Posts from ‘February, 2006’

I miss the regular columns of former Miami Herald humor columnist Dave Barry, and I especially miss his occasional Ask Mister Language Person columns. He is a talented writer, and his commentary on inadvertantly hilarious uses of language were something I enjoyed a great deal. It is in that spirit that I offer the following [...]

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work
Titus 3:1 (KJV)
I thought about this principle today as I was in court. You might want to stand back a bit whilst I vent.
I am (if I do say so myself) a very safe driver. [...]

One of the greatest joys in my life is being a member of the Singing Churchmen of Oklahoma. Before my current ministry, I was minister of music and youth at several Oklahoma churches and by virtue of that position I was allowed to join this wonderful group. Thankfully, unlike the Singing ChurchWomen of Oklahoma, no [...]

Paul Littleton tagged me, bless his heart…
4 Jobs I’ve Had In My Life:
Six years at Taco Bell. Back when real, honest-to-God pinto beans came in the back door, and we cooked them with lard.
Delivery Driver. For a family-owned wholesale grower selling mums and azaleas, etc., to flower shops.
Minor-league umpire. Worked in the Frontier [...]

Associated Baptist Press(ABP)’s John Pierce published an article last week about Ron Phillips, pastor of Abba’s House, a “Spirit-filled Southern Baptist church” in Hixson, Tennessee. The story purports to be an anecdotal example of how those responsible for the conservative resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention are seeking to further narrow the paramaters of [...]

Dr. Anthony Jordan, Executive Director/Treasurer of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, writing in his weekly column in Oklahoma’s Baptist Messenger, said the following:
“Recently the Board of Trustees of the International Mission Board made an unprecedented decision to call for the removal of Wade Burleson of Oklahoma from that board. Much has been written about [...]

Dr. Alan Branch has written an excellent First-Person column titled Common Mistakes in Congregational Church Government in which he raises several important issues related to how our congregations conduct their business.
One of his contentions is that “perhaps the most deadly mistake a church can make” is to invite those who are “immature, backslidden or inactive [...]

Imagine my relief:

 
You scored as Chalcedon compliant. You are
Chalcedon compliant. Congratulations, you’re
not a heretic. You believe that Jesus is truly
God and truly man and like us in every respect,
apart from sin. Officially approved in 451.

Chalcedon compliant

67%

Monophysitism

33%

Donatism

17%

Docetism

0%

Arianism

0%

Apollanarian

0%

Adoptionist

0%

Gnosticism

0%

Modalism

0%

Socinianism

0%

Pelagianism

0%

Nestorianism

0%

Albigensianism

0%

Monarchianism

0%

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I am convinced that, while opposition to the International Mission Board (IMB) policies regarding glossolalia and baptism may be warranted, the argument should not be made on the basis of church autonomy.
Because a church is autonomous does not mean it is correct in what it believes and teaches. A doctrinally aberrant autonomous church is free [...]