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Many people have been asking about the installation service held at First Baptist Church of Marshall back on March 16. I have made the audio (and Pastor Mitchell’s generously provided PDF sermon text) here. I trust the messages will be a blessing to you. I know it is a day I will remember for years [...]

My friend Ben Wright very graciously sent me a packet of helpful information on Baptism they use at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, where he is a member. The packet contained recordings of two messages delivered by their pastor, Mark Dever, back in April of 2002. You may listen to these messages here:
Part One
Part Two
I would [...]

The First Baptist Church of Marshall, MN has extended a unanimous call for me to be their pastor. My family and I are excited at the prospect of this new opportunity for service. We will share more details as we know them.
Praise the Lord!

Ryan Martin, blogger of some note, is featured in this month’s North Star Update, a publication of the Minnesota Baptist Association.
It is still unclear how he managed to convince the others to actually be pictured with him…

Noah Braymen, a Des Moines native I had the pleasure of meeting this weekend, recaps the experience of the Weekender. Noah is an intern at CHBC. You may find his report of interest.

My dad took some pictures of our last day at Faith. You can see them here.

We’d appreciate your prayers as we travel on Wednesday and Thursday. I will be driving the truck with Jennifer following in the van.
To any of our Faith Skowhegan family reading- words cannot express my love and gratitude. We will miss [...]

My friend Gerry Carlson sent me the links to this two-part article on youth ministry by Rob Shelton entitled “Have We Been Duped?” I think some of my readers will find them very compelling reading- I know I did. I’ve selected some quotes below to whet your appetite.
Part One
Part Two
We should be wary of using [...]

An interesting quote provided in the DallasNews Religion Blog from an interview with Mark Yaconelli, author of Contemplative Youth Ministry:
In working with churches, he says there are a number of approaches that can work, “but the key to any of them is to slow down and really pay attention to where kids are right now, [...]

Tonight was a hard night.
Tonight I gave my congregation- the first (and only) church I ever pastored- my letter of resignation. It was hard, because we aren’t running away from any personal problems. I love the people here, and to the best of my knowledge, they love my family and me as well. It was [...]

I was listening to the Albert Mohler Radio Program a couple of days ago. This question and response brought to mind some recent discussions I have read and been a part of regarding the use of staff titles. I have provided the full clip here, but transcribed the most applicable part.
It reminds us again that [...]