Conventional wisdom says that contemporary building styles are prefered. However, a recent survey may show otherwise:
Unchurched Americans prefer churches that look more like a medieval cathedral over contemporary church buildings, a new study showed. (more…)
This bunny is dressed and ready to face the world… we’ll dressed, anyway. This bunny gets very little down time. By that I mean, she hardly ever gets put down, but when she does, she runs around and hops excitedly. It’s really rather strange to realize that a bunny can actually make a very good pet.
Wow! A movie from Ben Stein about Intelligent Design and the war being waged by Neo-Evolutionists against these scientists that allow room for the possibility of a creator. They are discredited, bullied, and told to shut-up. What happened to open discussion?
Watch the movie trailer here.
This is dedicated to our 20 graduating seniors this year.
I remember my first day of college. I had the privilege of attending a wonderful baptist college in Belton, Texas (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor). I had been looking forward to this day for so long. I had no idea how detailed God could be about orchestrating that day. My Ford pickup was loaded with my things as I headed to the campus on that Saturday afternoon. Parents were there with their children unloading things into the dorm. My roommate was arranging his things as we divied up the square footage of the room in Getty’s Hall. (more…)
Having been raised in a pastor’s family, I can identify many times where I sensed God drawing me into a relationship with Himself. I accepted Christ by the age of eleven. Throughout my entire childhood and teen years, I was fortunate to be exposed to many different ministry situations. Whether it was roofing a house, witnessing, leading small groups, sharing my testimony, or mission trips, I always seemed to be drawn toward doing more ministry. I had developed a love for drafting and architecture in junior high and high school. I believed that I had the skills to pursue a career in architecture. I began to surround myself with books and people that helped me learn more about that field, but I didn’t realize at the time that I was being called to ministry. (more…)
You know I love reading Oswald Chambers. Take a look at the April, 4, 2008 devotional. Here’s a quote:
After we have the perfect relationship with God, through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, our faith must be exercised in the realities of everyday life. We will be scattered, not into service but into the emptiness of our lives where we will see ruin and barrenness, to know what internal death to God’s blessings means. Are we prepared for this? It is certainly not of our own choosing, but God engineers our circumstances to take us there. Until we have been through that experience, our faith is sustained only by feelings and by blessings…Until Jesus Christ is truly our Lord, we each have goals of our own which we serve. Our faith is real, but it is not yet permanent. And God is never in a hurry. If we are willing to wait, we will see God pointing out that we have been interested only in His blessings, instead of in God Himself.
I am reminded again how much pruning my life needs even after 25+ years of salvation.
Good Humor: Things you never hear in church:… (more…)
April 6, 2008 - Wisdom for Fools: Six Guidelines for Wise Living
Proverbs 3:1-12
Discussion Questions:
1. What is one of the dumbest things you have ever done? (Don’t think you haven’t!)
2. How do we know that something is foolish?
3. What are some reasons that Christians are considered foolish?
4. Name three people in your life whose opinion matters to you most. Why those three?
Good Humor: Children’s comments about how to decide who to marry… (more…)
We had a wonderful weekend with the bivocational minister’s conference hosted here at FBC. It was a very encouraging time. I had the wonderful privilege of preaching in the closing session. Steve helped lead music and Casey did a youth ministry clinic. Dr. John Marshall from Second Baptist in Springfield was the keynote speaker for the Friday evening session. See his blog comment about the evening here. I love to preach and had great joy in preaching to fellow pastors to encourage them.
We had the privilege of having Richard Green preach in our revival services this week. As I listened to him, I realized that he had a great deal of wisdom about living in a relationship with Christ. I took the opportunity to sit down with him ask him some questions about prayer. You will be encouraged by what Bro. Richard has to share in this 22 minute interview on prayer.
Interview with Richard Green (MP3)
Update: I would like to hear your comments about the revival on this post or your own blog. If you blog about the revival, let me know and I will include your post in this link.
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