Saturday Video - “Letters From War”
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Success As Measured by the New Testament
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Church, Culture, Les Puryear, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »I've been reading a wonderful little book entitled, Small Churches Are Beautiful. It somewhat dated as it was published in 1977, however, many of the principles cited are still valid. One point the author makes is we must measure success ...
What is “Fair” Compensation for Ministers? … And Other Issues.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Church Life, Pastoral Issues, Rob Ayers, Uncategorized | 54 Comments »By far one of the worst arguments I ever got into with my Dad was over the issue of minister compensation. My Dad is a long time deacon and church treasurer who has "seen them come and go." The ...
Saturday Video - A Word From Eloise
Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »A Contract With Southern Baptists - Part 3
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Dave Samples, a Southern Baptist pastor in Colorado, continues his seven-part series entitled "A Contract With Southern Baptists." His first two installments were excellent, as was his coverage of the Southern Baptist Convention. Now on to part three of Dave's "contract." ...
Undermining the Family
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »People across North America are outraged at the thought of government interference in the raising of children. The story involves a 10-year custody battle, a willful child, meddling attorneys, and a father who "feels like he's lost his daughter". You ...
Avoiding Conflict - Conflicted Avoidance
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »Just so you know, I am something of a softie. I don't like conflict, and my relational cry in the last couple of years has been "can't we all just get along?" I wasn't always this way. Quite the contrary (which ...
What Exactly is “Real”?
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 21 Comments »Just the other day I was setting in a small room in a large church with several pastors and staff members. The evangelism director from our state office invited me to participate in a "mentoring" opportunity with a large church ...
“Time to Change” - An Analysis
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Geoff Baggett, International Mission Board, Missions, SBC Issues, SBC News, Uncategorized | 46 Comments »A couple of us at sbc IMPACT! "caught wind" of the coming "Time to Change" initiative late last week. I knew that a press release was forthcoming. I considered running it, but, in the end, chose not to ...
