Shaun Groves, who's music I have really come to appreciate as of late, has a song that is incredibly powerful that I thought I'd share with you this weekend. Music has the power, like no other medium I know, to stir the heart and clarify the thoughts of the mind in simplistic tones. This song is no different. It's entitled,
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I'm a big proponent of the missiological principle of "Cultural Lift." (I dealt with the concept, in small amount, here) I believe that the only hope for a people or culture is for Christ to be infused in that culture. I do not believe that force, or delegation, or legislation can cure any country's problems. A young 24 year old
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Well, today was my dad's last official day as the DoM of the Holmes Baptist Association in Bonifay, Florida. As of Sunday he will officially be employed as the Lead Pastor of Heartland Church - a brand new church plant in Richland County, Wisconsin. Please continue to pray for he and my mom as they embark on this new journey.
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According to Baptist Press, Dwight McKissic and the SWBTS trustees have reached an accord. Although specific details are not given, the move is a welcome one, in my opinion. Partnership in spite of diversity (that is, biblically acceptable diversity) is what we need more of.
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One of our college students went to Mexico last week and took this picture. I had to post it for you. This is a classic.
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Church Discipline is most certainly one of the plainest teachings in scripture that is, at the same time, almost universally ignored....or at least has been until recently....by much of the Southern Baptist Convention. Thankfully there seems to be a process of discipline restoration that is occurring across our denomination. Our church has practiced CD twice since I have been the
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Over on Nathan Finn's blog, Nathan wrote a fascinating post about history repeating (to a degree) itself. In the following comment stream, Rick Thompson (IMB trustee from Oklahoma) made another interesting observation about the "proper administrator" of baptism issue. For those of you who have read my blog for any length of time, you know that I have been much
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posted by Micah Fries filed under Africa,
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As I've said before, U2 is the greatest rock band of all time, bar none. Bono is a cultural icon who speaks his story of his own rejection of faith that evolved into an embrace of faith and the church today. Bono has a passion for the poor and those infected with AIDS and he consistently shares that message with
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