy Spirit to kindle fresh heat in your heart for this timeless message. Stay on your knees with your Bible open till you have it—then you need not fear phoning it in this Easter. I promise that is what I am doing, even as I pray for you, too.


It’s going to be another AWESOME Easter.


–J

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Published on April 10, 2017 12:22

March 28, 2017

Dealing with My Biggest Disappointment


The psalmist said, “I have been young, and now am old . . .� (Psalm 37:25), and that is how I feel. Fifty-something is not over the hill, but it is surely down the road—and now that I am down that road I see things a lot differently than I did when my shoes were new and I hadn’t broken a sweat. Back then I was filled with convictions that have lasted and idealisms that have not.


I am more convinced than ever that Jesus is God’s Son—the One who made atonement for sin and exemplifies righteousness—that the Bible is God’s Word revealed to us in perfection and sufficiency, that heaven and hell are real, and that God’s glory is the only thing worth fighting for. But I am less convinced about methods—mine or yours. I am not persuaded that my way is the only way, or even the best one in some instances. And I have lost my naivete about people. I frequently doubt when a person expresses their sincerity, their longevity in leadership, or their commitment to do as they say they will. It’s so shocking to look back and see how frequently people are excited about accountability until they are the one who needs it.


I am more convinced than ever that God’s glory is the only thing worth fighting for.


And it’s not just others I am disappointed with, it’s myself. I see how often I have failed to be all that I wanted to be for God and for others. Without question my biggest disappointment is with people—you and me, the whole bunch of us. On our best day we are incredibly flawed, and the harder a sincere person tries to push the blame on others, the more they should feel the weight of their own shortcomings . . . what “I� should have done differently.


But here’s the thing: give others the grace you know you need and move on in the lessons you have learned. Too much navel gazing and wallowing in disappointment hinders the work of God in and through you. The Christian life requires “forgetting those things which are behind� (Philippians 3:13). If your focus is on the rearview mirror today, I challenge you to lift your eyes to the road ahead and leave your disappointment with people behind you.


HOW???


Jesus had disappointments with people, right? With the religious leaders who attacked Him, with the family members who first rejected Him then fought for their own prominence when His popularity was on the rise. Where were they at the cross? Then the disciples—Peter denied, Judas betrayed, the rest ran when the Savior needed them most. Or did He? Of course Jesus loved people, but did He need them? An interesting verse in the opening of John is a lesson I could have used a lot earlier.


Too much navel gazing and wallowing in disappointment hinders the work of God in and through you.


After many were flocking to Jesus and “believing in Him,� John 2:24-25 says: “But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.�


Jesus was neither cynical nor naive. He loved people without entrusting Himself to them, and He served people without exposing himself to their faults or failures. Are we so attached to one another that we set ourselves up to be shattered when the inevitability of our fallenness comes to the surface? Are we so in need of affirmation and acceptance that we find ourselves ‘wheels up� in the ditch when a friend or colleague denies or betrays? Loving people, yes. Living in community, yes. But attaching ourselves to people in a way that we lose our footing in following Jesus when they stumble or trip us up? No!


Let’s fix our eyes squarely upon the only One worth following—praising God for the blessing of people, but refusing to attach ourselves in a way that puts our faith/following at risk. Looking back, if I had been a little less euphoric in the glory days with any particular person, I would have been less crushed by disappointment when I discovered their feet of clay . . . no doubt they would say the same of me. Only Jesus on the pedestal, the rest of us on level ground, looking up. That’s how I deal with disappointment.


John 21:21: “Peter . . . said to Jesus, ‘Lord what about this man?� Jesus said to him, �. . . What is that to you? You follow me!'�

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Published on March 28, 2017 19:30

March 22, 2017

Essentials for a Vertical Church

What would make your list of essentials for a ? Here are four things to consider:


Praying for God’s manifest presence� Isaiah 64:1

Faithfulness where God has placed you� Psalm 37:3

Generosity that leads to increase� Proverbs 11:24

Investing in life-on-life discipleship� 2 Timothy 2:2


Take a few minutes to watch and listen in on my conversations with these four quality men—all of them pastors, church planters, and recent graduates from the .



