It’s easy for us, as Christians, to get caught up in “doing” church, instead of being the church to our generation. Doing church involves attending church at all the right times, but it can leave us as spectators waiting for the next cool event “move of God”. On the other hand, being the church has [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Kiplingers has a good article here. Paw Rue, Maw Hilde, PawPaw, Gammie, Ge-Ge, De Day, Grandmaw, & Grandaddy remember we setup a 529 plan for our kids at www.collegesavingsms.com. Contribute as you please.
We are called to daily die to self and sin (Luke 9:23, Rom 6.11); however, the ability to “consider” yourself dead comes from understanding the Spiritual reality that all in Christ have already died. See these verses below. Let’s stop trying to die to self; it’s already a done deal. Romans 6:6 (NIV) For we [...]
Last night JJ and I had Craig and Rebecca Bullock over to just hang out and discuss life and ministry in the local church. Craig (and really Rebecca too) was call to our church to serve as the Preschool and Children’s Ministry Coordinator at our East Campus. In case you didn’t get that he is our [...]
I had a head ache this afternoon and though I didn’t feel like it I stopped by the gym to work out. About 30 minutes into my slow paced workout my headache vanished! I went from feeling mopie to feeling like a million-bucks. Exercise for me has turned into something I must do. It’s not [...]
Hebrews 13:1-6 Love Each Other Be Nice to Strangers Remember those who suffer for good Remain Sexualy Pure Be Content 1 Keep on loving each other as brothers. 2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. 3 Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow [...]
Remember the old Mark Chesnutt song (who) from the late 90s. The lyrics were “I’m going through the big D and don’t mean Dallas” The big D was talking about was Divorce. It seems weekly I hear of someone who’s making plans to split. In Christian circles the divorce rate is about the same, 50% [...]
Two years ago this past week my family and I experienced the wrath and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. How soon we I forget. Last week Hurrican Dean struck the Yucatan and now they are getting Felix, both Cat 5s! This article from Chuck Holton reporting from the area last week struck a cord in my [...]
Kudos to Todd (www.toddlive.net) for inspiring me to start blogging. He’s being doing it for a few years now and his insight (both trivial and spiritual) have driven me to start (again). A few weeks ago I smelled smoke in my home, only to discover that my TV had actually burned out! This was from the [...]
