Posts from ‘August, 2006’

I am amazed by the statements of bloggers and commentors about the decision of SWBTS president Paige Patterson to not freely distribute the chapel message delivered Tuesday by SWBTS trustee W. Dwight McKissic. In spite of the many assertions that Patterson was motivated in this decision by his disagreement with Rev. McKissic’s position on gifts [...]

If you’re paying any attention at all to the Southern Baptist Convention, you know by now that Rev. W. Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, preached at yesterday’s chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Also, you have a pretty good idea about what he said in [...]

One of my all-time favorite quotes is “Anyone who is not a liberal at age 20 has no heart. Anyone who is not a conservative at age 30 has no brain.” I have seen this quote variously attributed to Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, and others. Apparently, however, it originated with early twentieth-century French Prime Minister [...]

Ray Sanders, executive editor of Oklahoma’s Baptist Messenger, has written an editorial with the above title in today’s edition of the Messenger. An excerpt:
Standing down wind from the sites of many bloggers can get stinky. The gossip can get real juicy. Blog sites often drip with morsels of innuendo and implication. Subtle cuts and digs [...]

My children are reaching a fascinating and challenging stage in their development and relationship to one another. My daughter just celebrated her fourth birthday, and my son will be two in December. Until now, when something bad happened, it was easy to know who was responsible, as my boy has been too small to really [...]

Legendary Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell used to begin the first spring training broadcast each year by quoting Song of Solomon 2:11-12:
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is [...]

I used to be a big fan of Rush Limbaugh, but I haven’t listened to him for several years. One of the things I remember him saying is that for comedy to be funny, it must contain some truth. That certainly makes sense, and has proved to be true in my experience.
You may be familiar [...]

Well, I’ve been tagged twice now on this, first by Tim Sweatman and then by Bob Cleveland. First, I contemplated the possibility that the second tag cancels the first and I’m off the hook. But on further reflection, I decided to give my answers. My understanding is that the Bible is not an acceptable answer [...]

Our church has a sign on US Highway 70. The bottom of the sign has a message board, and I am constantly trying to come up with what to put on that board. It is seen by many every day, and for a lot of them, it is probably the only contact they will have [...]

There has been a lot happening in the various SBC conversations lately. Trying to keep up with all the various conversations, as well as with sermon preparation and other pastoral duties, has left me feeling a bit like the man in this picture. I decided that the best solution was to let them all drop, [...]