I enjoy using Accordance, it’s flexible and I can set up the program quickly to accomplish whatever task I have in hand with a click or two (I save my workspaces). I have a workspace for Greek, one for Hebrew, and one for when I’m doing English searches to find a quick reference or review…
Category: Thoughts
Just my general thoughts on things.
Baptism
A couple of weeks ago Central held a baptism worship for two folks who wanted to become members of the congregation. Â They had been baptized as infants, raised in the Church, and had been living out their faith for years – but Central practices membership for only people who have been baptized as adults, and…
The retreat is over, gotta breathe..
For the last couple of months my long-term focus was on developing the Student Chaplain retreat. Â It’s quite a bit of work, preparing a retreat, but it’s rewarding to focus on a particular topic with a group for an extended period. Â In fact, the chaplain retreat is a highlight of every January for me. This…
Time for Christians to listen
You know, when an Agnostic Jewish news satirist starts quoting Scripture to a TV Preacher and, frankly, makes a whole lot more sense of a tragedy than the preacher – something is seriously “off.” Â Do we really care so little for our testimony to Jesus’ Kingdom that we’d rather spend our time trying to show…
Someone as bonkers as me…
In case you were wondering where I got my idea for the online Bible study from, I must admit it’s a derivative idea. Â I’m not naturally that creative. Father Matthew Presents is a hysterical look as aspects of the Christian faith from an Episcopal perspective – he does a great job! Â I particularly enjoy this…
As if I didn’t have enough to do…
For the last several months I’ve really felt, for the first time in my pastorate here, that Central Baptist really needed a Bible study. Not a new small group or fellowship, an honest-to-goodness sit down with the text Bible study. After all, if we’re going to have a Church that is literate reading Scripture together…
