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journal entries from an emerging follower of Christ

The Story……….Continued

| August 26, 2009

A couple months ago I wrote this piece as one of my first blog entries, entitling it “the story”.  I used it as a chance to tell some of the major events that happened in my life to inform and update those who had wondered as to my change of ministry, location, etc.  I notice [...]

Have vs. Say

| August 19, 2009

I learned this principle, believe it or not, while watching a stand up routine from Chris Rock.  Through his explicative-laced rant about race, religion, and politics, I picked up on a nugget of content that taught a deep truth.  He said that you can either have or you can say. Now I have to admit [...]

Calendar Update

| August 16, 2009

August 23rd – 26th I will be at Grove Level Baptist Church to hear Dr. Richard Blackaby.  The son of Henry Blackaby, Richard is also an author as well as a former seminary president who communicates clearly through powerful stories. September 10th – 14th I will be in Ohio to visit family and friends.  I [...]

Excerpt from Chapter Two

| August 14, 2009

The second chapter of my book Repentance and Recovery tends to be so dry and filled with dry, doctrinal language that I have reconsidered having it so near the front.  My fear has been that some readers may get that far, become board in thumbing through my rants on dictionary definitions, and put the book [...]

If I Won It Big

| August 6, 2009

A couple of posts ago I mentioned how this year for the first time in my life I purchased a lottery ticket.  I did not hit it big and have not fallen into the addiction of spending my money on this weekly, but as the Georgia lottery jackpot crawls ever closer to 200 million dollars, [...]

My Response to The SBC Conference

| August 2, 2009

Here are some excerpts from a piece our local newspaper ran a couple weeks ago covering the annual Southern Baptist Convention conference. Southern Baptists are facing a membership decline that could shrink the nation’s largest Protestant denomination by nearly half in 40 years, its convention president said Tuesday. The Rev. Johnny Hunt, a megachurch pastor [...]