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Yesterday I had the chance to interview Perry for about ten minutes about ministry, leadership, food and other fun topics. You can find more interviews and other highlights from the Catalyst Conference at CatalystBackstage.com.

Last week while I was in Nashville talking with the folks at LifeWay about my upcoming book release, the staff team at NewSpring was gathering for our regular all-staff meeting. Normally when the staff meets, we take time at the beginning of the meeting to introduce new folks, share stories about life change within the [...]

In today’s service, Perry talked about baptism. We had hundreds of folks commit to being baptized on October 4 at events we will hold simultaneously in Greenville and Anderson. Here are some lines from Perry’s message that grabbed my attention:

“I was poor. I had to go to Kentucky Fried Chicken and lick other people’s fingers.”
“A [...]

I admit it. Pink’s new song, “So What,” is very catchy. The song has climbed to number one in iTunes. Check out what she’s expressing as a woman about her relationship with a man:

So so what?
I’m still a rock star
I got my rock moves
And i don’t need you
And guess what
I’m having more fun
And now that [...]

We celebrated communion together in our services today at NewSpring. Here are some quotes from Perry’s message.

“God created us to live in freedom.”
“God gave Satan one shot to create something. Satan created the cat.”
“If we just follow the Word of God, life will be much better. I promise.”
“If you’re in your garden and a snake [...]

Perry shared a powerful message today on the hope we have in Jesus Christ. Here are several thoughts he shared that grabbed my attention or made me laugh:

“Here’s the thing about trouble. We never see it coming.”
“God is so good.”
“That’s the reason I don’t have a NewSpring sticker for my car.”
“Bad things don’t happen to [...]

Yesterday, Louie Giglio taught at our services…only he really didn’t. We used a video of a message he taught last fall. It was powerful. (Just in case you’re wondering, I’m convinced video teaching works when the video teaching is good.)
I know. I’m fortunate. I get to experience world-class teaching every weekend here at NewSpring. And, [...]

Today, Perry taught one of the best messages I’ve ever heard about reaching today’s culture. He unpacked Acts 17 and talked about how Paul communicated with those outside the faith. Here were some of the lines that caught my attention:

“If a Christian can only listen to Christian music, I wouldn’t listen to music because most [...]

Today, Perry addressed the question: “Is it OK for Christians to drink alcohol?” His answer may surprise you, and it will probably make a lot of you mad. I recommend you watch the entire message when it’s available on www.NewSpring.cc later this week. Here are some of the lines from his message that grabbed my [...]