George Whitefield’s 10 Questions
George Whitefield is known as one of the greatest preachers of all time. It is said that he asked himself the following 10 question before he went to sleep each night. “Have I: Been fervent in prayer? After or before every deliberate conversation or action, considered how it might tend to God’s glory? After any...
Two Advantages of Church Plants Over Existing Churches
This guest post is from Logan Wolf, pastor of NewMorningChurch.com. Logan and his wife are planting New Morning Church in Utah. See his bio below the post. ___________________ I am a church planter. As such I subscribe to the belief that America needs more churches. The first couple chapters of almost every church planting book present...
FIRST YEAR CHANGE – MORE EMPHASIS ON MISSIONS
During your first year of pastoral ministry you have limited congregational credit. Nothing is inherently wrong with that. The best way to build more credit is to consistently bring solid messages from scripture. I’m not the greatest preacher in the world (like you needed to be told that), but my congregation does know that I’m...
50 Beautiful Churches
I would appreciate your prayers as I travel to the National gathering of Free Will Baptist tomorrow. Time probably will not permit blogging next week, but I’ll try to put up a few links worth a look. Below is a great one with 50 of the world’s most beautiful churches. http://www.boredpanda.com/50-most-extraordinary-churches-of-the-world/
Sick
For the ten people who read my posts, you may have wondered why I have not written in some time. I thought I’d tell you. I’ve been sick. For the first time in my life, I have been really sick. For the most part, the issues involve my stomach and esophagus. At first they thought...
Guest post: The Three Planks: An Appeal to the Church on Behalf of World Missions
This is a post from my brother’s blog, The Last Line, reposted here with permission. It is right in line with the way the Spirit has been moving in our own household, and I was stirred by his dedication. For those of you who do not know my brother, video games have always been a...
Vegas part 3 – Gambling
I’ve never gambled. Not necessarily because I’ve had a deep conviction against it, but because I’ve never really had the opportunity. Recently I’ve been interested why many believers would have a no gambling policy and ironically I’m writing from Vegas. I must say that gambling has never been a temptation for me. I enjoy strategy,...
Vegas part 2 – God’s power vs. man’s ingenuity
Over the past 2 days I’ve had the privilege to view one of the seven wonders of the world-The Grand Canyon-and one of the greatest accomplishments of human skill and ingenuity-the Hoover Dam. One was conceived by the Creator; the other constructed by the created. Strangely enough, I found myself more amazed by the dam...
To Vegas
Why? You ask? I have a friend who won a trip through his company and decided to bring along a couple of his friends. I happen to be in that number along with Brian, the finance guy at Gateway; Greg (@gholestin) a church board member and GEICO Field Rep; Don, a Deacon and Gateway maintenance...
Ground Again
In the last post entitled “On What Grounds,” I made the case that personal preference isn’t enough to justify whether or not music is good. (Keep in mind I’m using music as a miniature for the arts, and, when referring to music, I’m not talking about the lyrics). The main thrust of that post is...
It Depends on Faith
In several previous posts (“Is Faith Fickle,” “What Faith Isn’t,” and “What Faith Is”), I recounted some of my doubts and insecurities with my faith, identified what faith isn’t, and tried to provide a biblical, helpful definition of faith. My desire in writing this series has been to share something in my spiritual journey that...
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