A recent string of fires were ignited last week as a typical dry thunderstorm rolled through the high mountain desert. Mike Weil, pastor in Pine and Prairie, sent this picture that one of the church members took this morning of the fires burning in the Pine, Featherville and Prairie communities. The senior center is where…
On the Topic of Worship
Once a month (or every five weeks) I have the opportunity to to submit a “Pastor’s Corner” column for the Twin Falls, Times News. For the next several months I will be writing on the topic of Worship. Visit the actual column here. Sharing it on various social outlets helps the editors at the Times…
Do You Not Know This?
“Do you not know…” Paul uses this phrase multiple times in his first letter to the church in Corinth. Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of…
The Importance of Doctrine
The overwhelming evidence and ongoing discussion of the trending decline of attenders in evangelical churches continues to be a major discussion point in denominations who have built a financial economic dependence on numbers. I find the statistical reporting of the trends both insightful and confusing. As helpful as the data is in noticing a trend,…
Dress Code
Yesterday, Twin Falls Times News posted an interesting article on the updated dress code for 6th grade through 12th grade students that was just adopted by the Twin Falls School district on July 8 (you can read the article HERE.) There are multiple elements of this article that are of interest to me. It becomes increasingly…
the Master’s Plan for Fatherhood
Eastside Baptist Church Twin Falls, Idaho September 13-14, 2013 Cost: $63.00 per person
The Worship of God
Last week I posted five separate posts with five videos on worship from the National Center for Family Integrated Churches. Today, I’ve just simply reposted all five of these videos in one location. The Worship of God conference is this fall at Ridgecrest Conference Center in Ashville, NC on October 31 – November 2, 2013.…
Music in Worship (part 5)
In this video, the discussion is focused on music in worship. Scripture should govern us in how we worship God. Music in Worship from NCFIC on Vimeo.
Preparing for Corporate Worship (part 4)
Men, when your family wakes up on Sunday, do they ask you, “Are we going to church?” or do they arise saying to themselves, “this is what we do and this is where we go.” If they are asking you, “do we have to go to church today?” or “are we going to church today?”…
Worship in the Family (part 3)
In this short video the elements of family worship are considered and explained in a helpful light.