Jacksonville Pastors’ Conference

by | Feb 6, 2006 | Uncategorized

First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, FL – That Jacksonville May Know Christ. The Pastors’ Conference at First Baptist Jacksonville, FL began last Friday and continues through this week. If you have the time, they are live streaming the video fromt he conference. 3 hours difference for us on the left coast. Mac Brunson, David Jeremiah, Al Mohler and many others are speaking. Looks good. Maybe I can get in a few minutes in our Pastors’ Council meeting without the other guys knowing. HT: Pastor Steave...

Some Ecclesiological Reading This Lord’s Day

by | Feb 5, 2006 | Uncategorized

Here’s a few interesting ecclesiological notes from the past week around the blogosphere: In light of Barna’s recent book on the lack of necessity of the local church: Mark Dever’s great article on the centrality of the local church. Justin Taylor reports on some professors and why they are discouraging their students from Barna’s book. Centurion’s two part series on Barna’s book: part 1 and part 2 Don’t forget about Dever’s rountable on cooperation – a must listen interview with Mohler, Duncan and Mahaney. Great...

My Super Bowl Picks

by | Feb 5, 2006 | Uncategorized

Seahawks, Steelers Head to Motown Showdown – Yahoo! News Who really cares . . . (well, except Justin who finally has a team to root for in the game). O.K. – Because I can’t stand the Steelers – I pick the Seahawks. Not from any intelligent review of the stats – just simply because I can’t stand the Steelers. I watched my only portion of the Super Bowl that I will likely see – the pre-game show. The highlight for me was seeing the past MVPs strut onto the field. Just guessing, but it really seemed as if the Cowboys...