What do you MEAN, plant a church in the snow-belt?

We are a nation of consumers...

2008-08-05T18:03:00.000-05:00

... and there's nothing wrong with that." the Discovery Card commercial says. Hmmm. Is that true? Is there nothing wrong with being a nation of consumers? I guess it could be said that we are all consumers to some extent. We consume food and resources, that's for sure. But in the past this has been balanced with being producers of things. And in the past, it was always balanced with an

What is a "Do-gooder"?

2008-05-08T10:57:00.003-05:00

What is a "Do-Gooder"? I am trying to figure out what qualifies as a DG'er, because it seems to have become a pejorative phrase. I was reading an article about a "wild child" a young lady whose abusive father kept her locked in a mesh-sided crib under a metal top for 12 years. The article goes on to explain how "Do-Gooder's" attempted to save her.The story really resonated with me, because

What are you trading your life for?

2008-05-07T12:40:00.003-05:00

Simple question, proposal, idea or whatever.You've got one life, an appointment when it's over...What are you trading your life for? Interesting branches of discussion...Can you invest your life? If so, what are the returns? Investment means risk, returns or failures.

test of blog by email

2008-05-03T14:44:00.001-05:00

OK, this is a test of blogging via email, via my phone, via gmail.com.Wow. Confusing, eh?

Do you love the edge more than the center?

2008-04-25T16:25:00.002-05:00

Do you love the edge of people, more than than the center? Do you love the lost more than the found?The found (at your church building perhaps...) are easy and comfortable to be around.The edge... they are a little more rugged, and they aren't at the center. Where are you spending your time and efforts?Luke 15:3-10 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 What man of you, having an

An Update of an Update...

2008-04-25T15:38:00.002-05:00

w00t!I waited a few days and called back on Tuesday. Sherry (the Realtor) said, "Bob, I was just getting ready to call you." I said, "Oh? I was just calling to see if there was any updates on the house."Sherry said, "Yes, they have to go to their manager for an approval of your offer, but I think they are going to accept it. We will know tomorrow."I was pretty excited, but waited for her to

Good Reminders for those who are planting a church.

2008-04-21T08:26:00.002-05:00

Maybe you are planting a church. You didn't really THINK you are planting a church. Maybe you were called to pastor a dying church, filled with folks who had given up on reaching those around them, and had put on a face of being a church... and now you find you are planting a church because there is no support from them. Maybe you were called to plant a church where there were no churches or

An update.

2008-04-17T11:09:00.002-05:00

Hello all,Just giving an update.God is so good, I don't deserve his mercy and grace.We've rode a roller coaster of our own doubt in the past month.We've been praying for a house in Pa. We found the house that we think is perfect for us. We felt it was God's will that we get the house... and we've prayed for him to give it to us. We felt an urgency because of this house/situation and have been

2008-04-16T22:00:00.001-05:00

Wonderful perspective on turning the church into a business. This English brother hits the nail on the head.

"Living for Christ" vs. "Christ living in me"

2008-03-25T13:00:00.002-05:00

A simple difference in a few words makes a grand difference in worlds.Galatians 2:20-21 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead

What Do We Have Faith In? (or... are we still teachable?)

2008-03-14T14:17:00.003-05:00

My biggest struggle with faith is being teachable. Does that make sense? I mean, think about this... when you came to realize the effect of your sin in your life... how your sin separated you from the heavenly Father, and yet how He loved you and sent His own Son to die for you... you were teachable. In fact, if you were like many who became children of God, you probably had a hunger and

The Long View.

2008-02-24T22:01:00.002-05:00

Pray for us. We are in need of $5,000.00 to purchase our house in Pa. Yes, I am calling it "our house" because it's the house I believe that God wants us to have. We are taking "the long view" in this church plant, and this house will allow us to be more stable members of our community since the price will allow us to focus on the church a little more than if we had a huge mortgage.I sincerely

The Perfect Message.

