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Mike Windley is Lead Pastor of The Bridge Community Church in Morrisville, NC.

Pearl Harbor Day

My dad sent me this e-mail today: Sixty-nine years ago today a young man barely 24 years old with four years army and four years Navy experience faced the challenge of his lifetime. He stood at his station aboard the … Continue reading

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Top Ten List of Things You Can Do to Find Financial Freedom

I came acrossed yet another list I thought you readers might enjoy.  Our church is currently offering its second round of Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace University.”  This top ten list comes from a similar organization called Crown Financial Ministries.  Here … Continue reading

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List 2 – Eight Characteristics of a Biblical Worldview

These are taken from the book, “UnChristian” by David Kinneman (p. 75). The Christian Worldview believes: Jesus Christ lived a sinless life God is the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe and he still rules it today Salvation is … Continue reading

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Been Thinking on a Couple of “Lists” Lately

List 1 – The Seven Realties of Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby 1. God is always working around you 2. God pursues a continuing personal love relationship with you that is real and personal 3. God invites you to be … Continue reading

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Found People Find People

Just read a blog post about a fellow pastor who took his child out to get ice cream.  The store was crowded and he had her by the hand.  He let loose of her hand to do something and turned to … Continue reading

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Too Good Not to Share

Of course, I should certainly feel that the “gospel” (means “good news”) is too good not to share. And I do feel that way about the good news of God’s love for everybody displayed though the death and resurrection of … Continue reading

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New Kim Walker Song (At Least New to ME!)

I love listening to Kim Walker.  It started with “Revelation Song.”  And now this one:

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Back from A’dam

So Tim, Brad and I made it back from Amsterdam. Wow. It is amazingly difficult to summarize the experience. We encountered so many different things. I expected to see a lot more blatent immorality than I did, ie public marijuana … Continue reading

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A Purpose Driven Summer

Coming up this Sunday, we are introducing our “Purpose Driven Summer” emphasis for those of us connected to The Bridge. As a “purpose driven” church, we attempt to grow in each of the five biblical purposes derived from the “Great … Continue reading

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World Vision Experience: AIDS Update

Wow! The World Vision Experience: AIDS was just that – Wow! What  a moving experience it was to walk through the eyes of an African child who’s life is turned upside down because of the AIDS epidemic.  Thank you to … Continue reading

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