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Bad Church Sign: Hardest Job for a Woman

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This bad church sign reads: HARDEST JOB FOR A WOMAN: PRETEND TO BE DUMMER THAN A MAN Questions: What does this mean? What is this trying to mean? Who put this on the sign? Man or woman? Is this smart person aware they have a spelling mistake? Is this the hardest job for a woman? [Tweet “HARDEST JOB FOR A …

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Fast Forward with the Family

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I was privileged to serve alongside South Main Baptist Church in Greenwood yesterday.  They are currently in a search for their next pastor and some of their staff and friends of the church have been asked to fill the pulpit until the interim pastor is selected.  I am blessed enough to be considered a friend and got to preach for …

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Blocking Your Own Team (And How Churches Do the Same Thing)

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College football just experienced an intense weekend.  So many games were on the verge of an upset and Auburn’s victory over Alabama in the last seconds will be talked about for years to come. With many highlight-worthy moments this weekend, you might not have seen one of my favorite highlights from the previous weekend.  It came when Florida lost to …

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Has Social Media Created Evangelical Idolatry?

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Churches used to compare and compete with other churches down the road.  You would hear about what another congregation was doing and you would try to repeat it, hijack it, improve it, or do the complete opposite to try to attract disgruntled folks down the road. With the rise of social media, you can now compete with any church anywhere …

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“If It’s Based On the Word of God…”

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Our band got the privilege of leading worship at First Baptist Ware Shoals Sunday night.  We were asked to do the “Knowing Jesus” event and our group always loves getting to go through that music together. The music was composed by our band and it tells the story of Christ through the major events and teaching. Since writing the music …

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Living Hope

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We joined with 40+ churches in the area today to pray for spiritual awakening. Alan Quigley at South Main Street Baptist Church led the initiative and there were a lot of great things going on this weekend. The prayer was for spiritual awakening to happen in churches all over Greenwood. Love it when people focus on churches working together rather than competing with one another.

I’m not sure about other local churches, but God is continuing to do some amazing things at North Side. Loved our prayer time for spiritual awakening, and I love to hear stories of people who are being discipled at our church.

Today, we worshiped to:

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The Discipline of the Church

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We finished up our “Church Matters” series today as we focused on “The Discipline of the Church.”  This isn’t a topic you would normally hear about in a sermon series on the church, but if we neglect this issue we are avoiding a serious issue in the New Testament.

Jeff mentioned in his very practical sermon on this matter that we have replaced God today with the god of tolerance. America’s favorite verse to quote is “judge not” and it is taken out of context and not understood.  If we don’t keep one another accountable within the church then our witness and stand in the world weakens.

Today, we worshiped to:

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Hissy Fit or Pastoral Duty?

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You will have an opinion about the following video.  If you haven’t seen it, it’s been quite the topic of conversation.

Baptist Pastor Jim Standridge has made a name for himself after a video of one of his sermons, showing him rebuking some of his members, went viral.  Out of all of his messages he might have desired to become famous for, I don’t know if he saw this one coming to the top of the list.

The preacher from Immanuel Baptist Church in Skiatook, Oklahoma, for 24 years, left the platform, stepped down from his pulpit into the seated congregation on May 19 to call out one member for dozing off.  But that was just the beginning.

Spotting someone else in the congregation, he then called out a member, Ryan Underwood, who had missed several services, “You are one of the sorriest church members I have. You’re not worth 15 cents.”

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O, What’s a Church to Do?

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O, What’s a Church to Do?

O, what’s a church to do?
Socialize, proselytize,
Empathize or try?
Congregate, segregate,
Stagnate or die?
Trivialize, patronize,
Criticize old and new.
Organize to fraternize,
O, what’s a church to do?

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Church Bulletin Bloopers

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Typos happen in all types of mediums.  All types of businesses and organizations have experienced the embarrassment with something written incorrectly. They can be awkward or unfortunate, but most oftentimes, they are just funny. The following statements actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services: Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come

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