Posts from ‘April, 2006’

In our church culture, when you say you are having a “revival,” most will picture a series of church services, usually lasting from Sunday through Wednesday, although they used to last much longer. Images of evangelistic crusades come to mind, with fiery sermons designed to bring people under conviction and to elicit professions of faith.
On [...]

Each Monday, I receive by email the LifeWay newsletter Pastors Today. It contains sometimes useful information about issues affecting pastors.
Today’s edition contained a link to an article by Ken Gosnell titled How to Begin Your Own Pastors Blog. It gives some helpful advice for pastors contemplating making an entrance to the world of blogging, and [...]

In my original What I Know for Sure post, I told of my confirmation of a real live human being named Jeff Richard Young, and how I confirmed this by actually seeing him in the flesh, and also having lunch. In that same post, I shared that while I was pretty sure that there is, [...]

A recent post by Paul Littleton is a description of his struggle with the direction of the Southern Baptist Convention and his place in it. He shares honestly, even acknowledging his gratuitous jab at the ERLC, and while I anticipate disagreeing with his conclusions, I appreciate his honesty. I say ‘anticipate’ because he ends with [...]

I can’t tell you for sure, from first-hand knowledge, if there really is in fact such a person as “Art Rogers.” I have exchanged emails with someone claiming to be “Art Rogers.” I have seen someone by that name posting comments on this blog, and I’ve read some excellent things on a blog called Twelve [...]

It is possible that some readers of this post may see it as just another shameless excuse for me to publish another photo of my beautiful daughter. To those readers I would simply say, yeah, what about it?
I also imagine those veteran parents out there who will nod and smile knowingly as another neophyte parent [...]

I have been convinced of God’s call on my life to serve in His church since I was in high school, but for a variety of reasons, I had no desire to be obedient to that call until much later.
In the intervening years, I pursued the dream of becoming a Major League umpire. Obviously, I [...]

With apologies to all of you who may feel differently, I have the two cutest children God has yet made. All the rest are welcome to compete for third place. Or, if you like, second cutest boy and second cutest girl. I will brook no disagreement on this point.
In his beautiful prayer of repentance, King [...]

I have been thinking a lot about baptism lately, specifically about what I believe about its significance in light of the current dispute over missionary appointment policies adopted last fall by the International Mission Board.
I have always believed and been taught that baptism is, in addition to being an identification with Christ in His death, [...]