Last week the men of the Sovereign Grace churches in the South East came together for The Summit Men’s Conference. In all there were over 600 men including a good number of sons 13 years and up. The father/son relationship was emphasized throughout the conference and I thought it was especially powerful moment when fathers [...]
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Category Archives: Church Life
Hating My Son
As I mentioned in my last post Shawnda and I have been going through the Parenting Seminar at our church which has been very challenging and helpful for me. I’m sure when Shawnda has time she will post some thoughts on her blog.
I have been encouraged and exhorted as to the biblical purpose of parenting [...]
Voice @ Bethlehem Baptist
Voice makes theological history by being the first to ever rap at John Piper’s church! Man I would have loved to have been there. This was Sunday AM worship like no other at Bethlehem!
Desiring God National Confernce
I wish I was there. Can’t wait for the audio that apparently will be up on the Desiring God site in a few days.
While I wait for that I am enjoying the live-blogging of my buddy Paul Martin who is travelling with Tim Challies (also live-blogging and also both are Canadians!). Paul’s notes are great [...]
Is Preaching Someone Else’s Sermons Legit?
Steve Sjogren writes an article on why pastors should stop wasting time preparing their own sermons and use other people’s material, ‘Don’t be original – be effective!’
I would love to hear your thoughts. How is this not blatant plagiarism and pragmatism?
(HT: BT)
Seth Godin on Being Personal
This is so practical for the church, for life, for business:
Look me in the eye:
I bought some spinach at the farmer’s market yesterday. The fact that the woman who grew it is the same person as the woman who sold it to me made the transaction fundamentally different than buying the same spinach in [...]
Race & Christianity
Thabiti Anyabwile has a roundup of recent blog posts on Racism.
Making the Church Look Like Heaven
Last Sunday my wife and I had the privilege of attending a luncheon at our church for the purpose of discussing the vision that our leadership have to see our local church look more like heaven. Mickey, our senior pastor, shared with us the biblical grounds and desire to see a greater diversity of people [...]
Worship Albums
Listening to Jason Upton - Trust Once More
There are a number of worship albums/songs that it seems every time I listen stir me to worship. One of those is Jason Upton’s album ‘Faith‘. I can think of specific times when I put it in as ‘background’ music and before long found myself worshipping.
You can [...]
