Visitor at Church
Jamie Parler, our Community Pastor, sent me this article he found. It was written from the perspective of a nonreligious man attending church…
Read MoreNo Turning Back
Reading in Galatians this morning, and I came across a fitting verse for this morning. It reads, “But now that you have come…
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Drums are Made for Community
If you were at North Side yesterday, you were in for a treat with Jamie Parler giving the word on community. Jamie is…
Read MorePrayer: Steering Wheel or Spare Tire?
How do we view prayer? Do we see it as our steering wheel – it steers everything we do or do we see…
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Spirit and Truth
After the message on Sunday on worship, Amanda and I had to jet to Columbia because she was singing in a concert. But…
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Grand Opening – July 29th
Only four more Sundays before we move into our new auditorium. The construction guys are working feverishly, the staff is making final preparation,…
Read MoreThe Minister’s Work Ethic
Got some good stuff in class today from the Evangelism Director for the Illinois Baptist Convention, Randy Mullinax. He said that one of…
Read MoreEvangelism vs. Missions
An interesting conversation developed today in class. The school at Southern Seminary at which I am getting my degree is called the Billy…
Read MoreFull of God
“We should be less concerned about making churches full of people and more concerned about making people full of God.” -C. Kirk Hadaway…
Read MoreRomania Team
Missions is going crazy this summer! I love it. I just have been reading up on our Romania team at their blog, it’s…
Read MoreChicken’s in the Box!
We started our backyard Bible club in Abbeville last night for n*gage. We are taking college students and 20-somethings to a park and…
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