We are making it a bit of a tradition to take a break from normal small groups between Thanksgiving and Christmas for a church-wide missions focus. Most of the small groups will run at their normal times, but we’ll be doing a mini-series on the life of David Brainerd. David Brainerd is one of my […]
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I really enjoy listening to podcasts (especially since my commute got longer), and I don’t think I’m alone at RVC. Here’s some that I love: The Mortification of Spin – Hosted by Carl Truemann and Todd Pruitt. They are both pastors our east and Carl teaches History at Westminster Seminary. Think cutting British sarcasm plus
Today’s “connected age” comes with a host of temptations and dangers. Information that used to require hours of research is available at the click of a mouse. Sometimes this isn’t a good thing. That being said, there are a lot of wonderful electronic resources out there that I think are honoring to God and helpful
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J. Mark Bertrand posted a blog article called “iPads in the Pulpit.” I have preached several times from my tablet and thought it worked great. The only problem I’ve ever had was the first time I tried it when I left my iPad on the roof of my car on the way to church. Easy
C.S. Lewis wrote a wonderful essay called “On the Reading of Old Books” that I absolutely love. Some seem to get the notion that Christianity hibernated between the ascension of Christ and the birth of Billy Graham. Not so! During some time off this summer I’ve been blessed by The Book of Pastoral Rule by
