Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Politics of Calling a Pastor

This is more or less part two of an article I wrote on this blog more than a year ago entitled Inside a Pastor Search.  Though I didn’t actually serve on the team, I did serve as their advisor, and … Continue reading

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Politics Stymies Pro-Life Movement

The old Sterling Bank building on the  Gulf Freeway in Houston has been given a facelift.  The white stucco exterior on the unusually designed building has been covered with a more twenty-first century style pattern of blues, greens and black.  … Continue reading

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Filed under Christian Lifestyles, Life in general, Uncategorized

The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”  Dr. Martin Luther King, “I … Continue reading

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Can’t We All Just Get Along With Each Other?

Therefore, let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.”  Romans 14:13 The divisions and separations which exist within Christianity in general, … Continue reading

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Filed under Apologetics, Baptist Unity, Baptists in general, Christian Doctrine

For One of the Least of These…

“When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?”  Matthew 25:39 The past few months have brought a relatively new experience into my life and ministry.  In almost 30 years of serving in vocational ministry, … Continue reading

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Thou Shalt Offend Pharisees

This is so good, from Mark Batterson, pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C.  I thought it was worth a link. http://evotional.com/2010/01/thou-shalt-offend-pharisees.html

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