Crossroad Baptist Church installed its first deacons and church officers today. Last month the first annual administration meeting was held, where the church voted in two deacons–Duane and Stephen. Today we held a Deacon Ordination ceremony. Pastor read the Biblical qualifications for deacons and their wives (1 Timothy 3:8-13), and then he prayed over the… Read More Deacon=Servant
Stephen and I love spending time with family, exchanging presents, singing Christmas carols, drinking holiday coffee, seeing the snow fall (which we are missing here in Phoenix!) and decorating with red and green. But that’s not really why we celebrate Christmas. Christmas is when we remember Christ’s incarnation. Deity became humanity. The purpose for Jesus’… Read More Celebrating Christmas
Church is the highlight of our week. Church has changed drastically for us since moving to Arizona. Since I myself didn’t have a clear picture of what a Sunday at a small church plant looked like, I thought I’d give you all a glimpse of what we do on Sundays, so you know how to… Read More A Day in the Life of CBC
A family in our church usually puts together a big Fourth of July picnic complete with a swimming pool, football on the front lawn, a sing-along, and fireworks. This year they added something new. The BBQ was entitled “Plate of Grace.” The family provided all the food for everyone as their “plate of grace” to… Read More Independence Day
“This article”:http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/NathanaelBlake/2006/05/12/197221.html at Towhall.com, while clearly not written from the perspective of a “fundamentalist”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalist_Christianity, offers a devastating critique of the mainstream Christian music scene (and by extension, the methods and stated intentions of the entire New Evangelical movement). I’m not endorsing everything in the article, but it’s encouraging to see someone from outside the usual… Read More Mainstream “Christianity”: religion or brand name?
Presidential hopeful Senator John McCain’s “commencement speech”:http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsCenter.ViewSpeech&Content_id=1732 at Liberty University was pretty good–certainly better than anyone who was around during the 2000 election primaries would have had any reason to guess at the time.
There’s a “review”:http://www.sharperiron.org/showthread.php?t=2948 of Dr. Michael Sproul’s book, “God’s Word Preserved”:http://www.tricityministries.org/tcbc/bookstore/godswordpreserved.jsp over at “SharperIron”:http://www.sharperiron.org/. I’m working my way through the book myself, so I’ll post my thoughts on it once I’m finished. I will say that so far my impression is that it’s one of the best, if not the best work I’ve seen on… Read More God’s Word Preserved–SharperIron review