Pastor, Church Communications Guy, Church Website Designer & Blogger
You may not remember the musical group, The Turtles, but you probably remember one of their more famous songs. Do these words ring a bell?
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice
It had to be
The only one for me is you
And you for me
So happy together
We live in a world in which there …
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I just finished reading a great article on GetEntrepreneurial.com written by Terri Zwierynski about marketing yourself honestly. She asserts that putting lipstick on a pig doesn't necessarily help as much as honesty and self-disclosure, and I must surely agree. …
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Seth's blog today mentions something that I try to articulate to clients all the time - there are web subcultures and you can't sell to one if your site fits in another. I recently saw the site of a web design agency. The front page promoted them as a highly professional firm who wished to work only with highly …
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I was deeply moved by today's reading from J. Sidlow Baxter's devotional, Awake My Heart. He speaks of the mysteries of life, what W. A. Criswell used to call "the imponderables of God." Baxter mentioned birth, life, personality, human experience, Satan, eternity, etc. All of these are unexplainable. We can …
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"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time; casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you." -1 Peter 5:6-7
Those are the words I used to read about 30 seconds before I would preach. Now they ring in my heart naturally. It has been said that people …
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“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”—2 Corinthians 4:7When I was a kid, I collected baseball cards. Occasionally I would hear a story of someone who discovered some old cards tucked away in a special place. One such story relates to …
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I grew up in a staunchly conservative Southern Baptist church, where I first heard the gospel and received Christ as my Savior. I was baptized by Doug Riley, a man who was committed to the faithful proclamation of God's inerrant Word. Many of my heroes in the faith are or were Southern Baptist leaders.I have …
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"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God." -Psalm 42:11Depression seems to be such a widespread issue today. It could be that it is simply talked about more than ever, but it seems that …
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I'm madly in love with Angie Cox and my two kids. And I'm loved and forgiven by an infinitely gracious God! I'm a Pastor, Church Planter, Editor, and Community Facilitator.