2007-12-27T02:16:00.000-05:00

Who (besides Jesus) is preaching the complete/perfect sermon?Perfection is a dangerous road to travel. When we proclaim perfection in anything, the very first thing we do is ask for critics... and that is fine, for perfection holds up to the most critical of inspections. This is what makes the claims of Christianity so extreme and so miraculous. Perfection. Sinless Perfection. The claim that

Who has (or does) preach the perfect sermon?

2007-12-20T23:18:00.000-05:00

In another discussion, Tony Myles has asked this question:Who (besides Jesus) is preaching the complete/perfect sermon?The question was posited in a post about heresy and marking and avoiding heretics.Although I won't be attempting to answer tonight, I wanted to post this so I would remember to make that attempt. I also wanted to publicly thank Tony for his interaction and reading of my blog. I

Jude and Peter... cheap grace.

2007-12-20T22:37:00.000-05:00

Jude and Second Peter are interesting books. They are written to the church at large, not just individuals.Here is what Abbott says:Abbott New Testament CommentaryJude 1:1 THE author of this Epistle is generally supposed to be the apostle called "Judas, the brother of James in Lu 6:16, and "Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus," in Mt 10:3. The design of the Epistle is, like that of the

For Those Who Differentiate Between the "Gospel" and "Paul's" writings.

2007-12-19T13:30:00.000-05:00

Quote:2 Peter 3:14-18 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which

Do You Think Jesus is Crying?

2007-12-10T00:27:00.001-05:00

1.3M dollar Christmas Pageant.A Florida megachurch has garnered national attention with its annual Christmas pageant. The First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale's production is filled with extensive pyrotechnics, live stock and a bevy of actors. Photos Preaching Truth or Holy Hypocrisy? "We're having to compete against many theatrical things around the country, whether it's MTV or the

Team Church Planting

2007-12-07T00:16:00.000-05:00

I will post more on this later... but is there any example in the Bible of solo church planting?The power of a team is what the power of the church should offer us. Christ is our head, but the church is the body. It's the feet to walk, the hands to build with and the shoulder's to bear the burdens.The bible extols the virtues of the body working together and the importance of a whole body. And

Refined Faith

2007-11-29T10:11:00.000-05:00

I Peter 1:7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.That the trial of your faith - A couple things to note here. Our faith (if we have true, biblical faith) is a trial. Let's break it down this way, when people go to trial for something, it

Warren County, Pa.

2007-11-24T22:02:00.001-05:00

Here is an interesting story from the local paper of the area we are planting the church in. You could write a Christmas tear-jerker from this story.Councilman tries to light up townBy EMILY WHITAKERTimes Observer photo by Emily WhitakerSpreading some Christmas cheerWarren City Council member Jim Zavinski, left, and Shawn Tutmaher of the Warren DPW spent Monday morning hanging holiday lights and

If YOU Needed to Contact Your Church...

2007-11-24T19:49:00.001-05:00

Could you get a hold of anyone? I am not talking about as a member. (Perhaps we've taken this "membership has it's privileges" ideology too far?) Pretend you don't have ANY phone number, except the one listed in the phone book for your church. What happens when you call it?If you are like the majority of churches that I've contacted... well, let's just say... nothing happens. The phone doesn't

Things to Remember in the Future:

2007-11-24T19:46:00.001-05:00

Things to Remember in the future:December is a VERY hard month for missionaries on deputation. Most pastor's don't want to give up their pulpits during their busiest month of the year.We aren't scheduled anywhere this month.Note to Pastors: ANSWER YOUR PHONE.

A Break for Some Family Time.

2007-11-24T01:03:00.000-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. No shopping on Black Friday for us, but we did go to downtown Akron and watch them light up the downtown. Free fireworks, a brisk night (24 degrees), and family. We took my niece and nephew with us. We spent 7 dollars on coffee/hot chocolate (way overpriced for what it was, but the kids liked it) and gave one dollar to the musicians (you'll see a short video of

Can I Admit Something?

