Church & Ministry

President Carter and his wife have completely severed their relationship with Southern Baptists over the mistreatment of women. He explains their decision and why he has joined a group headed by Nelson Mandela called “The Elders” in the following article: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/losing-my-religion-for-equality-200907….

Last night at church we were talking about rewards in Heaven, and I had a flashback to my early college days. There was a men’s quartet that did a song…I think this was the title, and some of the words I think were:

We’ll cast our crowns at His nail scarred feet,

Our joy complete in His presence sweet.

Eternity’s greatest privilege will be

Casting our crowns at His feet.

Anybody know the rest, or even have a source for the music?

Thanks!

My pastor wants to develop a library for pastors in the Philippines. He wants me to research what is available in electronic form. We are of course talking about freeware not paid for programs. He is looking to put the library on one or more cds\dvds. So, internet only stuff is not in the scope of this request.

Off the top of my head, I know of On-line Bible. What else is out there?

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

Rob



Rachel Barkey was diagnosed with terminal cancer this year and gave a speech at a women’s conference about her own testimony. I was blessed by watching this video that demonstrates the faith of Rachel Barkey, who recently passed into the presence of the Lord our God on July 2, 2009.

This video was originally mentioned by Diane Heeney on her blog.

The video can be accessed at DeathisnotDying.com.

Though I do not agree with her popular people watch, I found her overall speech to be well done.

I am currently working on my Life of Christ curriculum for next school year and am looking at my section on the Passion Week. I am trying to arrange the events of the week by day, and am finding conflicting ideas. If you have any sources that you think are rather reliable, please let me know.

Here is what I have — let me know if you have any thoughts.

SUNDAY

Triumphal Entry (Jn. 12:12-19)

MONDAY

Cursing of the Fig Tree (Mk. 11:12-14)

Cleansing of the Temple (Mt. 21:12-17)

I attended by wife’s family’s church in South Carolina over July 4 weekend; the church had its annual patriotic service. It is in a town with an air force base; I’d guess the church has 25-30 active duty service men/women and vets. I hate attending the patriotic service. I don’t mind the presentation of the colors, saying the pledge of allegiance or the recognition of vets.

Hey, I’m a young preacher and I’m interested in getting some thoughts on philosophy of handouts. Particularly, I’m wondering, assuming that you don’t use overhead/powerpoint and that you have chosen to use a handout, what is your goal with handouts?

Is it to keep people following? Is it to make complex outlines easier to follow? Do you use “fill in the blank”?

Your thought would be appreciated.