>As those of you who attend my church or follow me on Twitter or are my friend of Facebook probably know already, my sister came back to the Lord this past Sunday! God came in a powerful way and moved upon people’s hearts in our service. I can assure you that this had nothing to [...]
Archive for the ‘Pastor’ Category
17 Mar
>The Greatest Peril for a Preacher
>“The greatest peril for a preacher is wanting the acceptance and approval of his listeners. This is a serious thing that we have been called to and we will regularly have to say things that our culture thinks is foolish and the religious find offensive.” Matt Chandler
25 Dec
>A Christmas gift for my three blog readers…
>Not long after moving to Tarrant a couple of guys from the Church decided to try to record a message from the Pastor for the Church website. This is what happened… Needless to say we had not really prepared anything beforehand for what I would say…I also discovered I do NOT have a future career [...]
5 Dec
>Francis Asbury’s admonition to preachers
>As Francis Asbury drew closer to the end of his life his health was in terrible condition, however he refused to quit preaching. His traveling companion reflected, “Such was the shattered state of his lungs in the latter part of his life, that it afflicted him very much to preach: especially to large congregations. His [...]
9 Jul
>A picture of my new church…
>…courtesy of the ever intrusive Google Street View:http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=1740+McCaskill+Alley,+Tarrant,+AL&sll=33.570146,-86.759958&sspn=0.030823,0.084543&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=McCaskill+Alley,+Tarrant,+Jefferson,+Alabama+35217&ll=33.58025,-86.761692&spn=0.004076,0.010568&z=14&layer=c&cbll=33.578151,-86.763195&panoid=POIMGjnbzIWoWystpH21pQ&cbp=12,168.87,,0,7.28&output=svembedView Larger Map
30 Mar
>Dear Mr. Anonymous Racist
>Below is a copy of an anonymous letter I received today – with my response Dear Mr. Anonymous Racist, I received your letter in the mail today (I have also received your previous ones). Since you did not include your name or address I thought it best that I post my reply to your letter [...]
28 Feb
The hardest thing I’ve ever done…
This morning I announced to my church that I would be leaving at the end of this Conference year. This has been one of the most agonizing decisions I’ve ever had to make. It was difficult, not because I didn’t know what the will of the Lord was, but because of the love I have [...]
21 Feb
Mission Accomplished! The roof has been replaced!
Below is the text from a message I sent out today for all of the Churches and individuals who contributed towards our Church roof project. I thought I would post the message here as well. I really want to let everyone who prayed for us or gave towards the project to know that I appreciate [...]
18 Jan
I Have a Dream…
I wasn’t alive in the 1960′s. I never saw the segregation that separated whites and black to the point that blacks could not eat at the same places as whites (except for eating spiritual food in Church…). But, I’ve seen plenty of racism. I’ve seen whites that don’t like blacks and blacks that don’t like [...]
8 Jan
“…that God would stop the plague.”
I like John Piper. His books are (for the most part) good reads. I’ve especially enjoyed “Desiring God” and “When I Don’t Desire God.” I enjoy listening to him preach and have found many of his resources helpful. The problem I have with Piper is his Calvinism and his misrepresentation of Wesleyan Arminianism. Like most [...]
