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I'm starting to get into Facebook. Debbie and I have connected with old friends, our own family, former church members, and lots of new "friends" that we would not have met anywhere else. As experienced Facebookers know, not only can you find friends online, but you
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Most of you who follow this blog do it by feed reader. If you get me on a feed reader, you may not know about some of the new tools I'm using. I'm finding them useful: 1. Twitter. Ed Stetzer evangelized me to Twitter at NOC2008.
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I'm playing around here and this is the rough draft of 101 Outreach Ideas for Small Churches. Any others you want to add? I'd love to hear any stories you have about any outreach ideas you've used. I'm working on a book,
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This week I was asked to pray at the swearing in of our new county treasurer, who is also a member of our church. I wrote Prayer for A New County Treasurer for that occasion. I also wrote Prayer for the Opening of Court a couple of years ago. Both
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NOC2008 surpassed my expectations! I got to hear Erwin McManus, J John, Francis Chan; and I sat in on Doug Stringer's workshop titled, Who's Your Daddy? Great title and great seminar. I met Ed Stetzer of LifeWay, and Gary McIntosh of Talbot Seminary; plus, the great
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Here is the sermon I preached this morning from Psalm 78:1-7, titled The Next Generation. The Next Generation Psalm 78:1-71 O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from
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We're in south Georgia this weekend for a family reunion. Our two granddaughters, 4 and 8, came with us. They have never met some of the cousins, aunts, uncles, and in-laws that they'll meet today when we gather at the Snipesville Baptist Church for the annual
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Today the stock market fell another 500 points. Iceland may go bankrupt, NPR reported today. Euro-countries are aligning their financial strategies so they speak with one economic voice. Government leaders are already talking about more federal dollars, in addition to the $700-billion just voted by Congress. And the bad news
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"You feed them." Those were the words of Jesus to the disciples. A big hungry crowd needed to be fed, and the disciples had come to Jesus for a solution. Jesus challenged the disciples to feed the crowd themselves, but they protested they were not able to. Now,
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Thumbing through an analysis of our community today, it hit me. There are too many churches in our area. Within a 5-mile radius of our church, there are 25 other churches. And, this doesn't even count churches without telephones, which include at least 8 more that I know
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I started to let this go. First, because you can't comment on everything you read in blogs; and, secondly, I could not believe I was actually reading it. But, I can't let this go. Here's why: Small churches deserve better than Bill Easum'
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courtesy BBC I wrote about the impending crises in the three E's -- energy, environment, and economy -- several weeks ago. This weekend we saw all three converge, vying for media coverage with each other. Hurricane Ike hit Texas and the Gulf Coast; gas prices spiked with gas