WORSHIP: The indispensable element of a high-impact worship service| Rich Shipe, planting in Ashburn, VA



LEADERSHIP: Delighting in your stage of ministry| Jon Mollohan, planting a hybrid church in Springfield, IL [referenced in video: ]




CHURCH PLANTING: Multiplying the surplus of fruitful ministry| Blair Cushman, planting in New Braunfels, TX



DISCIPLESHIP: Conviction that fuels discipleship| Obed Brefo, serving at Harvest East Valley, Chandler, AZ



For information on how you can get connected with one of these churches, contact Harvest Bible Fellowship.


Watch more .

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Published on March 22, 2017 11:00

March 6, 2017

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Published on March 06, 2017 08:33

February 27, 2017

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Published on February 27, 2017 01:57

February 22, 2017

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How Much Does It Cost To Produce A? By Moazed September 08 th. 2015 Howmuch does it charge to create a? A very frequent query! In the last 6 decades, Applico has built more than 300 apps, and Ive discovered alot about how to get the great app designer in the correct price. Price’s principal driver is the charge of labour. As an example, employing offshore developers is likely to be than hiring domestic programmers exponentially cheaper, and you will be cost greater than a hire by an existing organization. Because theres a wide variety of specifics, the purchase price to get a cellular software could range anywhere from $5,000 to $500,000; however, the purchase price selection will typically be somewhere within $100,000 and $300,000, with the complete growth method taking 12-20 weeks.Its certainly a big investment, both in-time and income. Consequently, in order to boost your money, listed below are the five key factors when determining the correct mobile software development budget, to consider. 1) Your Goals Its essential that you be sincere with your points and oneself.


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You can even request to communicate with the methods and examine their interaction abilities. Employing in-house though offshore progress is significantly cheaper technicians will make a positive change through your layout period; it’ll save money and time in the future by taking specialized expertise to the merchandise planning. Some organizations can say each of their methods are on shore, their growth offshore although when in reality, they might have their layout methods locally. This really is an easy way for developers to demand on shore costs for advancement and obtain a profit margins that are huge. By doing suitable persistence on the precise associates, you are able to filter out these corporations. A hybrid method could work in situations where capable, on-shore engineering clubs can work on the areas of a project while using the, 3rd party resources that are cheaper for menial duties that are themore. Nevertheless, with no legitimate engineering workforce on shore, this process wont work.Technical project or merchandise administrators alone arent sufficient.


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3) Waterfall vs Agile Waterfall development will be the two most notable methods to software progress, but theyre not greatly same. Waterfall growth is determined by having a transparent certification process presented up-front, ahead of the growth process starts, and closely following that procedure. Before beginning development, theres almost no documentation. Programmers � or 2-week sprints and find out rule because they get. Development that is Iterative is what we call a hybrid approach. There is some certification up front, like wireframes and mockups for efficiency and essential displays, but specific elements and details are left to become discovered from the group during growth. With fountain growth, theres mobility that is little, nevertheless, you learn precisely what youre finding and the way much it will charge. Plus, with meticulous file-maintaining of the undertaking that is structured, its simpler to improve the process later on. But waterfall advancement may be tough, since its difficult to learn each and every depth and nuance from your very beginning, particularly for an even more complex or more substantial undertaking.


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The schedule here will certainly be longer. In general, the industry is moving toward development. The possible lack of preliminary construction could create the task more costly than initially planned, but it permits a lot more flexibility to modify account and the product for feedback and modifications. With agile development, you’ll have small releases at every development cycle’s end, thus youre more prone to accomplish your start time and get for the marketplace quicker. 4) Fixed-Fee vs Occasion and Products In a waterfall composition, you may set a fixed fee for your function up. You could devote X on design and be given a fixed-fee to build up your app for B. However, it’s expected that you are likely to wish to adjust something. Enter Work Requests. Are work requests billed at the same charges?


