Doug Hibbard

In a not-too-distant country, there was a fire department. This department was made up of some volunteers, a few professionals, and few people that didn’t really understand what was going on. All of them, however, had come together because they could see the smoke of fires, feel the heat, and hear the screams of people in danger from the fires that were raging around them. None were compelled to be there, except the compulsion that compassion brought them. For a time, they fought the fires well together. Professional firefighters provided some guidance about the best ways to fight the fire, … [Read more...] about The Fire Department

Dave Miller has posed this question, and the answers we’ve seen and given range from tragic to comic to, well, just this side of ridiculous.  This is a challenging question.  In recent years, there’s been an apparent shift to a post-denominational world in American Christianity, with many of the fastest growing churches either being non-denominational or being the head church of a new denomination.  Then there’s the age-old argument that Southern Baptists aren’t a denomination at all, but that’s another argument.  If solved in the comments, great, but if not, we’ll table that for another … [Read more...] about What is a Southern Baptist Church?

Please note: I started this blog post with the idea it would go on my blog and be, well, read by about 3 people.  Then I was honored with a request to put something up over here.  In the interest of not making you wait for me to write perfectly, you'll get what I've got.  Doug Someday, it's bound to happen to you too, but I know it has happened to me.  You're sitting there, reading along, whether it be book, magazine, blog or journal and the moment comes.  Perhaps you're listening at a conference, convention, or watching the news.  The moment hits, and you feel almost angry from … [Read more...] about Help Me! The People I Agree with Are Being Ridiculous!