28 Dec
Over the years I’ve owned a number of telescopes and not a few sets of binoculars. When you use such devices, it’s not just important, it’s essential that they are focussed properly. This focus is not something that occurs in a vacuum. I can’t hand you the binoculars, for example, and announce [...]
Posted in Church Order, Devotions and Articles by: Henry Neufeld
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28 Dec
The Christian Carnival CLIV has been posted at From the Anchor Hold. It’s another nice selection and a good job by the host. I hope to have time to call attention to some particular posts.
Happy New Year to All!
PS: I missed wishing readers of this blog a Merry Christmas because I was [...]
Posted in Blog Carnivals by: Henry Neufeld
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20 Dec
Christian Carnival CLIII has been posted at Lux Venit. It looks good, but I may not have time to look at much this week. Thanks to Leslie for a good job!
Posted in Blog Carnivals by: Henry Neufeld
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20 Dec
You can now register and pay online for the John Webb Winter Golf Tournament at JWWGT Registration Form. The tournament is February 3, 2007, and we expect to be full again this year, so get registered early and guarantee your place!
All proceeds of this tournament go to benefit Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.
Posted in John Webb Winter Golf Tournament by: Henry Neufeld
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19 Dec
Note: This is cross-posted from Threads from Henry’s Web with the exception that the Pacesetters Bible School posts are deleted since they are local.
I went wandering through the Moderate Christian Blog Aggregator today. I really should do this more often as there are always some really excellent posts. I simply try to [...]
Posted in Blog Carnivals by: Henry Neufeld
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16 Dec
A sermon presented at First United Methodist Church, Pensacola, FL, Advent 2 Year C, 2006
Philippians 1:1-11
One of the things that I really look forward to about Christmas is receiving cards and letters. It is kind of an interesting tradition. In this age of technology, e-mail, pod-casts, and my-space, millions of people sit down [...]
Posted in Devotions and Articles, Discipleship, Spiritual Gifts by: Geoffrey Lentz
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16 Dec
I’m happy to be able to introduce our second new contributor to this blog. He is Rev. Geoffrey Lentz, associate pastor of First United Methodist Church in Pensacola, FL.
I’ve known Geoffrey since he was a high school student, and all who were acquainted with him knew he had a call to the ministry. [...]
Posted in Administrative by: Henry Neufeld
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13 Dec
There are times in the life of every organization and institution when accountability becomes an issue. Many people believe that the various Boards and Agencies of the United Methodist Church fail to hold themselves accountable, particularly when it comes to the expenditures of funds raised through “Apportionments.” Occasionally, this is true but generally [...]
Posted in Church Order, Discipleship, United Methodist Church by: Dr. Bob McKibben
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13 Dec
I’ve been working on getting a new article from Bob McKibben for some time. I’ve previously had him as a guest essayist on my Energion.com web site. I hope to have him more frequently in the future. He is part of my plan to make this a group blog in more than [...]
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13 Dec
David Warnock has issued a challenge after a discussion about being an “in” or an “out” church. I’m not a pastor, so I can’t speak for churches, but I echo the challenge to all pastors, churches, and members. Will everyone be welcome? Can you be confident of this?
It’s a good thing to [...]
Posted in Evangelism, Worship by: Henry Neufeld
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