The need for church planting

In a recent sermon (11/11/07), John Piper of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis made eight observations about church planting (sermon text link): I’ve summarized them here: There are 195,000,000 non-churched people in America, making America one of the top four…

Our Story: Back to Arkansas

It was a rather strange experience. We were sitting in the airport lobby of Love Field just outside Dallas sharing soft drinks with David James, the Collegiate Ministry Team leader for Arkansas Baptists. After visiting with him on the phone…

iPhone changes viewing habits

I don’t think I really began to understand how revolutionary the iPhone, iPod Touch, and yesterday’s iPod video really are until the past two weeks. I was eating lunch with Taylor, and he began to show off all the video…

Review: A Call to Spiritual Reformation

Review: A Call to Spiritual Reformation – 2 minutes ago WORTH CONSUMING! I don’t think I’ve devoured and enjoyed a book as much as this one since I read John Piper’s Desiring God. That’s saying a lot! Part of it…

Pulaski Academy football featured on ESPN.com

Many Monticellonians remember my gleeful celebration as my alma mater defeated the Monticello Billies in a hard-fought game a few weeks ago. As the packed home stands watched in disbelief, the Pulaski Academy Bruins never punted – not even when…

USA Today’s Candidate Match Game

I played theCandidate Match Game at USA Today’s site,as recommended bya friend,and I wasn’t surprised at the results… Mike Huckabee. I particularly like his ideas about national tax reform. Who are you interested in currently and why?

A quote from D.A. Carson

“God is more interested in our holiness than in our comfort. He more greatly delights in the integrity and purity of his church than in the material well-being of its members. He shows himself more clearly to men and women…

Page ranking and a reality check

I was curious the other day about how in the world Google establishes its page ranking system. My pursuit was prompted by the fact that after two years of steady blogging, I had never been concerned or cared about page…

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