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Archive for July, 2010

That We May Live Before Him

Posted in Family, Print Media on July 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I spent some time in Florida with my mother and step father this past week. Our last day home we spent a few hours digging through a box of old pictures and news paper clippings. In the box I found the engagement announcement for my mother and father and was struck by how differently their [...]

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Helpful Packer Quote

Posted in Books, Jesus, Things I Like on July 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

“God saves sinners. God. – The triune Jehovah, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; three Persons working together in sovereign wisdom, power and love to achieve the salvation of a chosen people, the father electing, the son fulfilling the Father’s will by redeeming, the Spirits executing the purposes of the Father and Son by renewing, Saves [...]

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Surfing @ St. Augustine

Posted in Family, Things I Like on July 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I’m spending the week in Florida visiting family and relaxing a bit. The first day of the trip Jennifer and I started reading a novel together, the main character was a surfer… so I decided to carry the theme throughout our trip. Today we rented a long board from the “Surf Station” and hit the [...]

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Theology Matters

Posted in Church Planting, Friends, International Missions on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This weekend we had a great time of worship at Pillar Church. We invited the people of our church to show up an hour early this so that we could have a focused time of prayer for Colby & Annie Garman, our missionaries to Iceland. The Garmans are within a week or two of giving [...]

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Tomatos and Feet Fungus

Posted in Church Planting, Rants and Raves on July 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Another Excerpt… “When it comes to churches the same is true, healthy churches grow. Good healthy churches and bad healthy churches. Mormonism for example is “healthy” and has grown very rapidly since Joseph Smith, Jr., founded the movement with only 6 members in 1830. In a little over 175 years Mormon membership has grown exponentially. [...]

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What to Sacrifice?

Posted in Church Planting, Family on July 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Here are a few more excerpts from the Church Planter material I have been working on… “If I had a dollar for ever time someone has advised me not to “sacrifice my family on the altar of ministry” I could travel to Home Depot and buy all the materials necessary to build my own brazen [...]

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Pastor as CEO

Posted in Rants and Raves on July 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This week I  passed by a church near my house and noticed a subtle memo on the bottom of the church sign. As I think more about it, maybe it should be included on many more church signs around the nation. The sign read, “Mt. Hope Ministries, Dr. Raymond A Bell Jr, Senior Pastor/CEO”. I [...]

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