I am afraid that we have distributed a Gospel that is all too often an insufficient description of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In an effort to make the Gospel understandable we have regularly neutered the message which has in turn led to an impotent church which both misunderstands and misapplies the message of the Gospel.
Thankfully there are men
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This is a tremendously powerful short story about the Gospel. I would really recommend that you take 4 minutes and watch this.
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posted by Micah Fries filed under Pastors,
SBC
The guys over at Baptist21.com have just released a promo video highlighting the upcoming panel that they are hosting at the SBC Annual Meeting in Louisville, KY. I'm personally looking forward to it. If you're going to be in Louisville, I highly recommend that you come and join us.
What: B21@SBC “b21 Panel” - A forum discussion about the present and
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posted by Micah Fries filed under Article,
Pastors
Lately I feel like most of my writing on this blog has been simply pointing you to the good writings of others. This is partly due to the fact that I've been teaching a lot lately and that has taken considerable prep time. Between two separate messages on Sunday, discipleship group on Monday morning, Bible study and prayer meeting on
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I am honestly amazed at the line-up for this year's Pastor's Conference which has recently been announced. It appears that Dr. Ed Litton has worked diligently to well represent all the various cross sections from SBC life in the speakers he has lined up. From outstanding leaders who are more traditional in nature, such as Johnny Hunt and Mac Brunson
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Pastors
The good folks at the State Convention of North Carolina continue to produce quality material, particularly The Office of Public Relations led by my friend Doug Baker. Doug recently recorded a great interview with a group of Acts 29 pastors. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click here.
The BSCNC also published the following press release to
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In light of the most unfortunate article that was offered by Baptist Press yesterday concerning Mark Driscoll, an article which (in my mind) was unfortunate in its content and uncharitable in its tone, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has offered a response which I would commend to you. If you are interested in Driscoll, SEBTS or the surrounding controversy, the article
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Growing up most of us have heroes. They generally come from the arena of sports, politics, or possibly influential people in our lives like teachers, parents, etc. I am no different in that respect. In another way, however, I am probably very different than most in that many of my heroes growing up were pastors. My family spent a significant
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