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How to Listen to A Sermon Without Dying

Have you ever caught a great nap during a sermon? You aren’t alone. In Acts 20:7-12 the Bible tells the story of a young man named Eutychus who was sleeping so hard during one of Paul’s sermons that he fell out of a window and died (don’t worry, Paul raised him from the dead). Hopefully …

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Episode 75: C. S. Lewis for a New Generation with Louis Markos

Louis Markos is a professor of English at Houston Christian University. He is also an expert and scholar on C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Markos helps us to understand a little background on C. S. Lewis and gives us some tips on how to read …

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Episode 74: Lies Young Women Believe with Ginger Chestnut

On this episode, I sit down with my friend and co-worker, Ginger Chestnut, to talk about Lies Young Women Believe, parenting, and mentoring the next generation. Through the course of the conversation we discuss ice cream and popcorn for dinner, burned meals, and living room campouts. If you are a woman or young woman, you …

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How to Lose a Pastor in 365 Days

I have just celebrated my sixteenth anniversary as the pastor of Malvern Hill Baptist Church. Often, as I reflect on my time at Malvern Hill, I offer advice or suggestions to pastors who desire a long tenure. Today, however, I am writing to churches who might desire to keep a good pastor. For a man …

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What You Should and Should Not Say At A Funeral

For this important subject, I have decided to post a blog and to record a podcast which you can find here. Unintentionally, people say some pretty dumb and insensitive things to grieving friends and loved ones. We don’t say wrong things to be offensive, often we say wrong things because we just don’t know what …

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Be Angry and Do Not Sin

As I prepared a recent sermon from Acts 17, my outline included the following point: Be broken, not angry. There was one problem. In Acts 17:16, the Bible says Paul was provoked. Acts 17:16 does not say Paul was broken, it says he was angry. He was irritated or maybe exasperated, but the Bible does …

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Episode 70: The Wolf in Their Pockets with Chris Martin

Social media likely shapes the people you love and disciple more than you do. With that Sentence, Chris Martin begins his book, The Wolf in Their Pockets. On this episode of the podcast, Chris shares about the premise behind his book, the positive aspects of social media and the dangers that it presents. Chris encourages …

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Study the Bible at Home: Abide in Christ

Does it seem like the world moves faster these days? Maybe it is just me becoming my parents, but each year blazes by quicker. The world seems to be changing and shifting at a break-neck pace. But, though the world is different, God has not been surprised, his love is not diminished, and his plan …

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Will You Pray With Us?

God has blessed Malvern Hill Baptist Church and we are out of space in our worship service. On Sunday, May 7, our church is moving to two worship services (8:30 and 11:00) to enable us to reach more people in our community with the gospel. As we prepare for these changes, we believe it is …

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The Crowd Welcomed Him

This is it. Holy Week is the most important week in the church and one of the greatest opportunities for Christ’s church to impact the world every year. In the West, people are usually more open to spiritual conversations during this time of year and many people who do not regularly attend church will attend …

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