Earlier this year LifeWay Research did a study of 1,402 unchurched adults (see description on chart) in order to understand what they thought about God, Christianity, and the Church. As I read through the study, it confirmed some things I had sensed about our unchurched friends all along. In the study Ed Stetzer explains, “There [...]
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They Like Jesus, But Not Us
Posted: September 12, 2008 in Church, Culture, Ministry & Leadership, Missions0
I rented a Case 550 Bulldozer last week to build a road on the lot next to us. It made me feel like a real man! No I didn’t drive it. Thanks Uncle Harold! Don’t forget: continue to pray for Jason Weathers. Rick Morton and I are hosting a meeting Sunday to intro lifebiblestudy.com to [...]
We’re studying Prayer Does it make any Difference on Sunday mornings (check out www.lifechange4us.org). One of Philip Yancey’s quotes from the book reads, “In prayer we should lay before God what is in us, not what out to be in us.” In other words when we pray we shouldn’t pretend to be righteous and that [...]
Blogging Bible Fellowship
Posted: February 4, 2008 in Church, Culture, Ministry & Leadership, Prayer, TechnologyI don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’ve kind of lost some momentum in the last few weeks with my Blog. The truth is I’ve been putting some time in developing a Blog for our Bible Fellowship Group. You can visit the blog at www.lifechange4us.org . I’ve also added it to my blogroll below. I [...]
I found a great website for Christmas Party games. The site is http://www.partygamecentral.com. Last year we played the Human Christmas Tree game (see photo above). It’s a lot of fun and everyone can participate. We had our Bible Fellowship Christmas party last night at this cool place (Thanks Cat!). We played several games, but the [...]
Earlier this week a friend of mine had a chance to sit down (with a few other guys) and talk to Andy Stanley. You see Andy, and his father Charles, has been my virtual mentors for the past 15 years. Charles was (and is) the pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta, GA. Back in [...]
Remember this guy? I was always (still am) scared of this dude. This week our discipleship group is studying what it means to be the body of Christ and for some reason this guy came to mind. Read 1 Cor 12:12-27. If you think about the church in the context of this passage you’ll realize [...]
Evangelism Redefined
Posted: October 22, 2007 in Church, Culture, Missions, Technology, UncategorizedI’m glad to see that are culture is helping the church redefine the word “evangelist”. I’ve read a couple of different articles lately where technology companies are referring to some of their leadership as “Evangelist”. Vint Cert is the, Google vice president and chief Internet Evangelist. Last year TiVo had a contest among its customers [...]
After listing all the heroes of the faith in Hebrews Chapter 11, the writer writes, “These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.” (Heb 11:39 NIV) When we look back in the Old Testament we see story after story where the characters in the narrative never fully [...]
Sometime check out Brian Upshaw’s blog by clicking here. Brian is a mentor and a friend. He actually taught the final class that I took at NOBTS. He is the Senior Associate Pastor at First Baptist in Gulfport, MS. Most of you will remember this photo of the remains of FBC Gulfport that was published nationally following [...]