2007-11-21T15:26:00.000-05:00

I am a creationist. No, that's not what I am admitting, that's a given because I believe in a young earth and the biblical account as given in Genesis. (As Jesus believed) but I am not a "CREATIONIST". I dig Ken Ham and Henry Morris, I really do. I particularly enjoy the ICR and their material. I even spend some hard earned money and went to the tax evader's Dinosaur Adventure Land in

Interesting Tidbits.

2007-11-18T14:08:00.000-05:00

The ChurchesI've been excited to see some of the churches we've went to. It's been good to see God's faithfulness in spite of the dark hour we are in. In some manner of being, I think that one of the biggest successes of the devil is to pull our focus off of Christ and the church and to focus on these "big" and "giant" issues that we are convinced we are destined to lose. (Issues like abortion,

Where We've Been and What we've been doing.

2007-11-12T11:57:00.000-05:00

I hope to give a summary of where we've been and what's been happening here. I should have been doing this as we were going, and I am sure it will take a few posts to get it all on here... but I do want to document it.As you know, I busted my head open at a Youth Conference at Cleveland Baptist Church, went to the hospital and had 3 staples put in. During late August and September I spent about

Be not discouraged...

2007-10-29T10:42:00.000-05:00

Discouraged. It's a big word for a bigger problem. Discouraged is one of those words that can be used as a noun, verb or an adjective. Watch this wonderful video of this young man... and whatever your situation... be not discouraged. Best Video Of The Year - The best free videos are right here

Heretic Alert - Doug Pagitt!

2007-10-25T10:01:00.000-05:00

Heretic Alert: Doug Pagitt.I urge ANYONE who is involved in the "Emergent Church" movement to reconsider what you are being taught.Listen to this philosophical gobblity-gook that Doug Pagitt, Emergent Church Leader and "Pastor" of Solomon's Porch (I hate to use the word Pastor with DP, perhaps False Teacher is more appropriate).Listen to this heresy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Prosperity Gospel... Yup, that about covers it.

2007-10-22T18:16:00.000-05:00

HT to Chad Hayes for hooking me up with this video. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

A Little Bit About the Area I am Going.

2007-10-19T17:28:00.000-05:00

Blighted rolls growBy CHUCK HAYES10/18/2007 - Staff WriterTwo more houses have been added to the City of Warren’s list of blighted properties.The Warren Planning Commission on Wednesday declared houses at 614 Prospect St. and 107 Beaty St. blighted.In less than three years, the city has razed 17 structures that were declared blighted properties, with the property owners handling the demolition

The Evangelism Linebacker.

2007-10-02T18:04:00.000-05:00

The Evangelism Linebacker.As a pastor, we would probably all like to employ the Evangelism Linebacker on occasion... but the best motivation is to instill a hunger and love of God that they want to share out of joy and hope.HT to The Gadget Pastor

Great Commission Night.

2007-09-12T11:03:00.000-05:00

Every Tuesday night is "Great Commission Night" at our home church. (Chippewa Lake Baptist Church). Last night, as we separated out to do various visits, I took 3 teens and we went door-to-door handing out the Reformer's Unanimous tract/brochure that we have. It explains the ministry, it has eye-catching graphics and it has a "before and after" picture of the founder of RU, Steve Currington in

2007-09-11T16:04:00.000-05:00

My buddy Zane has a post on revival because their church is having a revival this week.I've been thinking (to coincide with my reading of "The Pursuit of God") about how formulatic we have become in our process and methods. In the IFB movement, Revival = Sun - Weds meetings in which we have an evangelist preach to us. And preaching... preaching is good. God uses preaching tremendously... but

The Pursuit of God

2007-09-08T09:25:00.000-05:00

I am reading "The Pursuit of God" by Tozer. I am reading the old fashioned thing called a "book" (say it with me... B OOOO K) but you can read it online if you want to. Just in the preface there are some great things that excite me.In this hour of all-but-universal darkness one cheering gleam appears: within the fold of conservative Christianity there are to be found increasing numbers of

An excellent site for all things "Emergent"

2007-09-07T10:49:00.000-05:00

Ken Silva runs the www.apprising.org site. I am sure that there are some things I disagree with Silva on, but his site is SPOT ON when it comes to the "Emergent" church movement. Check it out.While I am talking about this, I want you to know, that I TRULY believe that POSTMODERNISM is in fact something that is prevalent in much of urban/suburban America (and as such, will seep into our culture

Emergent Gibberish...

