Matthew | May 27, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, I got to spend a week with one of my elders. This was a wonderful time together of bonding and sharing. During this time, we talked a lot about Castle Rock. Castle Rock is not like a lot of congregations, we can grow rapidly. We are in one of the [...]
Matthew | May 26, 2010
I love biographies. I love adventure biographies, and the best ones are of spiritual people. I love reading about restoration history, and the journeys of some of the frontier preachers. So when I saw this book about Rick Warren, I wanted to hear his story. There are a lot of people who dislike this man [...]
Matthew | May 25, 2010
I really believe most Christians want to share their faith with the lost. But most Christians are not sure how to do this. We have promoted having a Bible study with people, but to some this seems to direct. As a collective whole, the church seems ill prepared to reach the lost in this world. [...]
Matthew | May 24, 2010
Ian and I switched pulpits this past Sunday. I preached for the Mile High church of Christ and he preached for Castle Rock. The people of Castle Rock loved his preaching. This was a good contrast in the various worship styles of the churches of Christ. Castle Rock is a predominantly white congregation and Mile [...]
Matthew | May 21, 2010
There are some aspects of ministry that are just plain hard work. If anyone enjoys preaching a funeral for a child that has been tragically killed, he is sick. If you love being called at 2am in the morning because a teen is in the hospital from a car accident, you have issues. I am [...]
Matthew | May 20, 2010
Finally, after months of cold winter weather, the hiking season is starting up. The hope is that next week I will go on my first 14er for the year. I plan on doing Mt. Sherman. This is a good warm up hill, but will probably proof to be really hard because of the amount of [...]
Matthew | May 19, 2010
Once again, this is a amazing book on preaching. I would like to thank Dr. Bland from Harding Graduate school for recommending to me this book. I asked him for some titles to read about Post Liberal preaching, and this was one of the texts he mentioned. I am really thankful for Dr. Bland’s class [...]
Matthew | May 17, 2010
It seems that it has been forever since I read a book that I picked. Typically, I will read the assign books for a class and read some of the stuff that I enjoy on the side. For the past month, this is not the case. I have been reading commentaries on 1 Corinthians, scholarly [...]
Matthew | May 13, 2010
I probably have one of the most flexible jobs there is. I can run home and watch the kids if I want, I can go to a store if I want, typically, I never do this because I feel guilty for taking it easy. Yes, and I know that ministry is not a job, it [...]
Matthew | May 12, 2010
Wow, I loved this book. It was short and packed full of information. The book comes from a systems perspective, and helps the minister to deal with the congregational anxiety within a church. The chapters are excellent with the topics ranging from knowing the story of the congregation to knowing your own story. It deals [...]
