Bibliographical Entry Thompson Jr., W. Oscar. Concentric Circles of Concern: Seven Stages for Making Disciples. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999. Author Information W. Oscar Thompson pastored in various churches for 20 years becoming a faculty member at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth, Texas. He specialized in the study of evangelism. During [...]

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The slippery slope of morality

by clay on September 1, 2010

The journey from your mind into your hands is shorter than you’re thinking. Be careful if you think you stand, you just might be sinking. – “Slow Fade”, Casting Crowns The hard thing about trying to be a good, moral person is that you’re constantly being pulled towards those things you know you shouldn’t be [...]

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Critical Mass – Share Jesus Without Fear

by clay on August 28, 2010

Bibliographical Entry Fay, William. Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 1999. Author Information William (Bill) Fay provides his own background story in Appendix 5 to his book. He recounts his testimony of how he came to be a Christian out of a life of money, greed, gambling, and selfishness. He was raised into [...]

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A new(?) model for ministry

by clay on August 27, 2010

For so many years people who have been called to ministry did a few simple things. They attended some kind of training, be it seminary, berean learning, or something else. They graduated from that training. They then went off to practice their calling and only their calling, not needing to have other employment in order [...]

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Theology of the double rainbow guy

August 26, 2010

(Caution: There could be some language that might offend in the video. Really, the first minute is all you need, but consider yourself warned.) If you haven’t seen this video before, well, you don’t spend enough time on Facebook or YouTube. It made the rounds a couple months ago, even spawning a (surprisingly well made) [...]

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It’s been too long

July 27, 2010

I really do intend to write more on here, but life just gets in the way. Sure, you say, typical blogger. Gets the website set up then leaves it alone. Not really, I have legitimate reasons why i don’t seem to have time to write. Actually, i have been writing quite a bit, just not [...]

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Critical Mass – Four Views on Hell

May 5, 2010
Four Views On Hell book cover

(This was a book critique I wrote for my Systematic Theology II class at LBTS. Buy it here: Four Views on Hell) I. Introduction Four Views on Hell presents, as the title suggests, four different theological viewpoints on the existence of hell. Each author discusses their unique conclusion as to the existence and definition of [...]

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Typical Monday staff meeting

May 3, 2010

This is how things go at my office on Mondays. Big h/t to ChurchIT.

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A Call To Worship, Part 4: Keep together!

April 30, 2010

Sing in time. Whatever time is sung, be sure to keep with it. Do not run before, nor stay behind it; but attend closely to the leading voices, and move therewith as exactly as you can. And take care you sing not too slow. this drawling way naturally steals on all who are lazy; and [...]

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What is your Honduras?

April 29, 2010

The title of this may not make much sense, but read on. It comes from a post my friend Laura wrote this morning. She and her family will be leaving soon to live in Honduras, working with orphans and bringing Christ to a remote part of that country. She wrote: I believe God has given [...]

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