2007-09-07T10:40:00.000-05:00

Go read this, and watch the video.What gibberish. The "emergent" church is such a false prophet. I wish I had time to elaborate on that. But I will only briefly say that the wisdom of the world says almost the EXACT same thing as Magee does here.Really it comes down to this: Do you believe God is able to preserve His word? Do you believe He did? Do you believe the Bible is the Word of God?

So many hats...

2007-09-07T10:29:00.000-05:00

I have so many different hats on my head right now. I used to pride myself on my ability to multi task. I could do a hundred things at a time , it seemed. But as I travel on this venture of planting a church, I realize that maybe that's my problem... pride. I have so many different fires in the iron (of necessity really) that I can't possibly get them all done on my own. I need you Lord. I

How to Get the Most Out of Your Youth Department.

2007-08-15T00:46:00.000-05:00

I posted this over at www.uthleader.com. Figured I would share it here also.Getting the Most From Your Youth Department. A few thoughts for parents of teens and other church members.By Pastor Bob Senz of UthLeader.com This is taken from a teaching I've done at our church. I've modified it a bit to try to make it more readable and hopefully more usable. I would also like to eventually find

Just Because He is God! (or Why I like Flatscreen TV's)

2007-08-12T12:50:00.000-05:00

This past week I had the blessing of attending and setting up a display at The Great Lakes Youth Conference at Cleveland Baptist Church. This was the second year for the GLYC and it's still a fairly small event, but it's growing and I expect great things in the next few years. We heard some great preaching by Pastor Greg Locke and John Goetsch.The first night (Thursday night) I heard some great

The Extended Family (Part II)

2007-08-11T21:11:00.000-05:00

So as we woke up the next morning and prepared to follow Kristy and the kids to the church, I noticed another pleasant thing. This one has nothing to do with the Rowell's, other than the location they live. The water, (treated, city water) wasn't overwhelmingly chlorinated. We have well water. It stinks. If we spent thousands of dollars, we could probably fix the problem, but we will be

The Extended Family

2007-08-10T21:49:00.001-05:00

This past week found me and my family traveling to Indianapolis, In. We were on our way to Oaklandon Baptist Church where my friend, Mike Rowell is the pastor.I know, it's hard to believe that they have Independent Fundamental Baptist churches in Indianapolis... but it's true. ;)We got to the Rowell's house sometime around 7:15 pm on Saturday evening. We didn't even have a chance to park

Stick 'Em Up... (for Jesus).

2007-08-06T20:15:00.001-05:00

Well we hit the ol' dusty trail to deputation this past weekend over at our friend's church, Oaklandon Baptist Church. The pastor is Mike Rowell. (more on that meeting later).As we begin to seek support for the church plant (short-term 2 - 3 year support) we hope to be able to present the ministry to as many churches as possible. We truly do believe it's a worthwhile investment to grow more

Luggage.

2007-08-03T23:25:00.000-05:00

I bought new luggage today. Well correctly worded... I paid for luggage that my wife went and purchased at Wal*Mart. Now, honestly... I feel like a meth addict every time I buy cheap junk from China at WM. I do. I know buying the cheapest of everything from China can do nothing but harm me (us) in the long run, but I keep purchasing it like an addict, because I can't really afford to

Pastors in the Place of Parents.

2007-07-27T09:57:00.000-05:00

Ever hear the saying "A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words?" This cartoon speaks volumes:ht to Len! (I did a little fade correction on the pic, hope that was ok)

Updates...

2007-07-20T21:19:00.000-05:00

The Good...Lots of good things to be excited about today. Preparation for Camp Chippewa is progressing well. Tomorrow is a big work day and by the time we walk off the job we should have the climbing wall, the water slide, the obstacle course and most set-up done.The brochures for Camp Chippewa that I have designed have been well received. We used an online printer and were very pleased with

A Month Gone By.

