http://paulmoreland.com Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:05:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The "Independent Christian Church Ministers" group question this week is phrased below, with only minor adaptations from "The Wall" so that it reads well here. We all have a desire to challenge our congregations/ students/ or whomever we work with to go deeper in their relationship with God... What does deeper ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/08/06/going-deeper/ One of the problems with living in a “third world country” is that often one is subjected to less than ideal products and services. One pretty much has to just put up with it, although sometimes one CAN influence a situation or person to provide a better outcome than ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/08/04/third-world-quality-control/ There's a group on the social website "Facebook" that is dedicated to "Independant Christian Church Ministers". The moderator posted this note on "The Wall" this week. What does it mean to be relevant? What is your church or ministry doing to stay relevant to it's people/ community? How do you balance being ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/07/30/relevance/ Then He said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the LORD's presence." At that moment, the LORD passed by. A great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and was shattering cliffs before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/07/23/the-presence-of-god/ ... "our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." how strange those words sound to modern ears, words which are in little use and poorly comprehended by our current "civilization" in which anything goes, just so long as "number one" is taken care of.  And yet, that is what the ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/07/04/our-lives-our-fortunes-and-our-sacred-honor/ In just a couple days we'll be celebrating the fact that 232 years ago a band of brave men pledged their "lives, fortunes and their sacred honor" to declaring the 13 north American British colonies to be independent from England.  They said "No!" to the stamp act, "No!" to the ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/07/02/as-independence-day-draws-near/ Over on the Leverguns.com Community Forum the old game of "pick one" came up again recently. Only this time it was "pick two". Here's part of the original post to give context to my answer as outlined below. You can only pick one rifle - hunting, self protection, plinking, fondling, ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/06/28/only-two/ Have you ever imagined what the world would be like if the First Amendment to the US Constitution were treated like the Second Amendment has been?  After all, EVERYONE'S in favor of "reasonable restrictions" on the exercise of the Second Amendment and EVERYONE'S in favor of "proper training" for those ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/06/23/if-the-first-were-treated-like-the-second/ The following is an article written by Lowell E. McCoy of Arkansas. From time to time we will be including material from brother McCoy, this is (hopefully) just the first installment. Entitlements? An online opinion letter, Feb. 12, written by a man named Ken, expresses a prevailing view of people ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/06/07/entitlements-by-lowell-e-mccoy/ We started holding public meetings in Pereira on the first Sunday of June in 2002.  That first Sunday we had our family (six of us at the time) and one other family - of three at that time.  Since then the Lord has blessed us and many have joined us ... http://paulmoreland.com/2008/06/04/an-anniversary-bash/