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Quote of the Yesterday

Posted on: Thursday, June 28th, 2007 in: just for fun

We use GMAIL for our main email. There is tons of space, great spam filters, and we can access it any place that has the internet. On the top of GMAIL there are different customizable things that can display called “WebClips.” They consiste of news headlines, recipes, word of the day, tips, etc.
I usually tend [...]

Business Meeting - Part 2

Posted on: Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 in: deacon, ministry, pastor, service, tradition

Well, I was able to go to the business meeting this past Sunday. It was not as bad as I envisioned.
Here is a brief recap:
Lady #1 said, we need to be bible believing/following Christians and if the Bible says that women cannot be deacons than we should not encourage women to be deacons.
I said, 1 [...]

Life in the Journey

Posted on: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 in: Blogs Worth Mentioning

I have been invited to be a contributor of a new Christian blogging community called Life in the Journey.
It is a blog dedicated to sharing the abundant life that Jesus has poured on us and the journey that we are all on with him standing at our sides. I encourage you all to add it [...]

Testimony of Gulshan Esther…

Posted on: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 in: salvation, testimony

This past semester, Dr. Greenham shared with his Christian Missions class a testimony from The Torn Veil: The Story of Sister Gulshan Esther as told to Thelma Sangster with Noble Din Interpreter. This quote is actually taken from Dr. Greenham’s disertation Muslim conversions to Christ: an investigation of Palestinian converts living in the Holy land [...]

NEWS: Dwight McKissic

Posted on: Friday, June 22nd, 2007 in: News, tradition

I just read from dallasnews.com that Dwight McKissic has resigned from the Board of Trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological seminary.

“It has taken a tremendous toll on my family and ministry, and my wife believes it has negatively impacted my health,” he said in a resignation letter to Van McClain, chairman of the Fort Worth [...]

Business Meeting - Part 1

Posted on: Thursday, June 21st, 2007 in: church, teaching

I have been given the “heads up” that at this Sunday’s business meeting we will be voting on whether or not to continue the practice of allowing women to be deacons.
We currently have two or three woman deacons and some people believe this is wrong. I am going to try my best to not over [...]

The Ten Commandments - Revisited

Posted on: Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 in: bible, ten commandments, tradition

A while ago I shared with you some ideas I had about The Ten Commandments?… or lack of ten commandments. Well in some of my spare time I have been looking over these verses to check and recheck the things that I had discovered. I in no way want to say that the ten commandments [...]

Groovy - 5 Things I Dig About Jesus

Posted on: Monday, June 18th, 2007 in: just for fun

Ok, well, Alan over at The Assembling of the Church tagged me to post “five things I dig about Jesus.” But before I begin, let me say, what kind of a hippie started this one?
Anyways, back on task:
Here are the rules:1. Those tagged will share 5 things they dig about Jesus.2. Those tagged will tag [...]

Random Crap, Sermons, and Other Topics

Posted on: Friday, June 15th, 2007 in: just for fun

When I say “Random Crap” I literally mean, “Random Crap.” There is a website called Woot (http://www.woot.com/). It sells a new item everyday, usually at pretty good prices. Every couple months or so they have a “Woot-Off.” Basically they sell a bunch of items (one at a time) for a day or so, but [...]

The Sit Down…

Posted on: Thursday, June 14th, 2007 in: News, church, fellowship, ministry, pastor, preaching, sermon, service, teaching, tithe, tithing, tradition

Last week I wrote a post called A New Addition - where I recounted a recent sermon I heard about the requirement of tithing.
Tuesday I was able to sit down with the speaker of that message for lunch. We were able to discuss what took place, and how I felt about it. I am not [...]