Ah…a week away on a mission trip and another of vacation and I’m finally back in the office. This week our church is having VBS, but I ended up withdrawing from the class I was planning to take at Northern Seminary. My intent was to audit the class. One, it was much cheaper to audit, [...]

Things have been sparse around here lately, I know. This is just a note to let you know that things may not change much on that front. This summer is going to be a busy one (which one isn’t, especially in church life?). Just to let you know what’s going on this summer: Next week [...]

Today I want to point you to the blog of Ernest Goodman. Ernest is a missionary in Western Europe. I consistently learn oodles of stuff about myself, about how I approach my faith, about how I lead others in living out lives as followers of Jesus, and especially about things I need to quit doing [...]

I try to stay away from Baptist issues as much as I can on this blog. I hope that what I have to say today is not seen simply as a Baptist issue, but as a Christian issue, a church issue, and a ministerial issue. Bart Barber pastors FBC Farmersville, TX. He and I went [...]

Andrew Perriman has addressed that question at his Open Source Theology site.  It’s not the shortest of articles, but it’s good, and I like his answers.  If you’ve wondered about the "emerging church" this will give you a good description that isn’t a typical caricature.