A Perfectly Good Wheel

I’m a big fan of the phrase, “There’s no need to re-invent the wheel.” As a youth minister, I kept every promotional flyer, sign-up list, permission form and camp rules list I made; I could tweak and re-use them again and again.

I’m finding that in our many ongoing Southern Baptist conversations, there are plenty of folks out there who are saying what I’m thinking. And so I’m learning that the wheel principle applies here as well. There is often no need for me to write out what I am thinking, to invent a new wheel if you will, when there are perfectly good wheels out there to which I can point you.

I have done this with Dr. Bart Barber (my friend whom I have yet to meet) on several occasions, and today I want to point you toward another wheelmaker of note, Geoff Baggett.

In addition to being a participant in my ongoing NFL picks contest, Geoff pastors a non-traditional Southern Baptist church in Kentucky (non-traditional enough to be rejected for membership in a local association), and he has written a seven-part series on so-called “private prayer language” that represents almost perfectly my views on the subject. So rather than re-invent the wheel, I simply invite you to visit Along the Shore to take in Geoff’s seven-spoked wheel on this important subject. It would be best to go in order, so read parts one, two, three, four, five, six, and the final chapter.

Roll on…