A New Approach to Children’s Ministry

The following is an article which I wrote for our newsletter for July at Farmdale Baptist Church.  This article outlines the vision behind a new approach to children’s ministry for us.  This vision has best been articulated by John and Noel Piper in their article “The Family:  Together in God’s Presence”.
It has often been said [...]

A New Line to Use in Preaching

From Voddie Baucham’s message at this week’s Founders Conference:
“Are you smelling what I’m stepping in?”

Top Searches Leading to My Blog

Interesting statistics showing the top searches leading people to my blog.  Everyone knows I’m known as an exercise expert!

Search
Views

exercise
791

sam brownback
407

randy moss
277

dale murphy
182

johnny hunt
143

pastor steve weaver
139

matthew 10:26-33
130

steve weaver
119

cletus take the reel
111

reasonable service
107

free classic tv shows
105

john smoltz
102

busy
98

romans 12:1-2
90

roadkill
83

spiderman suit
75

john 19:30
72

reagan gorbachev
72

tom glavine
68

adrian rogers funeral
65

how to prepare a sermon
64

resurrection sermons
64

false prophets
62

matthew 7:21-27
62

greg maddux
62

free classic tv
59

adrian rogers
57

expository sermons
56

recommended commentaries
55

matthew [...]

The Cornhole Song

I had never heard of the “game” called Cornhole until I came to Farmdale Baptist Church in Frankfort, KY.  Since then I’ve learned to play and I have actually competed in a “Cornhole Tournament” (at our church’s Community Day).  If you don’t know what Cornhole is, watch this video by Rhett & Link.  It pretty [...]

New Podcast: Farmdale Baptist Church

I have begun a new podcast for Farmdale Baptist Church which will feature messages which I preach during our Sunday Morning Worship Service.  The feed for the podcast can be subscribed to in your blog reader, iTunes, or you can simply visit this site to see the latest sermon which is available and to download [...]

06/22/08 “Worshiping the Lamb of God” Revelation 5:1-14 MP3

The audio of this morning’s sermon:  “Worshiping the Lamb of God” from Revelation 5:1-14 is now available online for MP3 download.  This sermon was preached at Farmdale Baptist Church in Frankfort, KY.

What Would Happen If A Switch-Hitter Had to Face a Switch-Pitcher?

Watch and see.

Yankees prospect ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte faces switch-hitter Ralph Henriquez during a Class-A game between the Staten Island Yankees and the Brooklyn Cyclones.  ESPN.COM story.  Great stuff!

Great Interviews from the 2008 SBC Annual Meeting

My friend, Chad Bresson, conducted over two dozen interviews for his radio program on Cedarville University’s THE PATH at last week’s Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.  You can access the entire slate of interviews on a variety of topics here.  Among my favorite topics covered and/or individuals interviewed are:

Ray Clendenen & Brad Waggoner, [...]

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Report

The video of Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr.’s report to the 2008 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Indianapolis on behalf of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is now available online.  At the beginning of his report, Dr. Mohler comments on the significance of the discussion of the resolution on integrity in church membership.  He [...]

The 2008 Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies Conference: “The English Baptists of the 17th Century”

The second annual conference of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies is scheduled for August 25-26, 2008 on the campus of Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY.  This year’s conference theme is “The English Baptists of the 17th Century.”  This year’s featured speakers include:  R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Barry Howson, Larry Kreitzer, Tom Nettles, Jim [...]