Asahel Nettleton, in his sermon Professing Christians Awake! challenges us to consider what Paul meant when he commanded his Christian friends in Rome to wake-up from their spiritual slumber. This sermon is taken from Romans 13:11. In it he answers the question, “when does the Christian sleep?” In answer to that question, he gives a [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Nettleton on sleeping Christians…
Posted in observations on church life on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Thoughtful Challenge from a Wise Man…
Posted in SBC Life on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK…forget for a moment that Dr. Chuck Lawless is ultimately the man who will grant me my PhD one day from Southern’s Graham School. Forget that he is brilliant and very engaging on just about every topic a seminarian would care to talk about. Forget for a moment that he is author of many successful [...]
Why I am thankful today for the CBF…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a nutshell, the existence of the CBF and articles like this one make me really glad I am a Southern Baptist. If you haven’t read it yet, please take a moment to do so before reading on. It is very telling. David Roach of the Baptist Press has written an excellent article [...]
Final plunder from this year’s SBC…arrrgh!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I said earlier that I hoped each year to come home from the SBC with a handful of free books worthy of mention. This year was no disappointment. I listed six freebies earlier (SBC Indy Wrap-up, 1, see below). In the end, I added seven (7) titles to the earlier six for a total of [...]
Convention wrap-up…(warning!!! Lengthy post!)
Posted in SBC Life on June 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This year’s SB Convention has come and gone without nearly as much fanfare and controversy as I expected. I am now back home, settled in, preparing for ministry in my home-church, and reflecting on many things that I walked away with from this year’s SBC. I make the following observations, and please remember…these are merely [...]
Indy Wrap-up part 1…
Posted in General Rambling, SBC Life on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Overall, today was a very encouraging and blessed day. The tone of the pastor’s conference was different than it has been in past years. The theme of brokenness, repentance and the need for revival was evident in almost every sermon, prayer and song. It seems that there is a pretty common consensus among SBs at [...]
Preparing for Indy…my 10 statements…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow, my wife and I and our youngest of four children will be heading out for Indy for the 2008 SBC. Hopefully, we will arrive in time for the pastor’s conference on Sunday night. I truly hope that this week will be an encouragement for all who attend. As I mentioned in an earlier post, [...]
The apostle Paul on giving to missions and the AAEO at FBC…
Posted in observations on church life, SBC Life on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite passages of scripture is found in Philippians 4:10-20. In this passage, the apostle Paul praises the church at Philippi for its generosity in supporting his missionary work. Paul knew that what God called him too, God would always provide for, but he nonetheless rejoiced that God had used the Philippian church [...]
A new agenda for blogging…
Posted in SBC Life on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last year, I began blogging with a desire to have a voice. I sincerely wanted to make my opinion known. But I fear that I began going about it in the wrong way. I have not been blogging much in the last 2 months for a host of reasons. First of all, I [...]
