Thankful Thursday, written 1 week ago, I am SO thankful for my computer! Oh, I am soooooo glad to have a power cord back! Lord, I am so thankful for my beautiful family. I am thankful for an amazing group of ladies in small group with me. I am thankful for Your graciousness, goodness, PATIENCE with...

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Free Video Teaching for the Church, written 3 days ago, We’re working on a really cool project that we think will be a tremendous benefit to local churches around the world: VideoTeaching.com. I can’t share all the specifics but I wanted to let you in on a few exciting details. We’re developin...

Enjoying SBL, written 3 days ago, A couple of years ago, I wrote a post on Surviving SBL. It was in response to a request from Sean Winter who was, at that time, a newcomer to the meeting. This year I have had a couple more requests for my own tips about surviving the meeting, so I thought I would...

Reclaiming the Balance of Power, written 2 weeks ago, This is the title of the October 2008 Washington Newsletter published by the Friends Committee on National Legislation. It's about how Congress needs to step up and reclaim the power that they have ceded to the executive branch over the last eigh...

pic of the weekend, written 6 days ago, Here’s a view from around the renovated “downtown” area. We walked around a corner, saw this, and I thought, “I need a picture of that.”  The minarets standing intertwined in view with the orthodox steeple caught my eye.  Enjoy! posted by: caleb �...

Making Who Famous? - Part 3, written 3 days ago, Since my plane flight last week I have gone through a mountain of emotions and thoughts.  My main feeling has been one of shame.  Shame before God…shame before my wife…shame before my calling…shame before my church…and shame before a dying w...

Jesus as the Mentoring Leader, written 1 day ago, Jesus is the greatest leader who ever walked upon the Earth; therefore, He is the greatest of all mentoring leaders. Mentoring leaders are those leaders who disciple others so that they can carry on the mission of the organization. These leaders are ...

November 18th: Slow Down, written 4 days ago, Posted by Jeremiah Hann Scripture: Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.  James 1:19 Observation: Sometimes in life we do this completely wrong…We are quick to speak and slow ...

Upon this Rock I will Build My Church: Baptist Distinctives Conference Audio Online, written 1 week ago, The audio for the latest Baptist Distinctives Conference is now online: Malcolm Yarnell—”Upon This Rock I Will Build My Church”   David Allen—”The Autonomy of the Local Church”�...

10 Ways to Pray for Barack Obama, written 1 week ago, Whether you are happy about this week’s election results or not, all Christians must unite in prayer for our new president. Please don’t forsake this responsibility. It’s over. We’ve reached the end of the longest, angriest and most nerv...

NaNoWriMo…Um…Yeah, about that…, written 2 days ago, I worked fursiously on my novel for an entire 5,000 words before I completely…fizzled…out… Now I am stuck at 5,000 words.  That’s not so bad though.  To make it to 50,000 words by November 30th, I only need to write about 4,100 word...

i have a dream..., written 3 days ago, well, a vision more than a dream. i don't know if this will be a return to blogging, but i needed to get these thoughts out in a safe place or my head will definitely explode. i just had the most exciting meeting in my life. i know that could be hyperbole, b...

My View of the Internet, written 3 days ago, I put a beginner Pilates video on my Netflix queue. I did it this morning. One thing exercise always does is make me more aware of my breathing and posture. I'm even sitting straight in my computer chair :p So, if my stomach and rear don't shrink, then I ...

Comedy relief, written 1 month ago,

Response to Uncle Skeptic on Dawkins, written 1 month ago, In the comments section of my last post on a typical silly argument by Richard Dawkins against religious belief, Uncle Skeptic said:Allowing for some literary license with regard to generality and geography, the Dawkins quote is right on. If...

Why I Don't Teach Preterism, written 2 days ago, It looks like I am getting some flack from some passionate Preterists (full or hyper Preterist, not partial preterists) who say I don’t give them a fair shake in The Theology Program material. Saying that I don’t give people a fair shake disturbs ...

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Even unbelievers can see fraudsters from a mile off, written 4 days ago,       

Stomp @ The Element, written 2 days ago, Last night to end our "RHYTHM" series we brought a little stomp. I was pretty happy with how our guys did. We had two rehearsals and then we just went for it. The first clip is our intro. For some...