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Why Didn’t Lot Just Plant a Post Modern/Emergent, Relevant, Seeker Sensitive, Contemporary, Tolerant, Media Driven Church in Sodom? — Part One

Rob — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:18:41 +0000

Ok, a title should never be the length of a short post, but there it is. Since you made it past that, admit it, It’s a pretty good question, isn’t it? Today, most church plants in America are DOA unless they have at least half of the DNA listed in the title above. Or so [...]

Sunday Evening Mind Dump

Rob — Mon, 21 May 2012 02:24:38 +0000

Wrapped up chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes today with the only real solution King Solomon missed—turning from our sins to God’s salvation. Several people gave their lives to Jesus today at Southbrook Church! When will that get old? NEVER! Challenged our body not to be ashamed. Seriously, how can any true believer ever be ashamed to [...]

How Things Break

Rob — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:59:27 +0000

Today is the day to stand firm for the institution of marriage in the state of North Carolina by voting FOR the marriage amendment that adds protection for this precious union into our state constitution. In today’s post I want to make a final argument before we all head for the polls. Consider how often [...]

He who lives longest–still dies.

Rob — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:16:46 +0000

I’m fascinated by “Guinness Book of World Records type stuff.” Not the cheesy ones—like longest fingernails or who can lie on a bed of nails with the most weight on them. No, I’m talking about, tallest human being on record or shortest—heaviest , longest living—things like that. Several years ago, a man died who claimed [...]

Sunday Evening Mind Dump

Rob — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:15:15 +0000

Today we baptized nearly 40 people who wanted to stand up and be counted for Jesus! These days are always a celebration @ Southbrook Church and among my very favorite as a pastor. The name of Jesus was greatly magnified! Lifting high the name of Jesus didn’t stop there either. I just got home form [...]

Monday Evening Mind Dump!

Rob — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:41:35 +0000

Week two of , “The Game of Thrones” series is up on the website HERE, and in iTunes HERE. If you missed a week… catch up. This thing is a bullet train and you need to get on board early because it is harder to catch the further away from the station it gets! The [...]

Why I Teach Through Books of the Bible

Rob — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:49:13 +0000

At Southbrook Church we teach both topical and expository sermons (sometimes referred to as “verse by verse teaching”). And I have to admit, I’m somewhat perplexed by the virtual Hatfields vs. McCoys type infighting that has resulted from pastors believing vehemently that you can only do one or the other. On the one hand you [...]

Sunday Evening Mind Dump

Rob — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:53:47 +0000

159 people gave their lives to Jesus Christ today @ Southbrook Church!! All praise and glory to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! Nearly 200 were saved between Palm Sunday and Easter!! Go God!! You might think one would get used to it—especially at a church where God has moved like this so many times, [...]

Unique Easter Egg Drop

Rob — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:56:22 +0000

Wanna know the where the best event for kids is happening this Easter? — At Southbrook Community Church! One of our staff made the crazy suggestion one day that we ought to drop eggs from a hot air balloon on Easter since no one has ever done that (not usually a good enough reason by [...]

Don’t Feel Much Like Singing? Part 1

Rob — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:30:18 +0000

Psalm 137 is an odd little psalm written by an obscure Jewish musician, prisoner of war. We don’t even know his name, but his condition is one familiar to all of us. You see, he’s facing a dilemma where he must, “put on a happy face” when he really, really, really doesn’t feel like it—really. [...]

Champions of the Month!

Rob — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:08:07 +0000

One of the reasons I discontinued this segment of posts from my blog was not a conscious one—to be blunt, there were just far too many champions around Southbrook to limit it to a once a month or even once a week—forget that—how about even once a day postings?! The love for one another, unity, [...]

Sunday Evening Mind Dump

Rob — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:47:03 +0000

Wrapped up our “Impact Series” today with the message, “Mark the Future.” I shared with the body @ Southbrook that the next 12 months for us is going to be the “Year of Discipleship.” It’s not a gimmick, and it’s not that every other year sees no special emphasis on the Great Commission—no, what it [...]

The Year of Discipleship — Final

Rob — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:15:03 +0000

I’m a movin on up! — Or would that be just, ‘movin on?’ One of the things pastors of growing churches hear a lot goes something like this, ‘I used to feel so appreciated around here, but then a bunch of new people came and the pastor dropped me like a hot potato!’ I hear [...]

