Sinning to Death
This weekend we wrap up our study in the book of James with his admonishment to the church to confess trespasses, pray for one another and even be willing to confront the wayward. …
Topic: Christian Living
Methods of Personal Evangelism
I mentioned in the service that I would post some how to methods for leading a person to faith in Christ. ABC’s / Romans Road a. Admit Romans 3:23 ( ESV ) 23 for all have sinned an…
Skoobalon
I ran across this great toy called Wordle.net that takes a document and summarizes it in a beautiful word cloud. I plugged in my notes from this past weekend's message and voi'la! …
Political Fatigue and the Separation of Church and State
Lifeway, a branch of the Southern Baptist Convention is out today with an opinion poll on how political pastors should be in view of the upcoming election. According to the poll th…
Million Dollar Posts
Dan Burrell has an awesome article here with some great tips on living smart when it comes to money. and Craig Groechell has a funny video here on the same subject.…
Soul Winning
· I grew up in a tradition of soul winners. We would go soul winning every Thursday night and Saturday. Sometimes we would go and stand in front of the movie theater and pass out p…
I love people who sleep in church
From time to time some people do fall asleep during my message on Sunday. Every pastor has to face the fact that it will happen and get over the distraction of totally boring some …
Don't Waste Your Cancer
I am finishing John Piper's book entitled "Don't Waste Your Life" It is a good read, not great, but good. I think it is one of those " sermon series transcript turned into book" bo…
Elk Lock Horns and Die
I ran across this picture from the Smithsonian. Apparently like humans, Elk tend to lock horns. They become territorial, take a position and stand their ground. Unfortunately, for …
Church Planting & The Olive Tree
I found this and thought I would pass it on... Today you can travel to Greece and visit the site of the home and one of the early hospitals of Hippocrates. He is the inspiration of…