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Vietnam Updates
I’ll be posting links to all the latest Vietnam updates on the Vietnam page. Because the internet is so sporadic where we are working, I will upload several articles at a time when it is available and my schedule allows.
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I'll be posting links to all the latest Vietnam updates on the Vietnam page. Because the internet is so sporadic ...
I have not dropped off of the Blogosphere again. i have actually been working on yet another graphic, affectionately dubbed ...
The Great Commission Task Force gave its preliminary report to the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention last night. ...
As you may know, I've been pastor of Skelly Drive Baptist Church for three and a half years now. The ...
Rick Jenkins posted this on Facebook this morning and I thought it was definitely worth a repost... The Big Red ...
The Missional Church: A short, simple video
I have been driven from my bloggy slumber by this awesome and short two minute video on the Missional Church. If you already get the difference between a missional church and an institutional church, repost it for others to share. If you don’t get it, then by all means, spend the two minutes to watch. [...]
Ed Stetzer on Missional Leadership
Last year, the BGCO (Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma) invited Ed Stetzer to speak to leaders as part of our ongoing evangelism push. Missional Leadership from Ed Stetzer on Vimeo. Here’s the outline to the video: Missional Leadership 1) Reconsideration of Leadership a) From superman to everyone b) From church to kingdom c) From me [...]
Forgiving vs. Reconciling
Yesterday, I wrote an article on forgiving others that was spurred by a conversation with a good friend. The conclusion of that article suggested that it is simply more relaxing and enjoyable for you to forgive than to do anything else. This conclusion, though, begs the question, “When I forgive, does everything go back to [...]
The Capacity to Forgive
I suppose that the key to being able to forgive just might lie in the ability of the wounded party to understand what pardon brings to them. It’s human nature to nurse a grudge and it just feels good. For a while. I always enjoy that (self)righteous feeling of the moral high ground. Too bad, [...]
Transitions: Culture
I have not dropped off of the Blogosphere again. i have actually been working on yet another graphic, affectionately dubbed “Art’s Charts” by Marty Duren. At least I think that it is affectionate. Maybe I’m deluding myself again. If I am, I can only say that life’s more fun that way. In the meantime, I [...]
Transitions: Deconstruction… Yes
The Great Commission Task Force gave its preliminary report to the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention last night. To listen to the rearrangements proposed, you would have to consider that they did choose to deconstruct… I wonder if they deconstructed everything. This is not an endorsement or even a commentary of whether or [...]
