You Make the Call! - Episode 2
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Baptism, Church Membership, Current Events, Ecclesiology, International Mission Board, Missions, SBC Issues | 21 Comments »You make the call ... on baptism. A young soldier, who hails from a Southern Baptist heritage and family (but has not, previously, made a faith decision of his own) makes a decision to follow Christ and is saved while deployed ...
The Body
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Bowden McElroy, Church Life, Church Membership, Ecclesiology, Evangelism, Lord's Supper, Rob Ayers | 18 Comments »(Rob is on vacation this week. He has left this missive for all to consider and contemplate. While he encourages discussion, just understand that it will not be until the first of the week before he attempts any comment. All ...
Much Ado About Nothing
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Church Membership, SBC Issues | 140 Comments »Discussions about church membership always speak to the old Trekkie in me. They make me remember those infamous Picard Borg words, "I am Locutus of Borg ...You will be assimilated ... resistance is futile." If only regenerate church membership were ...
My Personal Testimony: “Saved By Grace Through Faith Without Work or Merit”
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Baptism, Baptist Life, Bible, Book Review, Church, Church Life, Church Membership, Discipleship, Evangelism, Rob Ayers, Testimonies | 6 Comments »I have started a devotional/discipleship blog by re-creating my old blog name, 'The Fearful Teacher' - and if somebody could tell me how to get my widgets back up to the top of the sidebar, I might send them a ...
LET THE AX FALL…Upon All the Dead Churches?
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Church, Church Life, Church Membership, Church Planting, Hariette Petersen (SelahV), Missional, SBC Issues, Uncategorized | 39 Comments »I'm a bit confused today. I've been mulling this over for quite some time and have decided to just toss out my thoughts like wood chips off the chopping block. Wherever the chips fall, we'll gather. For nearly two years I ...
Is the Sky Blue … or Is It Falling?
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Church, Church Life, Church Membership, Current Events, Discipleship, Evangelism, Guest Authors, Missional, SBC Issues, SBC News | 16 Comments »Our guest writer today is Keith Price. Keith was born and raised on a small farm in southeastern, Michigan. He graduated from an all-boys Catholic high school in 1980 and received a B.S. in Engineering from Michigan State in ...
Cohabitation and Church Membership
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Church Life, Church Membership, Theology | 20 Comments »I’m curious about how other pastors and churches are dealing with this issue. Because of the way we “do” church, and the atmosphere of acceptance at our church, we normally have many guests in our chairs each Sunday. I have discovered ...
Questions for the Church … and You
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Church, Church Life, Church Membership, Hariette Petersen (SelahV) | 10 Comments »Every now and then I see a church marquee which reads "CH_RCH IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT U". Of course there are other variations I've seen, too: What's Wrong in Church is U. What's Missing in Church is U. Is the "church" you? Believers ...
Holy Day or Holiday?
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Church, Church Life, Church Membership, Culture, Ecclesiology, Rob Ayers, Theology, Worship | 12 Comments »“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or ...
Time to Love the Church
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 Posted in Church, Church Life, Church Membership, Roger Ferrell | 14 Comments »Uh-oh, it's my turn to write a post for sbc IMPACT. How will I ever find the time? - Roger Ferrell, 9:39 Monday morning Several of our recent posts have turned to the issue of time management, and they got me ...
