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Month: October 2010
How to Pray Scripture
I’ve always been impressed with those who have the ability to incorporate the Bible into their prayers. It not only makes the prayers seem more genuine, it creates a sense of authority. I would characterize those who pray the Scriptures as ones who have walked with God for a measure of time…the kind of persons…
My Place in this World
This weekend I presented the third sermon from my series titled Missionaries You Should Know, focused on Saul of Tarsus, aka the Apostle Paul. What gained my attention from my study of Acts 9 was Jesus’ simple testament in verse 15: “Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to…
For Others Who Live in “Glass Cathedrals”
For the past week people who follow religious news have been buzzing about the announcement issued out of Garden Grove, California, that the Crystal Cathedral was preparing to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect itself from vendors who were filing liens against the ministry founded in 1955 by Robert Schuller. Reports indicate that the church…
African American Preaching
Here’s a nice article from CNN.com on African American preaching in America. Click here for the article.
Summer of Love 2010
The video highlighting all of Ashworth Road Baptist Church’s work in the 2010 Summer of Love. I can’t tell you how proud I am of our church’s execution of this project!
Interruptions
I hate to be interrupted. I bet you do too. You know… …the phone rings at dinner; …the door bell rings during the ball game; …someone drops by your office unannounced; …your youngest spills milk; …your oldest has a fender bender; …your spouse locks his or her keys in their car; …it rains; …or snows!…
A Face Like an Angel
During the month of October I’m doing a series titled, Missionaries You Should Know. Last weekend I opened to Acts 6-7 and taught about an interesting character named Stephen. I like him, enough in fact, to have given his name to my son. A lot of things are obvious about Stephen. As a man of…
I Want Patience and I Want it NOW!!
For all the talk I hear about the important role that patience plays in the Christian life, I’m surprised by how little the Bible actually has to say about the subject. As I mentioned in an earlier post, patience in the New Testament concerns our appropriate response to difficult people, while endurance concerns how we…
