Posts from September 2024

Weekly Update – September 26th, 2024 Within the last week, I became aware of two ministry leaders who fell into “ministry disqualifying” sins.  One was very public, and his ministry is well known around the world.  The other was local and served in a supporting role at a church just south of us.  I won’t list the sins, nor will I give you the names, though you could likely figure it out. Instead, I want to process with you how…

Weekly Update – September 19th, 2024 As a Baptist church, one of our distinctives is that we are autonomous. Essentially what that means is that we govern ourselves and do not take directives from anybody outside of our own assembly. In other words, we are independent.  We see this principle of autonomy first come up in Matthew 18:16 when Jesus tells the church to remove an unrepentant person from their midst.  The call here is not to go to a…

Weekly Update – September 12th, 2024 The topic of abortion seems to have grown even more contentious than normal over the last several months.  With the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, our political cycle has jumped headlong into the perceived positives and negatives of this outcome as each presidential candidate seeks to make use of this decision to their own advantage.  Now, my point here is not to highlight the position of each political party, but…

Weekly Update – September 5th, 2024 Last week, in our series through the gospel of Luke, we came to Luke 1:26-38 with the announcement of Jesus.  With the way being prepared for the Messiah, through the miraculous birth of John being announced (Luke 1:5-25), it only then follows that the birth of Jesus would be announced next.  There are many unique factors that go into this announcement, such as who God chose to deliver his Son into the world (Mary),…