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I'm the lead pastor of a great and very unconventional church - Church At The Movies, with campuses in Ronkonkoma and Mastic, NY - and I love doing what I do. We have hundreds of fellow radicals in our congregations who, like me, are committed to doing church for the unchurched. Totally apart from my church involvement, I work a few hours a week as a Weight Loss Consultant for Weight Watchers, which I thoroughly enjoy.

Thursday, May 18, 2006

OUCH!

One of the things I like about the set-up here at Saddleback is that wherever you are around the campus you can hear what is going on in the Worship Center. So if you're out on one of the patios, walking to the parking lot, or sitting outside at a table writing notes in the sunshine, you don't miss a word.

You can even keep up with the preacher when you visit what the British refer to as "the loo" (if you're unfamiliar with that term, just use your imagination!), which was where I happened to be this morning when I heard Rick Warren make a very profound statement -

People only really believe the parts of the Bible they do.

I thought about that for a while as I was deciding not to drink so much coffee tomorrow morning, and listened to his further explanation. He suggested that people may know things, agree with them and acknowledge them, but they don't really believe them until they do them.

So what parts of the Bible do you really believe?

WARNING: This could be a painful exercise.