April 27, 2023

Personal Update

The last month or so I've been very silent online, both on my blog and on twitter. Despite that, it's been a very busy month, and I wanted to post an update about what I've been up to. Months ago...

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February 1, 2023

Thoughts on plural elders

I grew up in independent Baptist churches. I went to an independent Baptist Bible college. I worked at two different independent Baptist ministries before assuming the pastorate of an independent...

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January 6, 2023

Rules for preaching: keep it sacred

In this series of posts, I'm writing up my personal rules for preaching. So far, I've covered two: - It's not about you. - It's not your job to "come up with a message." I plan on writing eight...

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December 10, 2022

The Flu This Year Is No Joke

My family is (I hope) in the final stages of dealing with this year's flu virus and I just want to say for the record that that was the worst seasonal sickness that I can remember. For our family at...

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