. . . because when Children’s Pastor Ryan Gordon gave an invitation for the young ones to give their lives to Jesus last night, 84 responded. Here they are getting some follow up from Vanessa Gordon: And from Sammy Gonzalez: A lot of little living relationships with Jesus Christ for sure.
The buzz you’re hearing in the Methodist world is an unprecedented convergence of events, all of which center on the conjoined issues of clergy covenant and same-sex marriage. The rush includes a retired seminary dean & president in New York state who is also an ordained elder in our connection: http://global.christianpost.com/news/rev-thomas-ogletree-officiated-same-sex-ceremony-facing-canonical-trial-95792/ A former missionary to the Philippines now serving as Read the full article…
I’ve been spending my evenings this week with several hundred kids and volunteers as we together go through Turn It Up, our 2013 Vacation Bible School. Er — Experience. And it’s been an experience. There’s music: Crafts: Activities for pre-schoolers: And, of course, small group discussion time:
Last week I gave five movies I haven’t seen but probably should. So today, it’s the reverse. Movies that I paid to see or to rent … and realized pretty quickly that I shouldn’t have. Some I left, others I took out of the VCR/DVD player, while others I simply endured. So here they are: five Read the full article…
I have long loved to preach on what many in the church call “end times.” Why? Two primary reasons: 1) it is a great chance to correct what I perceive to be false teaching on the subject . . . namely, the Rapture-based eschatology made popular by the Left Behind series of novels, movies, and Read the full article…
