For a while now I've been thinking about leading a trip to Israel. As a follower of Christ there are not very many trips that appeal to me more than a trip to the Holy Land to walk in the places that Jesus walked. We're finally looking to put a trip on the calendar. So, that's where you come in.
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Tonight we enjoyed getting together for our annual St. Joseph Baptist Association Christmas Dinner. This year we got together at First Baptist Church of St. Joseph where my good friend, Jared Hamilton, is pastor. FBC St. Joe is an historic church in Southern Baptist circles as the man who proposed the creation of the Cooperative Program was a messenger from
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I'm excited to take a few days vacation next month to head over to Jackson, TN with Tracy and attend "Southern Baptists, Evangelicals & the future of Denominationalism", a conference hosted by Union University. I mentioned this conference back in July, but wanted to elaborate on it a bit.
I am incredibly grateful, and to be honest indebted, to Southern Baptists
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The experts say that he probably was! I agree and you can vote as well. See the poll listed in my sidebar. To hear about from the experts, take a look at the video below.
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In a welcome turn of events, Don Hinkle is reporting that as he understands it, the Missouri Baptist Convention is going to work to continue funding at least one of the Acts 29 churches that it had appeared to have cut ties with. He states that MBC ExComm members, and Dr. David Tolliver both want to fulfill their previously made
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These kind of quizzes really have no lasting value, but they are a fun little exercise to participate in. I find it a bit disconcerting that Augustine finished so far down the totem pole, if you will, but I take great satisfaction that Charles Finney is also far down the list. Thank goodness for that!
You scored as Karl Barth, The
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...but here's what the move by the IMB Trustees sounds like to me.
"We don't want to admit we made a mistake - and in our mind we haven't made a mistake - but those doggone bloggers have stirred things up and forced a response, so instead of policies we'll just call these "guidelines" and everything will essentially remain the same
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The IMB will be meeting for their next scheduled trustee board meeting during the week of May 6th. This is important to me for a couple of reasons. First, the meeting is being held about 30 minutes from my home which means I will be able to attend at least a portion of the meetings as well as take my
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