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He Loves Me

Posted on: Thursday, August 30th, 2007 in: books

Wayne Jacobsen, author of So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore has written a few other books. I recently had the opportunity to read his, He Loves Me. Both of these books are available as a free PDF download from his website, Life Stream (or the links above go directly to the books). [...]

Question of the Week - #3

Posted on: Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 in: Question of the Week

Why do we collect tithes and offerings, solemnly, and in fancy plates?

How Do You Pray? - Syncroblog

Posted on: Monday, August 27th, 2007 in: prayer, synchroblog

Erin Word, Cindy Bryan, and Lyn Hallewell have started a synchroblog with the topic of prayer called How Do You Pray? - They have invited everyone and anyone to participate, so I decided to take part.
I recently wrote a post over at Life… in the Journey about prayer called What About Prayer? hopefully I will [...]

Damage Control…

Posted on: Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 in: News, deacon, pastor, tradition

My father-in-law is the vocational pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Covington, GA. Sunday, August 11th, he resigned from his position. Paraphrasing, he said, “Due to my health I am unable to pastor a church of this size… or so I’ve been told.” In this weeks weekly newsletter, the Zion Trumpet, a letter from the [...]

What the World Sees…

Posted on: Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 in: church, prayer, teaching, tradition

Turner Broadcasting System’s Adult Swim plays a rather crude, but often hilarious claymation called Moral Orel. Moral Orel is a creation of Dino Stamatopoulos. As described on their site, “Orel is an eleven-year-old boy who loves church. His unbridled enthusiasm for piousness and his misinterpretation of religious morals often lead to disastrous results, including self-mutilation [...]

Question of the Week - #2

Posted on: Monday, August 20th, 2007 in: Question of the Week

Why do we wear ties on Sunday mornings?

Happy Birthday!

Posted on: Friday, August 17th, 2007 in: just for fun

Today my lovely wife turned 26!
Happy Birthday Kati!

And many mooooooooooooore!

The Gambling Question…

Posted on: Thursday, August 16th, 2007 in: Gambling

I recently read Prof argues against expanded gambling in the BPNews. Hershael York, a professors at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary argued against Kentucky’s proposal for “expanded gambling.” York purports that gambling is sin, plain and simple.
After being saved I was told that gambling was a sin. Why? For many reasons, some of which York claims, [...]

LitJ: Homosexuals and the Church

Posted on: Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 in: Life in the Journey

I just posted Homosexuals and the Church over at Life in the Journey. As always, we encourage you to comment and discuss the things we talk about over at LitJ.

Theory X & Theory Y

Posted on: Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 in: ministry, philosophy, questions, tradition

This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit with my grandfather. Unfortunately he is not doing well and I am not sure how much longer he has here. The good news is that his family is very good to me and has given me the chance to see him whenever I want. So I [...]