The Power of Mixing 2 Great Things
The following is an article written for MorningStar Baptist Church's monthly newsletter, Revelations. Much of the content is an adaptation of concepts found in Reggie Joyner's book, Think Orange. Pray for us as we seek to fill this critical pastoral position in our church. I have a confession. I like to mix foods. I have another confession. The mixtures don’t always →
High Yield Investing
I’m starting to think a lot more about investing than I did a few years ago. For one thing I’m older and realizing that someday I may retire, but in order to do that I’ve got to have something stashed away somewhere. I also have a family now and I am thinking about their security if something were →
Counting the Cost
...which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Have we lost the fine art of counting the cost in our lives? I certainly don't believe we have lost the language of counting the cost. I hear it all the time from people, and →
“You Are My Joy” CD is NOW available!
The long wait is over - it seemed long to us anyway! Holly's new CD is hot of the presses and finally available. If you would be interested in a copy visit her page. There you will find information about the songs included on the CD as well as ordering instructions. Feel free to email, mark@showemjesus.com if you have any →
Missionary Methodology
I have been intrigued lately by several studies I've been reading related to missions. What has intrigued me most is the more and more I think about my role as a pastor the more and more I realize that I am a missionary. When I began ministry a decade a half ago this wasn't nearly as true as it is →
Breaking Bread
The church I attend participated in the Lord's Supper yesterday. Typically this consists of pulling out the gold serving trays, filling them with stale wafers and plastic thimbles half full of grape juice. Not that these things can't be useful tools in remembering the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for our redemption, but when I read about the Lord's Supper in places →
Missionary in Moneta?
I've been reading a book by Ed Stetzer entitled, Planting Missional Churches. In the 2nd chapter he gives a definition of 'idigenous' by Peter Beyerhaus. He defines it as follows, "To be indigenous means that a church, in obedience to the apostolic message that has been entrusted to it and to the living guidance of the Holy Spirit, →
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