The Gospel and Discount Tire

Posted by Brady Boyd

In the past ten years, I have never had one bad experience at a Discount Tire. That’s either an unbelievable run of personal good fortune or Discount Tire is really good at treating people well.
Yesterday, Pam hit a curb in my car and blew out the right rear tire. After changing the tire, I took [...]

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Things We Leave Behind

Posted by Brady Boyd

This is an old school song, but it captures the heart behind Treasure, the current series of talks at New Life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQY2auav8Qw
Treasure continues this Sunday at New Life. I will answer some frequently asked questions about giving, debt, generosity and tithing.

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Equipping vs. Event Planning

Posted by Brady Boyd

How much of your team’s time is spent organizing and administrating events? How much time does your team spend equipping leaders and empowering people to do ministry? If we really evaluated these two questions, the results would be shocking and would go a long way explaining why so many attend our events but so few [...]

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Giving and the Local Church

Posted by Brady Boyd

The local church should be the most well funded group in our culture, but it’s not, and there are plenty of good reasons. Most local fellowships, including New Life, need to make some fundamental changes in the way they function in order for people to trust them with their finances. Here are a few thoughts [...]

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Freely Give and Freely Receive

Posted by Brady Boyd

Regardless of our economic situation, most of us have things in our homes that are not being used that would be a huge blessing to another family. Starting this week, I have asked New Lifers to take a look at what they have and to give away anything that is not really needed. We are [...]

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Leading from a Distance

Posted by Brady Boyd

Can you leave your church for the weekend and not fret? Can you not show up one Sunday and the worship services continue? Are most Sundays built around your charisma, your strengths and your talents or can someone different than you lead a weekend service? Do you have to be at every public gathering so [...]

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