Prime Reality

I teach a class at Colorado Christian University (Adult Graduate Studies Colorado Springs Branch) called Worldviews. In this class, we discuss the fact that everyone, EVERYONE, has a philosophical construct with which they view life. Everyone thinks something about the nature of humans. Even if they do not intentionally think about it they behave and react to humankind using a particular mindset. Whether they want to think about it not, when the push comes to shove, everyone believes something about what happens after someone dies. These thoughts,...

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I've Been Simponized!!

This is me as a "Simpsons" character. Does it look like me?Try it yourself and post your picture in the comments. I would love to seem them. SIMPSONIZE ME!!===================EDITED LATER===================I just found out that if you post a comment you cannot post an image. If you want, send me your Simpsonized portrait and I will post it here=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=My sister, Audra______________________________________________________My...

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Anti-vision

In relation to one of my last posts, I need to talk about leadership. Not to sound like a broken record, but too much of what the church accepts as spiritual leadership is really secular leadership principles "baptized" or "Christianized." It seems to me that many in the church are so concerned about keeping up with the culture in an attempt to be "relevant" that they jettison truth (see the post A Little Leaven Brings A Lot of Laughs ). But I digress...my point is about Christian leadership. If one would pick up any book on Christian leadership...

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A Little Leaven Brings A Lot of Laughs

You have to look through this blog. It shows the danger of ministries who are consumed with relevance instead of sticking to what is truth. You have to spend some time looking through different months. Thanks, Kim, for the link - I love it! Here is the link: A Little Lea...

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Church Growth?

One of my pet peeves is the insistence of the Church to incorporate secular business practices into its life, “baptize” these principles, and then call them godly leadership principles. I just finished a book called New Perspectives on Breaking the 200 Barrier by Bill M. Sullivan. It is a book encouraging pastors and church leaders to lead there small church of 120 or under to become a church which breaks the 150-350 person barrier. It is usually hard for churches to grow to this point so they call it the 200 barrier. Here are some quotes that...

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Here I Go Again

Well…here I go again. I have begun my search again sending my resume out again to a few places. I sent resumes to a couple of churches, both for senior pastor positions. I also applied for director positions at two colleges: one director of their degree program and the other, director of their distance learning program. These last two really are the same as what I do now at Pikes Peak Bible Institute. So, I am back to square one and ready to go through more search committees. I know God is still working and I trust He is doing the exact right thing...

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A Little About Me

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The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 7.7.07

Yakity Yak...don't come back. Rhonda and Jessica, getting the words wrong...aga...

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July 4th Outreach

My church had their July 4th Outreach Event today (strangely enough). Overall, it went well. As the leader of the event, I have to take responsibility for the areas that "fell through the cracks." Our publicity just did not get done. We did some but nowhere near what I would have liked. I think this was probably the thing that hindered our outreach the most. However, the best we could figure, we had anywere from 120-150 people show up. I would have liked to see about double that, but this is the first year we did held this event and so it was a...

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