2007-07-18T23:18:00.001-05:00

Well, it's been a month since I posted last. Considering the last post I made, you may think I am sitting in a pit of self pity, but let me assure you, that is not the case. I've been busy. I've been busy about the Lord's work and busy trying to stay alive. I am sure you know what I mean.Amy and I spent last week at the Bill Rice Ranch with 19 others teens/counselors from our church. What a

Feeling a Little Low Today.

2007-06-19T16:17:00.000-05:00

Pray for me please. Feeling low. A house we were interested in (and had sat on the market for a long time empty) just had a contract written on it today.I KNOW (in my head) that where ever we will end up is where God wants us, and I say, thank you Lord for knowing what I need, but it still is a little depressing.Probably just because we are in sort of a "stall" right now and not moving forward

Misc. Updates...

2007-06-08T21:10:00.000-05:00

"You have a beard? I thought Baptists thought beards were satanic?" (Sarcastically said)__________________________________________________________________Just got back from a scouting trip to PA.I will say this:Pray for us. We have an opportunity or two on some decent houses. Now I need money."Father, this is YOUR endeavor... please provide what we need... and give us the wisdom to know what

2007-05-27T21:35:00.000-05:00

Recently, I've been reading "10 Power Principles for Christian Service - Ministry Dynamics for a New Century"It's been an excellent book and I haven't been able to make it very far, very fast because I've really had to meditate on what I've been reading.Each chapter is formatted in "The __________ of the Ministry is _____________." and then goes on to expound on that. The complete Table of

Sorrow and Sighing Shall Flee Away...

2007-05-25T10:52:00.000-05:00

Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.Attacks come against the church regularly, but have you ever felt like you were under siege?In March, we lost a deacon to Esophageal Cancer. He was 47, has 4 kids and a beautiful wife.Two weeks

Loving Jesus (Feed My Sheep Part Two)

2007-05-22T06:58:00.000-05:00

Loving Jesus (Feed My Sheep Part Two)I've heard that the most important part of ministry is to "love the people". I tell you it's not true. It's an absolute lie. You can't even "love the people" if you don't, in a contrite heart and broken spirit, love Jesus.Jesus knows who YOU are...Do YOU love Him?Thank God that Jesus came for the simple people. If figuring out how to love Jesus were left up

Feed My Sheep.

2007-05-16T21:52:00.000-05:00

The Making of an Under-shepherd.I've heard a lot of different preaching on the following passage: Joh 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.Joh 21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He

Foundations.

2007-05-14T20:14:00.000-05:00

Foundations... Everyone wants to "deconstruct" the foundations... Ps 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Ark Almighty and the Marketing of God...

2007-05-11T21:29:00.000-05:00

I am sure that some folks will disagree with this, but this is an excellent post about the movie marketing and the church of today.A church in California is "teaming up" with Universal to get the word out about "Ark Almighty". Check out what my dear Brother in Ca. is saying about this church which is near the church where he pastors:Mr. Fasold doesn't examine this film with Scripture at all. He

Misc. thoughts from my Misc. Life.

2007-05-11T20:10:00.000-05:00

Since the Crash of Ought-Seven ('07) sort of took the wind out of my sails and I can't seem to put my thoughts together, I figured I would do what I do best... wing it. Write a little and share a miscellany of things.Wanna know how to get a whole bunch of IFB's in an uproar? A single sentence of five words will do it. "I Believe in Global Warming".That's enough to do it. Probably enough to

Lost a large post.

2007-05-09T10:28:00.000-05:00

Ever type up a new post only to lose it? Me too. bah...

Don't Call Me Veronica.

