A few weeks ago we (Eastside Baptist Church) had a much needed spring cleaning day. The church attic is a place where many things get stored after a Christmas cantata , an Easter program, VBS or anything else that we must have thought would be a good idea to keep. Where the overwhelming majority of…
Thompson Conclave
March 30, 2015 Tonight, four Thompson households signed a copy of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy Signers: Renee Thompson (upper left) Bianca Thompson (middle left) Silas Thompson (lower left) David Thompson (lower right) Emily Thompson (middle right) Shirley Thompson (upper right) Paul Thompson (photographer)
Holy Week?
My column in the Times News this week: Has Holy Week Become Anything but Holy? Full column: Has Holy Week Become Anything but Holy? The cross in the first century of the church was certainly no piece of jewelry, a logo on a church sign, a screen printed design on a t-shirt, a studded outline…
1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
I was 12 years old, living in Colorado when the 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy was and signed by brave defenders of the Bible boldly by drafting 19 articles of affirmation and denial of Biblical Inerrancy. The summary statement describes Scripture (the Holy Bible) as “God’s witness of Himself”, “God’s own Word”, being “wholly…
My advocate appears
Join All the Glorious Names Isaac Watts Join all the glorious names Of wisdom, love, and power, That ever mortals knew, That angels ever bore: All are too mean to speak His worth, Too mean to set my Savior forth. But O what gentle terms, What condescending ways, Doth our Redeemer use To teach his…
1 Corinthians
Last Sunday I finished the last sermon in a 46-sermon series in the book of 1 Corinthians by reading the entirety of the letter from the Apostle Paul to the church in Corinth. Here are all 46 sermons from the 1 Corinthians Series. (A few sermons did not make it to the audio version due to…
Consider the Daffodil
This is over 1,300 photos taken with time-lapse photography. The photos were taken at 1 minute intervals during a 48 hour period of time in my dining room. I’ll have to work on controlling the light and focus as the daffodil opens. The subject of the daffodil was of interest because of the contrast of…
Madness
The best thing about a first round NCAA tournament in a small market like Boise, Idaho is that you get two games for the price of one and then if there are empty seats mid way through the game you get to move out of the “nose bleed” seats to “eye level with the basket”…
Every Generation
“When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD nor the work which He had done for Israel.” (Judges 2:10) My church, Eastside Baptist Church, was kind to send me to the Shepherds’ Conference at Grace Community Church in the Sun Valley, CA…
Seek My Face
I am thankful to the Lord to have just received confirmation that the keynote speaker at the October (Oct. 18-20) Pastors’ Conference at Eastside Baptist Church (in Twin Falls) will be Richard Owen Roberts.