What Every Young Preacher Needs To Hear

By all accounts I still fit into this category of young and dumb preachers.Now I know RDM doesn’t specifically call young preachers dumb but what an encouragement to know that you sermon stinks and it’s ok because eventually you’ll get better. I know that sounds pretty harsh, but looking back at some of my earliest material that [...]

The New Moral Majority

(CNN) — If you were to judge the success rate of monogamy by the sex lives of public figures, perhaps couples should change their marriage vows to say, “Till a tempting new partner do us part.”
Talk-show host David Letterman recently joined former presidential candidate John Edwards, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and former New York [...]

How willingly do people go to Hell?

Does Anyone Standing by the Lake of Fire Jump In?

By John Piper October 28, 2009
 

 
C.S. Lewis is one of the top 5 dead people who have shaped the way I see and respond to the world. But he is not a reliable guide on a number of important theological matters. Hell is one of them. [...]

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How do you view the Bible?

Thanks to Sam Rainer @ Church Forward for this article.
The Barna Group recently released research that reveals how attitudes about Bible usage are changing across generations. They interviewed over 1,000 people in five separate studies. They defined each generation in the study: the Mosaic generation (ages 18 to 25), the Busters (ages 26 to 44), [...]

Was Spurgeon A Southern Baptist?

Here is a post that I read this morning that I found intresting, as well as thoughtful. Enjoy. It comes from a blog called Passion for Preaching. Use the link and check out their many great articles!
With so much talk about who Southern Baptists really are historically and what theological stream we fall into (or [...]

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What’s Your Ministry Age?

Over at Leadershipjournal.net they have a short article/quiz to help determine which  ministry generation you belong in. I was a little suprised that I scored as high as i did (which may not be a good thing). I scored a 41 which just barely leaves me in the younger age bracket but high enough that I [...]

Who’s your man?

 I’ve heard it just about all of my life. Who’s your man? and Who’s man are you? This concept of living entered our family through a gentleman that is a great mentor to my father and who was also instrumental to me as I was growing up. The concept has been passed down through the [...]

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