2007-05-03T08:12:00.000-05:00

The realization of how much the world we live in impacts me on almost a daily basis it seems. It constantly amazes me when I meet REAL LIVE PEOPLE that I interact with on the internet. I mean, let me clarify this thought for a moment, we've had some pretty serious interactions with folks that we didn't know except that we met them through the internet. In October of last year we had a camp out

The Pennsylvania Wilds

2007-05-02T09:22:00.000-05:00

The State... er... correction The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recognizes the north central to north western area of Pennsylvania is pretty much rural backwoods. Now don't get me wrong, rural backwoods was good enough for our fathers and it's good enough for me (I want to break out in singing Old Time Religion now), but to have a state capitalize on it by naming it the Pennsylvania Wilds... How

You MIGHT be a Southern Baptist if:

2007-05-02T07:24:00.000-05:00

You Might Be A Southern Baptist If:1) You Consider Sunday lunch part of the service2) You can sucessfully name all the major missions offerings but can’t find Habakkuk3) You complain that the Church of Christ people purposely have church earlier so they can have the seats closest to the buffet4) You have memorized Robert’s Rules of Order just because of business meetings5) You feel guilty about

The Report of the Spies (Part II)

2007-04-29T23:33:00.000-05:00

So we got up the next morning and got ready to go look at some houses and to scout out the land. I grabbed an apple from the "continental breakfast" at the Super 8. I've come to the conclusion that for MOST places a continental breakfast is a cheap sugar-danish in a plastic wrapper and some coffee. The best motel for continental breakfast is The Hampton Inn. (Of course ever since I left the

Rejoicing in Heaven, a Loss on Earth.

2007-04-29T15:35:00.000-05:00

Dr. Viola Walden dies at age 91 Dr. Viola Walden, 91, longtime Sword of the Lord employee graduated to Heaven in the early morning hours of April 29, 2007. She had served faithfully at the Sword of the Lord Publishers since its inception in September 1934. Having served as a special research and editorial assistant for Dr. John R. Rice, (46 years), Dr. Curtis Hutson, (14 years) and Dr. Shelton

The Report of the Two Spies. (Part I)

2007-04-27T17:54:00.000-05:00

What a whirlwind of activity. Since the kids and Amy couldn't come because of it being the middle of the school week, the pastor came with me to look at houses in Pennsylvania. Well, actually, I guess I went with him, since he drove. So we looked at 6 houses and surveyed the landscape. It's a goodly land whose fields are white unto harvest. I keep praying that God will send forth other

The Fool Fooled.

2007-04-27T08:24:00.000-05:00

I know I am probably alone in this, but I occasionally stumble over pride and ignorance. My own, not others...Two incidents reminded me of this recently. One was at church (what greater place for the enemy to place a stumbling block for our flesh to fall over, eh?). We have a time of testimonies during our Friday night Reformer's Unanimous program. One Friday night, after a particularly tough

Heading to Pa. to look at houses.

2007-04-25T11:18:00.000-05:00

So I will be heading to Pa. along with my pastor to look at some houses in the Youngsville, Pa. area. Six houses to be exact that range in price from $17,000.00 to $85,000.00.I'll try to take some pictures and give thoughts later.

Webperation... or Secondary (Tertiary???) Separation on the Web.

2007-04-24T21:56:00.000-05:00

It's sort of funny... I've blogged on and off for years, back when I was a young whipper snappers we didn't have blogger, and (oops, wrong tangent)... as I was saying, I've blogged on and off for years.And I always found it funny how IFB bloggers (when we are to be found) seem to be afraid to have a blogroll on their site. Basically a blog roll for all you newbies is other blogs you read and

I Am Stoked...

2007-04-24T21:24:00.000-05:00

I received my new projector from dell and this screen I ordered... whew... more on the screen later...Here is my new projector.Here are the stats.

If They Took Away...

2007-04-23T20:29:00.000-05:00

If they took away your musical instruments, what would your worship sound like?If they took away your electric, what would your service be like?If they took away your gasoline, where would you attend?If all your friends left and attended another church, would you?If no one said hello to you, would you still go to church?If they made church on Thursday instead of Sunday, would you arrange your

My Nappy Head.