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Just how many in their tasks have work purchases? Just how much will be the original contract versus the price with work purchases? In an nimble or iterative structure, you may be charged for work effort performed’s level. You will be provided an estimate of the costs that youll be charged by the corporation. Check if they have time tracking software to determine and of course, if youll if charged hourly have entry to review it. Of course, if it comes to an invoice question, view when there is an activity inplace to take care of the specific situation. I would suggest warning while a fixed-fee structure may seem to reduce your risk probably the most. Your cost might be deceiving once you take into account the full total cost-including potential work orders.The supreme aim is always to get a fantastic item that’ll accomplish your company aim. Quality and the quality of designer who performs in a fixed-fee design can often be affected.


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5) Estimation Design Whats the method of estimate development? Who produced the appraisal? Does that individual possess of what you are currently trying to create a complete knowledge? Have you spoke compared to that person? Have they labored on similar programs and utilized technologies that were related? In the event the systems are international in their mind, it’s possible for them to misestimate. Consider how real expenses have compare to original quotations traditionally so any misestimation can be better avoided by you. To become secure, suppose your creator can go 20% over-budget. ?»?


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I dislike to say this, but thats the industry’s state. Paying attention that is close to these 5 aspects will help youget of what your software development budget will appear like, an improved idea. The application growth that was correct gained’t be inexpensive, nevertheless it ll be well-worth the fee.

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Published on February 22, 2017 01:19

February 10, 2017

Let’s Hear It for Winter!


Southern loved ones who see “summer year round� subtly speak “advantage,� through words of pity for us Northerners frozen beneath white months. But I have grown to treasure winter. When friends in Februaryflip-flops shake their heads, lamenting our blizzards and forced fireside days, I always think “they really don’t seem to get winter,� and how awesome it actually is.


Winter is as inevitable as death, and when everything I see is fallow (as I will soon be), I can see the whole forest, and know that death will give way to life again in a way that would beunbelievable to someone who had never been through winter. Why are the colder climates most often host to the more productive cultures in human history? How does the never ceasing cycle of sun and fun mitigate against rigorous thought and spiritual formation? Today the fire is warm—the room is quiet—the meditation is deep. Hearing the howling wind against the window . . . while knowing it will soonfail in the face of the more powerful force of life, knowing as a fact that melting and moisture and green and growth are coming to the planet as sure as the sun is moving closer to earth, helps me have faith as I pray tearfullyabout things where new life seems impossible.



Waiting for spring to burst forth from buds and bulbs is a truly wonderful experience…a constant thought by the time March comes roaring in. No, I can’t golf or cook out today, but won’t those blessings be treasured more upon their arrival because of required waiting? Today I feel the pinch of what Shakespeare called“the seasons difference, as the icy fang and churlish chiding of the winter’s wind, which bites and blows upon my body until I shrink with cold and smiling say,‘sweet are the uses of adversity.’”�(From memory, errors likely.?) Or, more commonly expressed, “Whatdoesn’t kill you makes you stronger.�


Cycles of having and hoping are central to life in Christ—and winter is good practice.


I hope to have a few days of southern sunshine later in February—a welcome deposit on a season to come, but I truly do love winter.I love knowing that life is gonna win again and getting to watch as spring awakes from slumber, a summer of celebration speeds past and, too soon, falling leaves signal slowing pace and everything freezes again.


Cycles of having and hoping are central to life in Christ—and winter is good practice. Northerners are known for being direct and to the point.Heck yeah, it’s cold out so I won’t prattle on’til we both have frostbite . . . North is not better than south of course, but it does have advantages—and I have come to see, maybe bynecessity, that winter is one of those wins.

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Published on February 10, 2017 10:30

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