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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If you are a church leader - whether a paid church leader or a volunteer -I would really recommend that you read this article written recently by Tim Keller, Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, on Process Managing Church Growth. In it he walks throught he various fluxuations and adjustments needed to foster church growth and the various differences that
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In light of all the discussion that the recent statement on the environment and climate change has created, I think it is appropriate for me to clarify a few things concerning my personal position.
There has been some speculation that this statement means that those who signed it are endorsing the existence of Global Warming. I can assure you, from my
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The statement concerning the climate which I wrote about yesterday, and which has recieved enormous amount of publicity, has recieved additional clarification which I would recommend that you consider. I'll link to a few article that I believe are helpful to read in light of yesterday's statement.
Baptist Press :: This is an article providing detail about the statement and its
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I'll be honest enough to admit that I often look skeptically upon the actions of men like Al Gore who preach about the need to prevent global warming and yet live in monstrous homes doing excessive damage to the environment. It seems to me that they struggle with practicing what they preach. As a result of their hypocrisy I am
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I found these two helpful resources today that I wanted to pass along. It should be noted that they are wholly unrelated to each other. :-)
The first resource is an article by John Piper on the biblical statements concerning elders within the church. As a lifelong Southern Baptist, the concept of elders in the church was a foreign one to
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I desperately wanted to attend the Text & Context conference this week but previously scheduled obligations precluded me from attending. I was visiting the site today watching a few video clips that were prepared beforehand to help promote the conference I viewed this short clip from Dr. John Piper. I highly encourage it to you.
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The title of this post is the remarkable quote from J.P Lipscomb as he spoke about his wife, Linda, who died on Valentine's Day after a bus accident while serving in Asia with the IMB. As I read this article on Baptist Press today I was forced to be still for a moment and think through his words. The whole quote was actually: "Linda knew she
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