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Archive for September, 2010


Our Socialist Pledge?…

“I’m Just Saying… For two years in a row there has been a battle in school systems as to whether to allow students to hear a “back to school” pep-speech from President Barack Obama.  The fear has been that folks don’t want the President to indoctrinate students to his supposed National Socialist propaganda. Never mind that […]

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John the Baptizer Bugs Me

“I’m just saying…John the Baptizer Bugs Me” I started looking ahead toward Advent this afternoon – planning my preaching, teaching, and leadership initiatives for season.  My aim was just to paint the grand picture, but all afternoon I’ve been bothered by one passage in particular.  On the Second Sunday of Advent, I’ll be preaching from […]

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Reviewing Eddie Hammett’s Soulful Leadership

About 18 months ago, I cleared a section of my home-office bookshelf for the writings of Edward H. Hammett. I had just heard Eddie speak at a gathering of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia, and was impressed by his style and content of his sermon. After the gathering, I immediately went and purchased several […]

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Said It Before – I’ll Say It Again

“I’m Just Saying…A theology that makes you feel bitter and allows you to speak and act with mean arrogance – all the while feeling justified in so doing – is a theology devoid of the spirt of Jesus, no matter how often and zealously it repeats His name.

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Too Much Of A Good Thing

Read: Luke 14:25-35 What is your favorite type of restaurant? Do you like to dine in those eateries that serve particular varieties of ethnic foods—like Indian, Chinese, or Hispanic? Do you like steak houses that specialize in serving finest cuts of beef? Do you prefer seafood restaurants serving shrimp, oysters, or clams? Maybe you like […]

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It’s All In Your Hands

Lake Winona was the location of the YMCA campsite in Ormond Beach, Florida – the hometown of my childhood.  For two weeks each summer the First Baptist Church would rent the Lake Winona campsite to provide for it Youth and Children’s Ministry.  I began attending Junior Camp when I was nine years old.  Later, when […]

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Star Trek and the state of our churches

Refuse to Compromise – Daniel 1:3-5, 8-16 Star Trek:  First Contact, was one of the hit movies of the franchise.  It pitted Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise against an enemy known as the Borg – a part flesh and part android race of creatures unified in a single collective.  The […]

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Liberalism is God?

“I’m Just Saying…”  Conservative religious leader Gary Bauer has said: “For those that do not have a religion, liberalism usually becomes their religion.”  Many of you might find this hard to believe – but I agree with Bauer on this observation.   My only problem is that he’s too narrow in his application.  Couldn’t this observation […]

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Preaching In The Transition Zone: Bilingual Baptist

  Text:  2 Kings 18:17-37  They sure were cute!  They were the children’s choir of the Colonial Beach Baptist Church.  Each member of the choir was about age six.  As they entered the choir loft they began to sing: “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen.  Nobody knows my sorrow.” I thought:  “How much trouble can […]

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Preaching In The Transition Zone: Wheelers and Dealer

SERMON TITLE:  Wheelers and Dealers? – Texts:  Matthew 25:14-30 A wealthy man goes on a  trip.  Before leaving he calls together three of his servants.  He entrusts into their care the stewardship of his possessions.  To the first he gave five talents.  To the second he gave two talents, and to the last he gave […]

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