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A Parsons Causerie: December 2014

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Thursday, December 25, 2014. I Believe in Jesus. Each year between November and December (the Advent Season) the news headlines have various articles that discuss, debate, and often times deny tenets of historic Christianity. This year, among other articles, I read an article from the Washington Post entitled, "Did Historical Jesus Really Exist? Though unbelieving scholars prefer to date the books of th...

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A Parsons Causerie: January 2015

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Thursday, January 29, 2015. In November 2013 I wrote . . . Sometimes I wonder, when all is said and done, what kind of a legacy I will leave. Periodically, the members of our church reminisce about former pastors. I enjoy hearing them, especially the funny, loving stories. And then there is a part of me that wonders what stories will be told about me? I want to do more. I want our church to have a g...

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A Parsons Causerie: Chosen to Evangelize

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Evangelism is one of the purposes and responsibilities of the church. God has bestowed upon His people the blessing to tell the good news about Jesus Christ to the nations while calling all men everywhere to faith and repentance. The Baptist Faith and Message. The good news is that God in His mercy and grace did not leave us in our sins. Rather than condemn us all, “the Word became flesh and d...The pro...

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A Parsons Causerie: Jesus: The Model for Church Ministry

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Jesus: The Model for Church Ministry. Many churches face seasons where the passion for the glory of God fades. The temptation in those times is to try carrying on in the strength of our flesh. But when that happens, our strength wanes. In those dry seasons, when we think of worship we tend to get the “been there done that” attitude. Jesus’ Ministry was Bible Centered. Obviously, it is true that we live ...

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A Parsons Causerie: November 2014

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Thursday, November 27, 2014. Recently some members of our church began to post on Facebook what they appreciate most about Parsons Baptist Church. I decided for Thanksgiving this year to share some of those posts. From a woman in our church . . . Another woman in our church. Another woman in our church. I think the thing that I appreciate the most about. Give us the unadulterated gospel. Unadulterat...

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A Parsons Causerie: Celebrating 50 Years

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Recently my wife's family had their annual family reunion. This year's reunion was extra special as my wife and her brothers incorporated a celebration of their parent's 50th wedding anniversary. This celebration was particularly significant for me because of that last point. My own parents were married for 39 years - as dad died a couple of weeks after that anniversary. Marriag...

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A Parsons Causerie: June 2015

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Thursday, June 25, 2015. Crossover and the Southern Baptist Convention. Earlier this month our church had the joy of participating in Crossover and the Southern Baptist Convention. This was my first experience with Crossover. It was my second time to attend the Southern Baptist Convention. Through prayer and worship, it was clear that the Holy Spirit knit our many churches together. All in all, the whol...

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A Parsons Causerie: Preaching and the Doctrine of Man

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Preaching and the Doctrine of Man. A Word about Preaching. To preach is to deliver God’s messages of mercy and love and instruction to men. This is the essence, the sum and substance of all true preaching. The preacher is to ‘seek the law at God’s mouth,’ and then repeat it to all who will hear him. The Doctrine of Man. Unlike the rest of creation, man bears the image of God. Man is God’s repr...In our ...

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A Parsons Causerie: August 2015

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Thursday, August 27, 2015. Parsons Distinctives: The Ordinances. We believe, "Baptism and the Lord's supper are ordinances which have been explicitly and sovereignly instituted by the Lord Jesus, the only lawgiver, who has appointed that they are to be continued in his church to the end of the world" ( The London Confession of Faith, 1689, 28.1. Our desire is to be a church that treasures these ordinanc...

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A Parsons Causerie: February 2015

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For the Glory of God, the Love of Christ, the Blessing of the Holy Spirit, and the Good of the Church. Thursday, February 26, 2015. All across America the church seems to slumber. We look across our land and we lament that things are getting worse and worse. Crime is up. Divorce is rampant. There are more unmarried mothers under the age of 30 than married mothers in that same age group. Pornography is a billion dollar business. Our government promotes ungodliness. Too many Evangelicals are saying, "Yes&#...