The Church: Upward, Inward, Outward (Week 4) – Participating in Worship & the Lord’s Day
I need more bookends in my life. Those of you who have seen my office know why I need more bookends. Whenever I…
The Church: Upward, Inward, Outward (Week 3) – Worship
Brothers and Sisters, after three weeks of meeting together on Sunday evenings, I want to reflect on our teaching time. First and foremost,…
The Church: Upward, Inward, Outward (Week 2) – Worship
What I post each week on “From the Pastor’s Desk” will introduce and lead into our current teaching series, “The Church: Upward, Inward,…
The Church: Upward, Inward, Outward (Week 1) – Relationships
As a reminder, the topics I post each week on “From the Pastor’s Desk” will tie in with our current teaching series, “The…
Church Tradition: Authoritative, Suggestive, or Irrelevant?
I imagine many of you recently observed Christmas and/or New Year’s traditions. If so, what were they, and why do you observe them…
Faithfulness
If you have never heard of William Carey, what follows is a brief, borrowed survey of his life. Most of this post is…
A Few Random Thoughts for Our Small Church
Several months ago, I ran across an article about small churches and have been saving it for the right time. The title, “Six…
The Cultural Christian Wars, Part 3
At the outset of this post, I remind you again of an overarching (or underlying) principle that has dramatically shaped the Cultural Christian…
The Cultural Christian Wars, Part 2
“I prefer this type of worship…” How many of us have expressed this thought at one time or another? Few ideals are more…