2007-04-23T17:26:00.000-05:00

I keep my hair short, very short... if I didn't I think it might look like this guy from American Idol.Why did I post that you ask? Well I added a photo over to my profile and in it you can see how thick and nappy my hair would be if I let it grow out. It's been years since I've hair of any length really... I've never embraced the frizz like ol' Chris Sligh there, but is it ok if I use the

What Kind of Evangelical Are You?

2007-04-23T12:00:00.000-05:00

<> You scored as Fightin' Fundy. You're a dyed-in-the-wool Fundamentalist. You don't see shades of gray, and you don't have much time for anyone else who does. Though you could use a little softening up, your tenacity often serves to protect the gospel when everyone else is going nuts.Fightin' Fundy85%Baptist80%Conservative Evangelical70%Moderate Evangelical60%Presby - Old School50%High Church

Be Careful What You Post.

2007-04-23T11:42:00.001-05:00

Celebrate this, the world shared some wisdom and remember where wisdom comes from!HT to Ryan over at UthPastor. Ryan is the founder of www.pastor2youth.com. He is a good egg, even if he is a Presbyterian! LOL.But let's talk about this for a minute. This is an excellent set of video's. The message is obvious and connects. As Christians we could learn a lot about getting a message across

More on that later...

2007-04-23T07:29:00.000-05:00

HT to Pastor Mike, and I will comment on this later.

Morning Devotionals.

2007-04-23T06:50:00.000-05:00

Even in pastor's homes, or maybe even more so in pastor's homes the family devotional is a hard thing to do. Getting everyone around the Bible to study His word can be a difficult thing sometimes, but a profitable thing every time. We've made the effort to make a family devotion a part of day every day except Sunday. Now you can criticize my decision not to have devotions on Sunday morning if

"Moochinaries".

2007-04-22T23:12:00.000-05:00

There are some really good things about being a church planting pastor. One of the good things (the way I see it) is that a church-planter gets a full taste of missional living. This is especially true if they are going to an area that is outside of their church's normal sphere of influence. Another good thing is that church-planting should give us a heart that understands missionaries.One of

Blogs with Benefits... or not.

2007-04-22T22:25:00.000-05:00

I've been mulling over in my mind a few things.1) A blogging pastor... good thing or bad thing? Is the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement (is there a "movement" anymore is a whole other question) ready for Pastors that aren't superhero's? I remember a pastor once telling me "We should never show our weakness to those we lead, they want a strong leader." I really need to think on this

Been prayin'...

2007-04-21T22:06:00.000-05:00

Well, I've been praying for a few things. Ok, for a lot of things, and I will post a post just on praying in general, but for now...I've been praying for a 15 passenger van. I have 4 kids... (do the math, that's SIX of us) and I figure that it would be nice to carry 9 others to church if I needed to.Anyways, God may give us one. I got a call from my pastor, who got a call from his brother (who

Insurance.

2007-04-20T10:18:00.000-05:00

Here is a question. We are going as a ministry of the current church I serve in. Does our insurance extend to this ministry? If so how long? What are the repercussions of being in a different state?Lot's of questions.

Another thought on the phone call.

2007-04-20T10:16:00.000-05:00

All right another thought on this phone call...Perhaps it is GREAT news that he didn't answer and say... "Sure you can meet here on Sunday's we've had plenty of churches do it".This indicates he doesn't know about after-school clubs, etc.Which means people aren't doing it in the area.

I made a phone call today.

2007-04-20T08:58:00.000-05:00

I am very sure that as I blog this process that I will look back in a few years and just shake my head at my ignorance and some of the mistakes I will make. I will probably shake my head in wonder also at the blessing that God gave in spite of me.I called the High School yesterday and couldn't get through to the man I needed to talk to about renting the facility on Sunday mornings. I don't NEED

Welcome to my new blogging home.

2007-04-19T15:09:00.000-05:00

I wanted to take a minute and welcome you to my new blogging home... no, wait. Let me re-state that, uh... my NEWEST blogging home. I used to be a prolific blogger. (In fact I just spent about an hour or so reading some of my old stuff.) I forgot how smart I used to be...The older I get the more stupid I get. So anyways welcome to the journey. (Maybe I should capitalize it and call it "The