The Year of Discipleship — Part 3

Rob — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:23:30 +0000

The theme for today’s post comes from an encounter over five years ago — as I ran into a contractor who heard I was a pastor of a large church (their words) and wanted me to know in “no uncertain terms” that he believed large churches were bad. He said he’d been a Christian all [...]

The Year of Discipleship — Part 2

Rob — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:59:14 +0000

A couple years ago, Southbrook Church had a father/son — hockey/pizza night. It was a blast! It was also an opportunity to see the difference between the following group’s behaviors; 1. Adults 2. Boys 3. Adult boys The men of SCC faired pretty well in this comparison test. Given opportunities at Bobcats arena to, 1. [...]

The Year of Discipleship – Part 1

Rob — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:40:36 +0000

Getting saved is only half the battle (won). Once rescued by Christ, the new believer is to spend his or her life becoming more and more like Him. But for some odd reason, that happens in only a small minority of believers. For others, they kind of enter a spiritual roller coaster existence, vacillating between [...]

Sunday Evening Mind Dump

Rob — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:40:33 +0000

What an awesome day of worship @ Southbrook today! Pastor Rene Joseph really brought it! Straight from the Word (Mark 2 to be exact) with passion unlike any other! If you haven’t spent a week in Haiti with this guy you really should pray about making a short term mission trip to Haiti and seeing [...]

Mark the World (Remember This?)

Rob — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:18:57 +0000

Posted In Evangelism,Mark The World Are you praying?! I’ll never forget what God did at Delmas 33. Try to imagine the scene as Haitians kept streaming into an old concert venue to hear the gospel for the very first time! I promise you it was 10 times more impactful than that! Hundreds were saved that [...]

Sunday Evening Mind Dump

Rob — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:40:40 +0000

Today was bitter sweet as we celebrated tremendous ministry accomplishments in Monroe over the last several years but also ended a chapter in the life of Southbrook Church. Yes, it’s true that all Monroe outreach endeavors will continue on into the future, however, the multi-site arm of Monroe is closing down. Many have bent the [...]

A Very Courageous Post — Final

Rob — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:23:04 +0000

This is the final installment of “A very courageous post,” by Geoff Saurat Planting Pandemic Who knew that church planting could become trendy? My grandfather was a church planter in Oklahoma back in the 1940s and 50s, and it was anything but glamorous. There were no conferences, Web sites or networks; just Grandpa, Grandma, and [...]

A Very Courageous Post — Part 3

Rob — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:32:10 +0000

Here is the 3rd installment of posts from a very courageous series on the “Shipwrecked Church”done by pastor Geoff Saurat. For parts one and two–scroll down to earlier posts. Pastor Praise I come from a long, long line of pastors. Every relative on my dad’s side of the family is either a pastor or married [...]

Worshiping Worship — Part 2 of, “A Very Courageous Post.”

Rob — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:31:47 +0000

Here’s part 2 of pastor, Geoff Surratt’s series. I love corporate worship. One of my favorite aspects of working in multisite churches has been visiting multiple worship experiences every weekend. I have participated in as many as six different services in a single weekend, and I love seeing people connect with God through the leadership [...]

ABumRap – Part 2

Rob — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:44:18 +0000

Nearly everyone has heard of the biblical character, Job. He’s the guy who loved God through pain, loss, betrayal, sickness, a nagging wife and, oh, we wouldn’t want to forget those hideous, rotten to the core, ingrate , so-called “friends” of his either, would we? Yeah, what about those three bone-heads? Not much is ever [...]

A Very Courageous Post

Rob — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:18:57 +0000

Today I am going to hand my blog over to an incredibly godly and insightful man of God (Geoff Surratt from Seacoast Church) who stood up to say what many are afraid too. It needs to be said and I for one will help spread the message. So, without further adieu, here is part one [...]

Sunday Evening Mind Dump

Rob — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:41:21 +0000

Kicked off a mini-series on the book of Jude today. I called it, “Hey Jude.” It was just too easy to name. What began as a desire to teach one of the short books (because we only had a two week gap before our annual, March “Impact Series” began) quickly landed on Jude once I [...]