Oklahombres

There will be no round-up this week boys. Mr McGregor has been busy chasing Peter Rabbit out of his garden this week, among other things. Instead, here are three links to follow.

1. As I read around I have found that this young man has more on the ball than most men who have been in the ministry half their lives. If Southern cranks out just ten percent of their graduates that are half as astute as this guy, then there may be hope for the future of the SBC, after all.
2. This guy is smarter than a tree full of owls. Every time I read him it makes me want to be a Presbyterian; or what ever he is.
3. This brother is the real deal; just a faithful pastor is a small-ish metro SBC church, ministering faithfully to his congregation. You should read his weekly addresses. They may not win a Pulitzer, but like I said, It’s the real deal. Besides all that, he’s my pastor, and I manage the site, and I want to show off the make-over that I am working on.

Have a great weekend and Lord’s day.

I’m a little late posting last weeks roundup, but I had some family matters needing attention. Better late than never. Here’s the five best posts by Christian bloggers that I read this past week. Go check them out:

1. From a Pastor’s Heart:
“…there is a huge difference between “feeding” the people from the Word and “scolding” the people from the Word. I used to think that it was my job as the preacher to let everyone know what they were doing wrong. Rather than scold them, I now try to encourage them, comfort them, challenge them, and love them.”
Les Puryear at Joining God in His Work: “How Not to Preach“.

2. On Female Pastors and Beth Moore:
“When do we get the exercise in pretzel logic that explains there’s no inconsistency in having a female Bible teacher with an audience larger than any pastor in a denomination that opposes women pastors?”
Michael Spenser at The Internet Monk: “Send in the Clowns.”
I saw a news piece on ABC that exploited this very thing, interviewing three Southern students, and then Dr. Mohler, and then switching over to the LifeWay issue. We are our own worst enemies.

3. A New Theological Journal:
“But if you look carefully, you will see that they have nothing from folks from TEC (the Episcopal Confusion). Why ask for theological nuance and substance from people who are still struggling with the concept of boys and girls?”
Douglas Wilson at Blog and Mablog: “Three Cheers for Anglicans, the Kind Who Believe the Bible”

Hey, all you SBC Fundamentalists, check out this journal. Links for free samples and articles are available at the post. Be careful, though; you might learn something about the bigger world outside the compound walls. Worse yet, you might even be persuaded to sprinkle your babies.

4. On Pacing Yourself:
While I have been a sprinter
most of my life, I am [now (sp.)] trying to learn how to be the long distance
runner. The long distance runner paces himself and endures the entire
length of the race. The long distance runner of whom Paul writes in
Hebrews 12:1-3.
Les Puryear at sbc IMPACT!: “Goodbye Sprinter: Hello Long Distance Runner”

Good advice, and five good points follow on how to achieve the transition from burn-out mode to finishing-the-course mode.

5. BAPTIST: A Great Acronymn:
“My goal was … to answer the question in my own mind, “How can we revitalize our denomination?”  I approached the task from the point of view of what I would preach to the convention if asked (by the way, like most small church pastors, I have not been and I don’t expect that I ever will be asked).”

From A Contract with Southern Baptists – Part 7.

Check these seven posts out and find what the Letters B.A.P.T.I.S.T. really stand for.