Category Spiritual Markers

I’m going to begin keeping a running track of informative articles about the re-discovered Gospel of Judas. There are important implications for Christ-followers today. While being open-minded, let’s also not be open-ended. There were strong reasons that the early church…

I’m still going through Beth Moore’s Bible study, The Patriarchs, though my attempt at a blog study didn’t fly. Recently, as I was reading day 1 of week 5, I was struck by her commentary about Genesis 25.21-22: Isaac pleaded…

I have no idea why David’s blog entry hit me the way it did several weeks ago. In it, he listed a series of character flaws that he had observed about himself. Such raw honesty and authenticity has continued to…

I’m excited to share with you that our church has reached an agreement and decided to purchase the Clip Joint building in downtown Monticello! We are currently beginning the process of finding a lender and securing a loan. This means…

There is an excellent blog resource that has recently been posted here that relates to the charismatic movement in the western church. Characterized by great enthusiasm but little depth, the charistmatic movement has had many interesting twists and turns. This…

For those of you reading this blog semi-faihtfully, you know that last year I read the Bble through using the excellent plan available at Journey Church’s Ancient Words group. In January, I did a lot of reflection and study on…

With a title like that on your blog entry, you’re sure to incur the “click wrath” of impatient web surfers. But I’ve got a few thoughts about waiting that I want to make, so, uh, wait! The way I am…

Scott McKnight has an interesting entry at his blog about noticing people reading the Bible. What say you? Have you noticed more people reading the Bible? Generate some comments about this for us all. Or better yet, go read the…

Five years ago I was serving as the BCM Director at UAM. I served 8 years there under the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. During the latter part of 2000, we experienced a marked sense of apathy, complacency, and a general…