WHAT IS A “SPIRITUAL” PERSON?
How many times have you heard someone described as a “very spiritual person?” You have likely heard it often, because this kind of jargon is very common in our culture, […]
A CHALLENGE TO BE DEBT-FREE THIS YEAR!
How many of us know the wonderful feeling of having a paid-off mortgage? Given the youthfulness of our church family, most of us are probably still a long way from […]
Be Becoming
You have heard me say several time that one of my basic axioms of life is you will never be what you are not becoming, but you will be what […]
Honor Your Parents
In reflecting back on Mother’s Day and looking froward to Father’s Day, I am reminded of the seminal command on how we ought to treat our fathers and mothers. The […]
GRATEFULNESS AND GRIEF OVER THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
It was all over the airwaves late Sunday evening: Osama Bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States, had been shot dead at his […]
A CONGREGATIONAL HEART FOR EVANGELISM
In the midst of a discussion at one of our recent pastors’ meetings, one of our pastors asked a critical question: How do we build a congregational heart for evangelism? […]
Take the Gospel of Christ to the Community
Beginning in April, there will be an important change in our GRACE outreach ministry. This evangelism ministry has been in place since 2007 and has served our community and our […]
Is “Knocking on Doors” a Good Method of Evangelism?
I would argue that the best method of evangelism is what we might call “integrated evangelism,” which involves living like Christ and speaking of Christ at the baseball fields, in […]
AFRAID TO GET HELP? Addressing A Common Misconception about Church Accountability
Biblical accountability in the church is a beautiful expression of love. It really is. As you well know, church discipline or church accountability fell by the wayside in our Baptist […]
