China Updates

April 1, 2008

Check out these China-related items . .Anthony Bollback and his son Jonathan run an informative website called Church in China.You can subscribe to ZGBriefs and receive a free weekly digest of China-related news.Our son Josh has been doing some China Chopstick Math. Each year the Chinese use enough disposable chopsticks (45 …

Got Bible?

I just found a blog called Got Bible? Some cool stuff here. Check out this post called 13 Answers to the Question, “Where Can I Find . . . in the Bible?

Looking for a Pastor to Start a New Church?

William Willimon offers some thoughts on the qualities a pastor needs who wants to start a new church. It’s not what I expected, but I agree 100%.

Kosher for Passover Caffeine Free Pepsi

Steve Tanner reviews Kosher for Passover Caffeine Free Pepsi and it’s not an April Fool’s joke. I don’t think they sell this in Tupelo.

Could a Pastor Suffer from Depression?

Could a pastor suffer from depression? The answer is yes. It happened to Tommy Nelson, pastor of Denton (TX) Bible Church. In a chapel service at Dallas Seminary, he tells his story. You can listen to the audio or watch the video of his gripping presentation.

Are You An Open Nester?

Are you an open nester? If so, that’s a good thing.

Monday Musings

March 31, 2008

{{{ALIGN:right;THUMBNAILWIDTH:220;CAPTION:John Adams;}}}Scattershooting here and there . . .Have you been watching the John Adams miniseries on HBO? Marlene and I watched the first two episodes and were hooked. We thought last night’s fourth episode was terrific.Here’s a quote from John Adams that seems very fit …

How to be Happy in Babylon

March 30, 2008

We have just posted a new sermon in the “Surivor Babylon” series called How to be Happy in Babylon. Here’s an excerpt:That was the seductive appeal of Hananiah (Jeremiah 28). He was like the popular “prosperity preachers” who make lavish promises of health and wealth if only you will “sow a seed of f …

How People Find Us

March 29, 2008

Earlier today Derek Taylor, our gifted web designer, sent a list of the keywords that people typed into a search engine that led them to the Keep Believing website. All of these searches happened in the last 48 hours. And many of them probably had never heard of this ministry. Here is the list:what about the the pigmy who n …

Irritability—A Moral Sin

March 28, 2008

Yesterday I listened to a sermon on 1 Corinthians 13 by Haddon Robinson in which he dealt with the phrase in v. 5 that says “love . . . is not easily provoked” (KJV). Other translations say “it is not irritable” (NLT), “not easily angered” (NET), “does not take offence” (NJB), is “not quick tempered” (CEV), is “not quickly …