Ben Wins NATS
Ben was one of the honors winners at the Lewis & Clark NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singers) competition up in Orange City at Northwestern College.Sang the kind of high-falluting stuff...
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My Pregnant 15-year-old Daughter is a STAR!
(I wish my camera took better pictures in low light - flash photography isn't allowed) Bethany made her starring debut in "Rumors" a Neil Simon play last week. I have to admit that seeing her dressed...
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My Pregnant 15-year-old Daughter is a STAR!
(I wish my camera took better pictures in low light - flash photography isn't allowed) Bethany made her starring debut in "Rumors" a Neil Simon play last week. I have to admit that seeing her dressed...
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Keeping It Simple!
I had to wash my hair. It seemed unfair – I was on vacation after all. I figured I was clean and didn’t need a shower. I spent an hour in the chlorinated pool. Chlorine bleach is a cleanser, right? How...
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Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, and the Art of Preaching
My sixteen-year-old daughter got me hooked on American Idol this year. I just used to watch the try-out shows when people who shouldn't sing in the church choir embarrassed themselves for my amusement....
View ArticleThe Best Preaching Ever?
You've probably heard this before, but this is what preaching is supposed to be!
View ArticleA Great Moment in Baseball History
When has a Chicago Cub ever done something this noble?
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Chapman, Akin Et Al: A Pleasing Dissension in the SBC
I have never been a fan of church splits. I have argued often for bloggers to seek unity rather than division in our discussion (and violated my own rules from time to time). But I think the current...
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Go Ahead, Make Fun Now!
Go ahead! Have your fun! I already get teased for having four blogs. Now, I have five. This one is close to my heart!On this blog, we will discuss the greatest team in sports history, the New York...
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Blogging about Something Important: The New York Yankees
Blogging about the SBC can get old. But blogging about the New York Yankees NEVER gets old. So, I've set up a new blog, for all you Yankee fans out there. We will devote ourselves to talking about the...
View ArticleSignificant Servants, August 16, 2009
(This is a new sermon series I am beginning. I am hoping to manuscript this and put the messages up here on a weekly basis. We'll see how it goes.)Some Significant ServantsGod made us for his glory,...
View ArticleWOW! Words of Wisdom from "Between the Times"
If you only have time to read one blog (after you finish mine, of course) that blog almost certainly should be "Between the Times." I read something by Bruce Ashford on that blog today that was...
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Significant Servants, August 23, 2009
Have you ever looked at a “stereogram?”That is one of those psychedelic 3-D pictures that you have to stare at blankly to find another picture hidden in the background.For a long time I was sure that...
View ArticleWhat Ministry is Becoming
Enjoy this video. It is everything youth ministry (all ministry - when the emphasis is on the star-quality of the minister and not on the glory of God) is becoming that it should not be. Check it...
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Significant Servants, August 30, 2009
A disturbing number of American churches are either statistically plateaued or declining.My denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, is as aggressively evangelistic as any other denomination and...
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Playing the Race Card to Stifle Debate
Let me say two things at the start of this little tirade. 1) I am not a fan of Barack Obama. Not even a little. I have yet to find a policy area in which he and I agree. I do not believe that my...
View ArticleSignificant Servants, September 6, 2009
When a brother or sister in Christ dies, we comfort ourselves with the fact that death actually brought them to a new life.One life ended and another life, a better life, a glorious life began.We can...
View ArticleGreater Things Are Yet To Come!
(On September 13, I preached this sermon at Bethel Baptist Church in Newell, Iowa, which was celebrating its 50th anniversary)I am a pessimist at heart.I feel a little like a character from one of my...
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Significiant Servants September 20&27, 2009 "God's Wonderful Plan for Your Life"
(NOTE: This is a compilation of my sermons from 9/20 and 9/27. Basically, it was a do-over. I did not find I liked the way I had approached things on the 20th, so I pushed the reboot button. This...
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