Posts under ‘blog’

Man, is it ever dusty around here. It’s been far too long since I’ve posted here, a fault I intend to correct. But first, some updating is in order.
First of all, I’m grateful to God for my wife’s recovery thus far from her accident in September. It has required one rather significant surgery thus far, [...]

Today marks the beginning of a new venture in blogging, SBC Today. As you probably know already, this site is a joint venture between myself, Robin Foster, Tim Rogers, and Joe Stewart. Our desire is to foster productive discussion about issues in our convention, with the goal of, as the header states, “Restoring Unity through [...]

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You have probably seen Ron P.’s comments on various blogs. Ron P. attended Criswell College from 1986-1988. He currently works in the IT industry, but has served as an interim pastor, two youth pastorates, and other ministry positions. He is a homeschool father of three sons (of which the second is starting [...]

Endorsements have been the predominant subject of my blogging this week. The endorsements of the reincarnated SBC Outpost by several convention entity presidents was a matter of great concern to me as a Southern Baptist. Those whom the convention, through its elected trustees, has entrusted with the leadership of our entities ought to represent all [...]

My previous post revealed the meaning and significance of an endorsement. To endorse literally means “to write on the back of,” and it implies the sanction or approval of all that is contained within the thing endorsed, protestations to the contrary notwithstanding.
I thought this picture was needed, just to remind everyone that the official SBC [...]

Recently, I felt compelled to do a little bit of research on the origin and meaning of the word “endorse.” The title of this post is the Anglo-French word from which the English word is derived, and it apparently has as its most literal meaning “to write on the back of.”
This makes sense when one [...]

I’ve never sold anything on eBay before, but I’m trying it now. I just upgraded my cell phone, having traded the enormous (though highly functional) Nokia 9300 for the small, music-playing Sony Ericsson W300i.
After previous upgrades, I’ve just tossed the old phone in the drawer, or disabled it and made it a toy for the [...]

John Stickley, of Toward the Goal fame, has a great proposal on his blog today concerning a potential mechanism of accountability for SBC bloggers. Head on over and tell him what you think.

Okay, we’re all bloggers here, which means we’ve progressed in our understanding beyond the point at which we think blogs equate to internet pornography. We all recognize blogs as useful tools of communication, and as a venue wherein issues can be discussed among brothers and sisters in Christ.
Having said all that, does the following paragraph, [...]