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One of our contributors, Brandon Smith, is looking for a place to serve the Lord.  Maybe someone here has a contact or knows of a place where this young man can minister.  He has made several posts here, so you can read them and get a little bit of idea of his beliefs and passions.  He also blogs at Modern March, if you want to get a little better idea of who he is. He is getting married and will be moving to East Texas, the Tyler area, sometime between now and June.  He has five years of ministry experience as a youth pastor, an associate pastor and a church planter.  He has also been … [Read more...] about Helping a Friend: Brandon Smith is Looking for a Place to Serve

I just received an email from the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego inviting me to purchase tickets for “A Night of Hope” with Pastors Joel and Victoria Osteen: “A Night of Hope” with Joel and Victoria Osteen is an outreach of Joel Osteen Ministries and is an exciting time of praise and worship where attendees will hear an inspirational message from Joel and Victoria along with the electrifying music of Dove Award winning Cindy Cruse Ratcliff, Steve Crawford, Da’dra Greathouse, and the Lakewood Band and Ensemble. Joel and Victoria Osteen are pastors for a new generation.  Referred to … [Read more...] about Joel Osteen, King Ahab & Delusional Celebrations

I’m going to try and “cut to the chase” in this post.  I want to talk about the relationship between the Old and New Testaments, but let us first begin with talking about the exciting topic of bricks. At the Billy Graham library there are individual bricks that folks walk on which have been brought together in such a way that they form a big cross (when looked at as a whole).  In other words, the particular bricks have been joined together under the unifying theme of the cross. Now, when we look at the O.T., we see many individual verses.  These verses are like the bricks at the Billy … [Read more...] about The Relationship Between the Old Testament & the New Testament

Yesterday Haylee, six, asked to make some sugar cookies. Being the doting grama that I am, I waddled out to the kitchen to find a recipe. Haylee pulled up a stool to the counter. Soon Kinsey, four, decided to "help" make cookies, too, and dragged a stool of her own to the counter. They were so close to me, I couldn't get the mixer out of the cupboard. After some adjustments, collecting untensils, and gathering ingredients, we set about making our confectionary delights. Haylee got to measure 2 and 3/4 cups flour into a bowl. Then I showed her how to level off a half-teaspoon of baking … [Read more...] about Working Things Out For Good

By Thom Hunter – www.thomhunter.com "I cannot stress this enough to you, but I'll still say it: I'll never be Christian. I think your Bible is nothing more than a piece of literature. I don't believe in your God, and never will. But I will criticize you when you use your God to "fix" homosexuality, as if it were something to be fixed." -- An anonymous young friend I have broken only two bones in my lifetime. A wrist and a rib. The result of each was an increase in pain, a decrease in mobility and a denied sense of helplessness during a time of adjustment and healing. I still have the … [Read more...] about Why Call it Brokenness?

As I sit in the middle of near-zero temperatures with over a foot of snow on the ground, a particular topic comes to mind that produces strong opinions in religion, politics, nightly news, etc…how should Christians think in regards to environmentalism, global warming, earth’s resources and so forth?  In other words: what should our role be in relation to the environment?  Sometimes it seems if you mention the words “environmentalism” or worse “global warming” it tends to conjure up pictures of left-wing zealots with political agendas who hug trees and try to scare little children with stories … [Read more...] about Christians and the Environment

I know.  Insert your joke here... Seriously, I am looking for people who want to write for SBC Voices. I can offer you the same money I get (if you are good, I will double your salary!).  But the main thing I can offer you is an audience.  We have that at SBC Voices.  This is a very active website (less so in the last few days since I haven't been posting anything, of course).  People will read what you write. They will, of course, comment as well.  Our comment streams tend to get lively at times, out of control at other times.  I try to exert some measure of control, but the SBC … [Read more...] about I Need Help!