Cross-Cultural Church Planting Training
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Discipleship, Ecclesiology, Evangelism, Geoff Baggett, International Mission Board, Missional, Missions, SBC Issues | 1 Comment »I'm forced to write this post several days in advance because (as you are reading this) I am currently outside the United States. I am leading my church's third team of the year to the Pachitea Province in Peru. ...
BAPTISTS and Other Fishy Subjects
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Devotions, Discipleship, Evangelism, Hariette Petersen (SelahV) | 6 Comments »For my grandson's 15th birthday, he went to Wal-Mart and purchased fishing equipment--rods, flies, hooks, bait and tackle box. Excitement sparkled in his eyes as he shared what he planned to do with his gear. "I'm going to go to ...
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 ...
Studying The Bible For The Glory Of God
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Bible, Devotions, Discipleship, Roger Ferrell | 3 Comments »I believe that the one chief reason that I have been kept in happy useful service is that I have been a lover of Holy Scripture. It has been my habit to read the Bible through four times a year; ...
Southern Baptist VBS … Time to “Break the Mold?”
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Church, Church Life, Discipleship, Geoff Baggett, Missional, Missions, Student Ministry | 5 Comments »I'll never forget that day. It was late-June in 2003. Our one-year-old church was hosting its second-ever Vacation Bible School. A team of youth and adults from a sister church in Tennessee came to help us. Being the ...
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 ...
Confession and Community
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Church Life, Discipleship, Tony Sisk | 4 Comments »An angry church member caught the pastor at the door after the worship service. “Why is it you always preach on sin? Can’t you find something else to preach about? It seems all I ever here from the pulpit anymore ...
True Hunger
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in Discipleship, Geoff Baggett, International Mission Board, Missions, Theology | 5 Comments »I saw it this past week. I was actually a late add-on to our church's second Peru team this year. I had not intended to go, since I am planning to go on our third team in June. But ...
Five Things Only God Can Do
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Bible, Church Life, Discipleship, Evangelism, Les Puryear, Ministry, Missions | 7 Comments »In “Experiencing God,” author Dr. Henry Blackaby says over and over that we should “watch to see where God is working and join Him in His work.” How do you know where God is working? What are the characteristics of ...
What Is “Revival”?
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Church, Church Life, Discipleship, Evangelism, Les Puryear, Ministry, Missions, Theology | 11 Comments »Martyn Lloyd-Jones defines revival as “period of unusual blessing and activity in the life of the Christian Church. Revival means awakening, stimulating the life, bringing it to the surface again. It happens primarily in the Church of God, and amongst ...
