THE FIRST ORACLE OF THE PROPHET MICAH: HOPE REMAINS Micah, like his great contemporaries Isaiah and Amos, prophesied during the eighth century BC, a time when Israel and Judah had risen to heights of economic affluence but had fallen to depths of spiritual decadence. People in Israel enjoyed a luxurious life at this time not unlike the prosperity the United States has experienced as a nation over the past century. Israel like our country appeared to be strong,... Read more
SHOWING THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN A CARE-LESS WORLD Over this past weekend a gunman opened fire at Club Q in Colorado Springs less than a mile from our church, Vanguard Church, a Southern Baptist Church, that has been in existence in the heart of Colorado Springs for the past 25 ½ years. Club Q was hosting a transgender night when the gunfire occurred. Just two blocks away and nine hours later our church hosted its regular... Read more
What Role Do Women Have In Evangelical Christianity? The role of women in church leadership today is a HOT topic. As a Pastor of a Southern Baptist Church, Vanguard Church in Colorado Springs, for the past 25 years, and a graduate of Liberty University (93) and Dallas Theological Seminary (96), I understand the strain and hurt this issue has brought our bible training institutions and our local churches. How do conservative evangelical churches make sense of... Read more
On September 15th, 2022 the Good Pastor book released. You can check out the details here: https://www.amazon.com/Good…/dp/1954618514/ref=sr_1_2… This is a sampling of the book from the introduction of the Good Pastor book. INTRODUCTION “Do you want to be a great pastor for God?” “Don’t quit, don’t fornicate, you will be the only one left and you will be great.” I was stunned by those words. Really? Is that all it takes to be... Read more
BIBILICAL CONSERVATISM AND WOMEN PASTORS: A Southern Baptist Pastor’ Biblical Understanding Can you be biblically conservative and have women as pastors in the church you pastor or are a part of leading? I have pastored a Southern Baptist Church in Colorado Springs called Vanguard Church for the past 25 plus years. I am a graduate of Liberty University and Dallas Theological Seminary. I am a certified bona fide church planter apprentice of the ole school Home Mission Board... Read more
WHAT’S YOUR PERSONAL PRONOUNS? What’s your personal pronouns? This is a question that our children are being asked now as early as 2nd grade. The outrage in the public and private school systems is growing with time. The growing and alarming reality is that school has now primarily become about the infiltration of an agenda. And this agenda will not rest until it has destroyed the fabric of our original design by God as creatures who reflect... Read more
MUSINGS OF A PASTOR AT 51: NO LONGER ASHAMED OF WHO I AM Today is my 51st birthday! I am no longer ashamed of who I am. My only begotten son, Joshua and I have traveled to the mountains. We are sitting outside by a fireplace. It is a glorious morning of sunshine, a slight cool breeze, the remnants of the leftover effects of a huge snowstorm a couple of days ago, matched with the stillness... Read more
DID JESUS HAVE FEAR LIKE US? Did Jesus have fear like us? Recently, Pastor Jimmy Evans, preached a guest sermon at Ed Young’s Fellowship Church in Texas, in which he discussed why Christians face fear and how to overcome anxiety in their lives. Evans said, “Jesus had more fear on His way to the cross than any human being has ever experienced,” Evans explained. “If you’ve ever been fearful of anything, Jesus understands it.” I get what Pastor Jimmy... Read more
THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION AND WHETHER GOD’S WORD “WHIPSERS” ABOUT SEXUAL SIN My family has been Southern Baptist all my life. My dad was a bi-vocational Southern Baptist pastor/dairy farmer in Kentucky. I am a graduate of Liberty University and Dallas Theological Seminary and I have been a church planter for the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. I have now been the pastor of that same Southern Baptist Church, Vanguard Church in Colorado... Read more
THE MERGER OF BAPHOMETS INTO MAINSTREAM CHRISTIANITY Mainstream Christianity and what is acceptable to Christians is changing rapidly. The merger of baphomets into mainstream Christianity is yet another example. What is a Baphomet? Six months ago, my response would have been, “IDK.” I have now served the same Southern Baptist church, Vanguard Church, in the same city for the past twenty-five years. I am a Southern Baptist, a graduate of Liberty University, and Dallas Theological Seminary.... Read more
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