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Church Discipline
We just began studying First Corinthians in my small group. We worked through the first six chapters this week. In chapter five, Paul deals with a report he has received that indicates that a man “has his father’s wife” within the Corinthian church. Paul rebukes the people within the church for not dealing with the [...]
Full StoryWhat is relevance?
Below is a great article on relevance by the Blogstar, Chad Jarnagin. He questions whether we should try to be relevant or whether the key is to not be irrelevant. I love his line about being “raw and real.” I think that is the key. Being “raw and real”, being authentic is what makes you [...]
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Today in my Christian philosophy class we got to select the topic for our research paper. This is a little like selecting between different methods of torture. Flogging anyone? So when the professor announced that we would choose in reverse alphabetical order, I was not too discouraged (last name is Blair).
Almost everyone had selected their [...]
How do you know God’s will?
Read the book! Read the whole book and not just some little piece of a verse that makes you feel good. Okay, so it may not have every specific answer for your situation, but I bet if you get the basics right your decisions and life will be much easier.
This idea was put into my head yesterday when [...]
The Christian Mind
It has been said that the mind is a terrible thing to waste and in his book, Love Your God With All Your Mind, J. P. Moreland shows that the Christian mind is being wasted. The title of the book references the Great Commandment as explained by Jesus where he quoted from Deuteronomy 6:5 but [...]
Full StorySatellite Church
So, you found a great church. It has it all. It has the right music, ministries, message, and mission. The only problem is that it is 30 – 45 minutes away, although the drive is not too bad on a Sunday morning. What about the midweek service? You run up against rush hour traffic during [...]
Full StoryReflections From Class
I finished my first day of seminary classes yesterday. The first thing that impressed me was the professors. The professor in my first class informed us that he gets up and drives to 3 1/2 hours to Nashville from Lexington, KY to teach a 3 hour class then turns around and heads home. I was [...]
Full Story10 years ago.
10 years ago I finished my undergrad degree from Indiana University. I figured that would be the end of my education. Well, today I started taking classes at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at the Nashville Extension Center. This is either God’s plan for me or I have lost my mind.
I have been to 2 [...]
Leadership Summit Wrap-Up
The Leadership Summit finished up yesterday. My pastor, Rick White, has been promoting it, saying how great it is for quite some time. It lived up to his billing. The unique combination of all the speakers amazed me. They had widely different areas or expertise and personalities but all of their talks seemed to fit together [...]
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