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Playing Catch-Up on Book Reviews
Wow! It has been a long while since we posted book reviews. The following won’t get us caught up, but will get us closer. Enjoy! ————————— The 15 Periods of Bible History Andy Kizer Quality Publications, 1993 (68 pages) My Sunday morning Bible class wanted to do a “survey” of the chronological Bible, trying to piece together how the Bible flows in time. Brother Kizer’s little book was our class book, although I used other sources in addition to this one to help me in my preparation. Brother Kizer’s book is brief, but its intent is simply to give the basics of what is found in each of the 15…
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Sermon Transcript: “The Christian and Facebook”
On Sunday night, I preached a sermon entitled “The Christian and Facebook.” Later, I posted something about it on (of course) Facebook, and several said they would like to see the notes. Before you read the transcript, let me share this information with you. Some time ago, my friend Neal Pollard preached a sermon at Bear Valley in Denver on this topic. I listened to his sermon several weeks ago to start getting ideas for mine. Later, he turned that sermon into an article for the Gospel Advocate that I also read. I say that to say this: several similarities exist between this sermon and his sermon/article, though I did…
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Friday Links Roundup: Too Early Edition
I went to a mall today. That, in and of itself, is news. I just don’t like malls. I like a handful of stores, but I don’t like the whole mall culture. As we were there, I heard something strange over the loudspeakers. It was Christmas music!!! Santa’s workshop was set up for pictures! Folks, let me say this as kindly as I can: it’s too early!!! Can we please wait until Thanksgiving is over to start this stuff? We’d still have a month. That’s 1/12 of the year, and that’s plenty of time to center on one holiday. After all, Thanksgiving is better anyway!!! Whew. I feel better, but…
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Guest Post: The Church and the Pulpit
[Today’s guest post comes from Scott McCown. Scott preaches for the church of Christ in Parrish, Alabama, where he has served since 1999. He has been in the ministry for 24 years overall. In addition to preaching, Scott is also an excellent song leader. You may wish to check out his blog, “The Morning Drive,” by clicking here. We appreciate Scott’s time in writing today’s post.] Not long ago on a Religion Q&A site, one person replied to the question: “What do you expect from your minister (preacher)?” with a description of their preacher. This description is a good indication of what the Church expects from the Pulpit. He is…
