I am glad you posted that photo. It depicts one of the many assists I have had to give you so you could reach the basket.
At the Bethlehem Pators’ Conference several weeks ago I picked up a copy of D. A. Carson’s book on his dad, Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor, the Life and Reflections of Tom Carson. It is a great read. Until I heard about this book, I did not know that…
While searching for some illustrations of misrepresentations of doctrinal convictions (which was like fishing in a stocked pond) I came across this jewel that provoked a few observations from me last year. In a brief critique of this terrible sermon in January of 2007, I made the following parenthetical…
Tornado strikes Union UniversityBy Staff JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–Union University in Jackson, Tenn., sustained heavy tornado damage Tuesday evening at approximately 7 pm when a line of heavy thunderstorms rushed through the area. At 8:15 central, news and information director, Tim Ellsworth, reported that students were still trapped by debris…
It seems that 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia will also be holding special services this Sunday. Formerly known as Crossroads Community, the church will have its “grand opening” of their “worship experience center” in two days. According to a recent article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a high-tech, 2500-seat room…
I never candidated for the office of pastor. After filling the pulpit one Sunday when I was out here working on Founders Ministries things with Ernie Reisinger (who had recently retired to this area), the deacons aske me to consider becoming their pastor. I read their constitution and by-laws…
This Sunday Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida will celebrate its 25th anniversary. We will rejoice over a quarter-century of grace and faithfulness–God’s, not ours. Every church that lasts is a story of God’s grace. Often I marvel that the kingdom of God makes any advance in the…
After a several week hiatus, I return to this series of posts on working for biblical reformation in a local church. Previously I addressed why this should even be attempted and what the goal of such an effort is. With this post I want to start thinking about the…
Bob Ross:Nettles has written against invitations in his book By His Grace and For His Glory, and probably has taught his students at SBTS his anti-invitation views. So here it is, Nettles, a Flounder, like Murray and Reisinger opposes the view of one of the Founders of Southern Seminary,…
Tonight the Royal Palm Baptist Association of Southwest Florida adopted a resolution on church membership tonight at our annual meeting. This follows on the heels of a similar resolution adopted by the Frisco Baptist Association in Southeast Oklahoma last week. Wes Kenney chaired the committee that introduced that resolution…