I happen to know that Dave is back home in Iowa at this very moment as I am composing this post because I saw it on Facebook. I for one am glad to see him back in the states and ready (I hope) to resume his regular place as editor in chief of our crazy […]
The Deputy Ain’t Perfect
I know that this goes without saying, but I am not perfect. In trying to keep up with three posts a day as Dave prefers, I published a post earlier that some have questioned. It was from one of our contributors who usually writes thoughtful posts about issues that I think are important to address. […]
Innoculated Christianity
A few years ago, I preached a sermon with this title. Lately, I have been thinking more about this. I have been reading a lot of blogs discussing what is wrong with the modern church and what we can do to fix it, and I think one of the problems that is the most troubling […]
Holy Festival
Yesterday, it was brought to my attention by one of our contributors that the Muslim month of Ramadan is underway again. There are Christians who have developed prayer guides and such to lead fellow believers in praying for Muslims during this time, that they would see the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and […]
Universal Issues
The longer I live and the more I see and experience, I have come to realize that some things are truly universal. Like, no matter what church we have a community event in here in Langdon, the back rows always fill up before the front ones. I specify church because I found that the baccalaureate […]
TULIPY: The Acronym for Hyper-Calvinism
Editor’s Note: I originally posted this at my own blog quite a while ago and had thought about publishing it here at that time but didn’t. While I am waiting for some of our contributors to finish up some posts and get them ready to go, I figured I would offer this as fodder for […]
It Could Be Worse
I am a lot like Dave in some ways. We both serve in states that are out of the main core of the SBC. We both serve in an office that has a title with no real power beyond our ministry as pastors (admittedly his is a much bigger office with no real power than […]
Ministry: Calling or Career?
Editor’s Note: This post was referenced in the one I published yesterday and as one of the commenters suggested, it would be nice to have a separate place to discuss this issue. The original post was published at my blog a couple of years ago, but the economy hasn’t gotten better in the meantime so […]
Money, Ministry and Motivations
Editor’s note: Those of you who frequent the site probably notice that Dave generates a lot of the content himself. While he is away, you will likely see my name on posts a lot more often. Just think of it as me making up for lost time since I haven’t posted in a while. This […]
The Deputy Is on Duty
With Dave’s departure for the island nation of Taiwan, I have been left to man the fort and keep posts posted and comments commented, or something like that. I have asked for help from all of our contributors in continuing to bring you some of the finest content we can produce, since I don’t tend […]
New Moderation Rules at SBC Voices
I came across a story last week about banned words that NYC won’t allow to be used on their standardized tests anymore and that gave me an idea and Dave said it was OK to run with this. We have all talked about it and we have come up with a list of banned words […]
The Problem of All or Nothing
This post originally appeared at my personal blog. God is holy and perfect and commands us to be “perfect as He is perfect.” Perfection: it is a standard that we all know we cannot keep. Those who spend a great deal of time thinking about it are in real danger of driving themselves crazy. It […]