January, 2008 Archives

Republicans Behaving Badly

January 31st, 2008 · Posted in Current Affairs, Politics · 0 Comments

Last night was the Republican’s turn to debate. The race for the Republican nomination now seems to focus on front runners Mitt Romney and John McCain — Rudy Giuliani got out of the race yesterday and Mike Huckabee is running a distant 3rd.
Romney and McCain didn’t behave much better than Hillary [...]

Satisfied With 80%?

January 28th, 2008 · Posted in Practical Christianity, Practical Ministry · 0 Comments

Speaking of Todd Rhoades — I ran across something else he wrote that is very thoughtful and thought provoking — and hit me “right between the eyes”.
It seems he had gone to his neighborhood McDonalds and had seen the results of their latest Customer Satisfaction Survey. It read:
Store cleanliness–85%
Employee friendliness–82%
Speed of service–83%
Yeah! We [...]

Confront A Critic Or Have A Root Canal?

January 28th, 2008 · Posted in Church Humor, Humor, Practical Ministry · 1 Comment

Todd Rhoades over at Monday Morning Insight has started a new feature — “Would You Rather?”where he poses 2 alternatives and you choose which one you would prefer. Today’s question:
Would you rather confront your harshest critc or have a root canal?
Most ministers are choosing to have a root canal — while some are [...]

Sermons: John 1:29-42 and Matthew 4:12-22

January 28th, 2008 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 Comments

I realized that I have not posted my last 2 sermons — so I posted them on my sermon blog. The first one (from 2 Sundays ago) is based on John 1:29-42 and entitled “Let It Shine”.
Here’s a portion of it:
I am reminded of Mordecai Ham.
Mordecai was an evangelist. [...]

Obama Talks About His Faith

January 24th, 2008 · Posted in Christianity, Current Affairs, Politics · 2 Comments

I am sure most of you have read that Barack Obama is a Muslim. You may have also read that he was sworn into the Senate with his hand on the Koran and not the Bible.
Not so, says Obama.
In an interview with Christianity Today, he says:

I am a Christian, and [...]