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VBS a GPS Strategy
Friday, February 5, 2010
The reason I am emphasizing VBS now is obvious. It
needs to be an intentional act of training for VBS leaders. VBS is one way to
share Christ in this Decade to make a Difference before us.
Helping the
Haitians
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Long after the news spotlight has shifted elsewhere
and many relief agencies have departed, the yellow shirts of Alabama Baptists
and other Southern Baptists will be on the ground working in recovery,
restoration and rebuilding.
Abbreviated
Leadership Lessons
Monday, December 28, 2009
ALong after the news spotlight has shifted elsewhere
and many relief agencies have departed, the yellow shirts of Alabama Baptists
and other Southern Baptists will be on the ground working in recovery,
restoration and rebuilding.
An Amen Christmas
Friday, December 18, 2009
Being called a "yes man" is not a compliment. Being
described as "God's yes people" is the highest and greatest compliment we could
ever receive. Let's have an Amen Christmas!
A Great
Commission Convention Meeting
Friday, November 19, 2009
Thanks to all who contributed to the annual gathering
and to those who came as messengers and guests. I am grateful to be an Alabama
Baptist. We are on mission with the Great Commission.
Major Otis Corbitt Reports for
Duty!
Friday, November 11, 2009
Now Otis goes as a missionary through the military.
His role is different, but his calling is the same. He is called to be on
mission with the Great Commission!
Happy Birthday, Billy!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Reminiscently, the last time I saw Billy Graham in
person was during his last crusade in New York City. Frail and fragile, the
famous evangelist made his way to the podium to preach during every service of
his final evangelistic crusade.
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G.
K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense
Orthodoxy,
by Philip Yancey
Knowing
Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge
One
Sacred Effort: The Cooperative Program of Southern Baptists
A
Future and a Hope: Overcoming Discouragement
100
Bible Verses That Changed the World
Words
to Die for: Verses That Shaped the Lives of 30 People Who Changed the
World
The
Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s Essential Teachings on Discipleship
Rules
of Thumb, 
The
Prodigal God
The
Seven Faith Tribes: Who They Are, What They Believe, and Why They
Matter, by George Barna 
How
to Survive and Thrive as a Church Leader, by Nick Cuthbert
The
Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are, by Kevin Leman
What
Your Childhood Memories Say About You, by Kevin Leman
Education
of a Wandering Man, 
Words
that Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear,
The
Republic of Suffering, Death and the American Civil War
The
Middle East: From Abraham to Arafat, by Christopher Catherwood
Church
History: A Crash Course for the Curious, by Christopher Catherwood
The
Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, by
Debby Applegate
Churchill's
Folly: How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq
London:
A History, by A. N. Wilson
Winston's
Folly, by Christopher Catherwood
Simple
Church, by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger
Further Up & Further In: Understanding C. S. Lewis's The Lion,
the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by Bruce Edwards
Tolkien:
A Biography,
by Michael White
God
Is Closer Than You Think,
by John Ortberg
The
Living Church: The Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor, by John Stott
Winston
Churchill: The Flawed Genius of World War II, by Christopher
Catherwood
Will
Your Prodigal Come Home? An Honest Discussion of Struggle & Hope,