Quick Hits (7/28/08)

Here are some miscellaneous links, thoughts, and resources I’ve been collecting for a while. Some (like the sermon and a few outreach ideas) are quite serious. Another (the Wordle of Ephesians) is fascinating, I think. And others (including a shocking article about a Florida friend, a thought about HomeSat, and a “you might be a [...]

New Hymn: Praise Our Savior, Jesus Christ

I recently collaborated with Dr. Paul S. Jones (church bio/company site) on a new hymn entitled “Praise Our Savior, Jesus Christ.” I prepared (and repaired and re-prepared) the text over a number of months, then at the recommendation of Scott Aniol I ran it by Dr. Jones. He agreed to look at it, then agreed [...]

National Church Planting Conference Workshops Online

The mp3 files of the network sessions from ARCH Ministries’ 2008 National Church Planting Conference in Mentor, Ohio are now online. There were 5 sessions, all of which can be downloaded here (or at the links below). I’ve also made the handout from my session available as a pdf here. Perhaps someone will find it [...]

Preaching Christ in Jamaica…Vicariously

Bob Bixby and Joy McCarnan, two friends from Morning Star Baptist Church in Rockford, Illinois, have kindly let me know that My Jesus Fair was recently introduced to Jamaica by a mission team from their church. A report of their ministry can be read here.
Jamaica?! How great is that?! What a blessing that the [...]

New Edition of His Robes for Mine

We’ve used Greg Habegger’s new tune for His Robes for Mine for several weeks now, and it’s gone well. However, today we used an update of the new version that was tweaked a bit to make it more “congregation-friendly.” We lowered it and simplified the end of the chorus by eliminating the 2/4 bar. Also, [...]

New Song: Rich Through His Grace

I’ve been meditating on 2 Corinthians 8:9 for several months, and I preached on it today. What an amazing text! One result of my meditations is a new song entitled Rich through His Grace. I wrote a tune for the text, and a friend has provided me with a nice arrangement of it. The chords [...]

The Audio Gospel Project

We at TCBC are thrilled to have completed the Gospel CD which we’ve been working on for the last few weeks. Our desire is to provide our church body with an “audio tract,” a CD which will give their friends, coworkers, neighbors and family members a straightforward, God-focused presentation of the good news of salvation [...]

Quick Hits (12/6/07)

Here’s a “casserole” post with some helpful links and ideas for your edification, ministry, and amusement:
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Faithful Men Teaching Others Also!
Perhaps the only thing more delightful for a pastor than preaching the Word is the joy of listening to those who have been under his ministry for years preach the Word. 2 Timothy 2:2 should [...]

Thy Hymn Page

The Lord has graciously used the hymns I’ve posted at MTC to draw the attention of believers to Himself. In light of the positive response they’ve received, I’d like to make them a little easier to find. For that reason, I’ve added a new tab at the top of my blog labeled “Hymns I’ve Written.” [...]

A Christmas Arrangement for Your Children’s Choir

In response to my recent request for Christmas music suggestions, Lyn Marshal has provided an original arrangement of O Come, Little Children. She worked on it over the weekend and is glad to make it available for us to use. The pdf is available here, and you are free to copy and distribute it as [...]