I said this past Sunday that my favorite series that we’ve ever done here at NewSpring was “Stuck.” Well, I lied…but before I get to my favorite here is a list of the top ten favorite sermon series that we’ve ever done.
#10 - Highway 146
I did this series back in 2002 and it was THE MOST draining series I’ve ever done as far as research. I took four weeks and went through five other religions (Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witness) and basically pointed out that they do not make the same claims as Christianity…Jesus said in John 14:6 that He is the way! It was HARD to read/study the writings of these other religions…but I’m glad we did it!
#9 - Traditions
This is the first series I preached in our new facility that we moved into in 2006…we took four weeks to talk about the vision of our church—Engage, Enlarge, Endure & Enable.
#8 - Hitch
In the fall of 2005 we did a series for singles entitled Hitch (GREAT MOVIE…my favorite scene is the “this is your world” dance scene!) Singles—we will be doing another series for you guys within the next year or so!
#7 - Deal or No Deal
In the fall of 2006 I did the first series of messages on finances in the history of our church. I was nervous…but I quickly discovered that the only people who get mad when you speak about money are the ones who aren’t giving money…just like the only people who get mad when you speak about adultery are the ones who are…well, you get the picture.
Anyway…our attendance actually increased in this series…amazing.
#6 - Lord of the Rings
We did a marriage series in the fall of 2006 that BLEW UP! I had so much fun teaching through it…and we have so many couples who have said that God literally used that series to save their marriage.
#5 - Crank It Up
We just did a series in January/first part of February of this year that covered some very basics of Christianity…and it was a HUGE hit for our church.
#4 - What If…
For several week in 2007 I had a Bible open to the book of Acts and would ask this question, “What if what happened in here (pointing to my Bible) happened in here (pointing to the room.)” It was in this series we wrote names of lost people on our walls…and God taught me a ton through studying for these message.
By the way—GOT to give props to Craig Groeschel…he’s the guy who I originally heard ask that question!
#3 - Illuminate/Gametime
Illuminate was our evangelism series last year in which we saw over 800 people receive Christ…and Gametime was our latest capital campaign in which our church stepped up and pledged $14.3 million dollars towards our current projects…both were incredibly powerful experiences.
#2 - Stuck
Seriously, God used this series to free me up from some things…and from what I’ve been hearing He did the same for a long of others….
So what is #1…
#1 - Sex, Money & Power—The Man Series
We are beginning a new series on Easter called Sex, Money & Power…and are going to be taking a REALLY hard look at Biblical relationships as it pertains to men! Trust me when I say I believe this series will rock our worlds as men…and the ladies are going to LOVE IT as well. I can’t wait!
BY THE WAY…if you haven’t gotten you tickets for Easter then you can do so at the link above.