You would think that after 30 years a pastor would have had all his firsts under his belt.
Our Sunday Bible Study group was busy discussing the distinctions between betrayal and rebellion. We are working our way through the late Rober Jensen’s, Conversations with Poppi. Solveig had remarked … Continue reading
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My mentor preached at my ordination service. He was the third preacher to preach in the service. When he stood to preach he said,
“I am the preacher who preaches after the preacher who preached after the preacher who has already preached.”
Knowing Rick, he made that observation during … Continue reading
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Sharing Your Faith Is Not A Single Format Opportunity
Those who know me know I am a talker. The corollary is that I tend to process my thinking out loud. Now you know why posts are sometimes infrequent and my podcast frequency is worse.
Can We Talk? is a … Continue reading
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Long ago, I spent a week at Camp Hudgens, a boy’s camp in southeast Oklahoma. Actually, it was an Oklahoma Baptist camp for Royal Ambassadors. Think Christianized Boy Scouts.
… Continue reading Read MoreAs a Royal Ambassador, I will do my best to become an informed, responsible follower of Christ,
We deconstruct everything so why the bugaboo?
Mark Driscoll famously attacked deconstruction, or Deconstruction, with the caricature that the goal is to reduce everything to its nub so it may be dismissed. He used the schtick to strike fear in those who dared question what they had been taught, … Continue reading
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