“One generation shall commend your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.” Psalm 145:4 (ESV)
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The Silent Epidemic
I recently read an excellent article by Carl Trueman that spoke to an issue that I believe is not getting addressed enough. I thought I would share the highlights and encourage you to read the whole piece. The article is titled THE DEATH OF CHURCH AND PUB in which he captures the essence of what…
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Fundraising Ideas for Missions Teams
I wrote this for Anglican Relief & Development Fund as they are now sending teams to disaster sites If your church is sending a team to help with disaster relief or any sort of ministry/mission opportunity, raising the funds to cover the costs is essential. There are a number of ways that churches typically do…
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Engaging Younger Generations
(Another message for GrandCamp 2023 – these are my full notes including some portions that I did not get to include due to time) I thought the year 2020 was going to be a year of revisioning. God had shown me a new ministry emphasis that I thought we would gain traction with. January started…
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Ps 78 and Our Legacy
(This was one of my messages at GrandCamp in June 2023) In May of 1996 I moved with my wife and 3 small children to England where we spent the next 5+ years as I served as youth minister in a C of E parish. Part of the calling to England was the realization that…
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Back to Posting!
Over the summer I was not able to post anything to this site due to some technical error in the site set up. My intention was to blog all summer long but I ended up renovating a house with my son in Greenville and spent most of my summer not on a computer. Now I…
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Sermon on 1 Corinthians 10
I recently had the opportunity to preach at my church (Good Samaritan Anglican in Summerville) and we are in a series working through 1 Corinthians. This sermon was based on chapter 10 and verses 23–33. If something doesn’t hurt anyone and it’s not illegal, am I free to do it? That’s a morality or ethics…
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Am I a Good Grandfather?
Recently after church a young mom stopped me to share something that caught me off guard. She said, “I’ve been watching your interaction with your grandsons, and I wanted to say that you are a really good grandpa”. I thanked her for her kind words and thought, well… time will tell if that is true.…
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Theology Matters – Whose Kids Are They?
Years ago at a youth ministry training event, I heard a psychologist named Dana give a talk titled “Right Roles & Relationships”. One of the things he really wanted to impress upon young youth ministry leaders was the idea that the teens they were working with were not “theirs”. They belonged rightly to their parents.…
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The Coddling of Students
“When any culture starts calling good evil and evil good, Truth is the only rebellion left”. This podcast is an important one to watch or listen to for any parent, grandparent, or person who works with students.
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Theology Matters – The Gender of God
I plan to do occasional posts under the title “Theology Matters” and share with youth leaders, parents, and grandparents issues that need to be clarified as we raise up a generation with a Biblical Worldview. Recently I have been hearing more frequent references to God as a “she”. It’s not a new or novel concept…
