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October 8, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reasons Why ‘Charismatic’ And ‘Methodist’ Are NOT Oxymorons
Throughout most of the 20th Century and now into the 21st, charismatic and Methodist Christians have had very little to do with each other. Charismatics, who trace their modern origins to the Azusa Street Revival in 1906, define themselves by expressive worship, congregational autonomy, and a steadfast belief in the most vivid and visible of
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October 7, 2019
Gods At War Launch — The “Godogamy” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Had a rare, late in the week edit in which the opening paragraph was gutted, replaced, and I think improved; Had a title with a word I think I might have invented; Recognized that the prelude to the Ten Commandments is as important as the commandments themselves; Had a shift at the
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October 4, 2019
“Gods At War” Series Begins With “Godogamy”
Most of the time, when most of us read biblical stories warning us against the dangers of idolatry, we breathe a sigh of relief: “Well, I don’t have any little tin gods around the house, so I’ve got nothing to worry about.” And we couldn’t be more wrong. Idolatry doesn’t require idols. It simply needs
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October 3, 2019
When A Friend Launches A New Venture
Claude Kayler is the founding pastor of Good Shepherd, having served it from its inception in 1991 to 1999. Because built Good Shepherd on THE Good Shepherd rather than upon himself, he was a good act to follow. Many “second pastorates” are fraught with tension and failure, but because of our foundation, that was not
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October 2, 2019
Kristi Phillips Becomes Director Of Missions At Good Shepherd
Last week, while I was away in Austin, Kristi Phillips began her new position as the Director of Missions at Good Shepherd. Don’t worry. They didn’t have to sneak that one by me. I knew it was coming and am delighted about it. Since 2007, Ron Dozier has been our Pastor of Missions & Community
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October 1, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Steve Miller Band Songs
The other day as I was driving around town “Jet Airliner” came on the radio. So of course I said to myself: “it’s about time for a Top Five Tuesday involving the Steve Miller Band. Steve Miller spent some of his youth in Dallas, and even attended St. Mark’s School, one of the rivals of
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September 30, 2019
First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Week 4 — “What About The Baby Carriage?”
Yesterday’s message … Concluded a series on marriage by talking about parenting; Did NOT depend on Deuteronomy 6:4-8 to do so!! (Inside joke for preachers and/or long time church go-ers there); Shared the resource of www.thebibleproject.com; Landed at this bottom line: We tell stories so that we raise story tellers. ——————————————————————– Well, we have been
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September 26, 2019
Guess Who Won A Spelling Bee?
My 103 year old mother, at her Assisted Living Facility in Buda, Texas. And here’s the proof:
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September 25, 2019
A Box Set … And Other “Box Sets” I Keep
While on this quick trip to the Texas Hill Country visiting my mother and her new assisted living facility, I decided to decorate her room in the best way I knew how. With a box set of these five books from Abingdon Press. It’s like I told her: “Mom, it’s just like a box set
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September 24, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Bible Verses I’d Memorize If I Was Just Now Starting To Memorize Bible Verses
How’s that for a title? Now: memorizing bible verses can be a mixed blessing. We don’t want to take verses out of their context. It’s important to read the bible, not just its verses. However, in times of crisis and confusion — or simply for personal growth — there is nothing quite like the ability
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