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Monday Morning Rewind: The Race before Us
Yesterday we looked at one of my favorite passages of Scripture in the Bible: Hebrews 12.1-3. This passage is built off a lesson that the writer of Hebrews has been espousing from the beginning of his letter: we are to “risk all” for Jesus by living the life of faith for Him. He has reminded his readers that we are to be forward looking, focused on our future hope–Jesus–even as we learn from those who have lived the life of faith in the past (chapter 11). The writer knows that humans have a tendency to keep looking back (and often wanting to “go back”), but he knows that we need to follow Christ into the future–a lifes

Fridays are for Friends & Family 11.13.09
Today brings a rainy end to an action-packed week here in Maryland. Tropical storm Ida has made its way to us and combined with a “noreaster” is packing a punch that is soaking the area. That makes for a great day to be inside and posting my latest entry online about what’s been happening in this most recent week.

Video Postcards
This week at our Annual Meeting in Towson, our organization introduced a number of (what I call) video postcards to our messengers. These included a variety of ministries that cover a sampling of the services we provide to the 510 or so churches we support here in our multi-state region. Our church multiplication ministry, known as Mid-Atlantic Church Multiplication, is highlighted in the following video which is also posted on YouTube, bcmd.org and my Facebook page.

Monday Morning Rewind: A Vision for the Future
Have you ever asked yourself what is the “irreducible core” of Jesus’ teaching? Many commentators are asking that question today and there is a strong consensus that has developed. At its most basic and fundamental level Jesus calls upon us to fulfill what we know as the Great Commandment(s) and the Great Commission. These mandates are given in Matthew 22.37-39 and Matthew 28.18-20 respectively. Collectively, they lay out God’s vision for us, His people, as we look to the future. That vision is for us to live out our relationship with Him before others as we join Him in bringing His message of redemption and transformation to a world in need

Confirm, Don’t Ignore
Hey everybody! Monday Morning Rewind will be preempted today by the happenings of the Annual Meeting of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware. It will be posted on TUESDAY afternoon this week, so if you’re looking for that regular, weekly post you can find it here at that time. In the meantime, I was asked to write a post on the theme of this year’s Annual Meeting, entitled “connect.” I wrote mine on connecting with God; you can find it by clicking here. I’ll catch up with you Tuesday…