Posts from ‘January, 2007’

I told you about this video back in November, but today I received the DVD in the mail, so I can finally show it to you. It’s from the report of the Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma at last year’s BGCO Annual Meeting. The report was a video wherein the president of the Foundation, Robert Kellogg, [...]

Now that I’ve shared my lofty goals for this blog, which are symbolized by the new name, let me go in the opposite direction and share with you a reason I have concerns about what is happening in our convention.
Since before last year’s convention, I have been concerned about the upcoming convention in San Antonio. [...]

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He just stopped into my office asking for directions. Anyone?

I had been looking forward to hearing from these guys today and tomorrow at the State Evangelism Conference sponsored by the BGCO. But I had to do some budget-driven planning, and I’ve determined that attending the conference with the men pictured below will ultimately benefit me more. Plus, I understand some other folks will be [...]

Most of these have been answered correctly, and you can check below to see how you did.

Boxing.
Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2 and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.
Asparagus and rhubarb.
Baseball.
Strawberry.
Dwarf, dwell, dwindle.
Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, [...]

Kentucky pastor, friend, and NFL Picks contestant Richard “Tank” McPheeters sent me the link to this video, and I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at it. I’m not an Ellen fan by any means, but this is well worth watching.
By the way, if Gladys is a Southern Baptist, someone needs to see to [...]

For this installment of Weekend Fun, I offer the following, billed as “A quiz for people who know everything.” Of course, you could always use Google or Wikipedia to find the answers, but that would defeat the purpose, which is to challenge your own knowledge. Of course, if you cheat, only God will know.
I’ll provide [...]

I’ve been engaging a Mormon named Bill in a wide-ranging discussion over on Kevin Bussey’s blog, and to confront him with what the LDS church teaches and get him to respond to specific questions is like nailing Jell-O to the wall. Bill is a former Southern Baptist.
By all accounts, the Church of Jesus Christ of [...]

One year ago today, I wrote my first blog post. I was drawn to the blog world by the news that the International Mission Board had voted to ask the SBC to remove one of its trustees; you may have heard about this.
Since that time, I have followed and participated in the conversation in this [...]

I preached tonight from the fourth chapter of Acts, on the response of the early church to the threats made against Peter and John. In my preparation last week, I came across the following words on Ergun Caner’s apologetics blog, with which I closed tonight’s message:
TODAY, I stand as a dead man. I declare that [...]