My denominational heritage – the environment, climate change, and stewardship
O.K., so I have to say that this is one of the times I am proud of the folks associated with my denominational heritage, Southern Baptists. Most of the time, they are about 10 years behind important cultural issues, but I think they are in step with the concerns of our world right now. In […]
You will become what you worship. I’m not talking about singing a few songs or saying prayer or two. You and I were made to worship, and our hearts will exalt something to the place of supremacy. What happens is that our lives will become an image of that which we place as supreme in […]
I mentioned Sunday that I would write a blog on this. But even as I do, I write it with a bit of fear and trembling. My goal here is not to show how we are right and someone else is wrong. I actually have many friends and people that I highly respect in the […]
This story is almost like an ancient soap opera. It might be As Israel Turns or Days of Hebrew Lives. Hosea is the guy everybody likes, but he married the sneaky girl with the shifty eyes. Gomer (OK, no Soap Opera would have a hot chick named Gomer, but go with me) seems to flirt […]
Idols and happiness – a quote by C. S. Lewis
I’m going to read this quote in the message in the morning, but wanted to post it on the blog as well. As we close the sermon series on worship, I thought it was a very appropriate thought about the futility of pursuing all the other false gods we worship. The quote is from the […]