Touch of the Master's Hand Myrna Brooks Welch T'was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer: Thought it scarcely worth his while To waste much time on the old violin, But held it up with a smile: "What am I bidden, good folk," he cried,"Who'll start the bidding for me?" "A dollar, a dollar"; then "Two!" "Only two?Two dollars, and [...]
Found a great article on Rethinking the term "mission". Read the full post HERE. A movement has begun among a diverse group of evangelical churches. Simply, one by one, pastors are coming to the realization that they are not preaching the gospel. Pause. Christian churches that do not preach the gospel? Wait. Are they teaching anti-Christian doctrine? Satanism? Snake-handling? Neo-shamanism? [...]
"He came to pay a debt he didn't owe because we owed a debt we couldn't pay."
Dr. Reid is a guy who simply gets it. He's easily the coolest professor that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and working with. The Following is a recent Post on Student Ministry….read the full article HERE. Dr. Reid is also a first rate professor at SEBTS where I started work on my M.Div. I LOVE that place and [...]
The Following are six principles for giving from a blog by JD Greear. I STRONGLY encourage you to go and read the full post HERE. This is probably one of the best takes on the subject that I've ever seen….enjoy. 1. It is the joyful duty of those who have to share with those who have not. Those of us [...]
Spence Shelton is the Small Groups Pastor at the Summit Church, in RDU, NC. He's a brilliant dude and his blog is literally an online library of knowledge and resources on starting, growing, and replicating healthy small groups. I found the following posts that are of great interest to anyone leading in the world of small groups. Again, this is only the [...]
The following is an exceptional post By JD Greear on Depression and Mental Illness. See the full post HERE. Ask Anything Friday: Depression and Mental Illness In case you missed the original post, we are (at my wife's suggestion) dedicating Fridays on the blog (as often as we can) to answering questions that come in. Questions can be on really [...]
A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.
The Following is an Excerpt from a recent post by JD Greear. Exceptional Read. Find the original post in it's entirity HERE. What is the most important thing for a pastor of a church that's out-growing the "everyone knows the pastor" phase to do? I think the most important thing is to, before you get to that phase, develop a [...]
