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Habitat for Humanity & BBC Build Home for Single Mom |
By Kaylan Christopher | Posted on July 1, 2009
UPDATE: After the dedication ceremony last weekend, Shantha Saragoor and her children have moved in to their new home. Thanks to all who volunteered in April, May, and June to make this dream a reality. Shantha extends her many thanks to the Brentwood Baptist family and continues to visit each week. Read her full story, which appeared in the recently released summer edition of the Connect magazine, by clicking "More" below.
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Patriotic Celebration kicks off July 4th holiday |
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By Kaylan Christopher | Posted on July 1, 2009
There weren’t any cannons fired or sparklers lit, but yesterday, an estimated 700 Brentwood Baptist members and those from around the community gathered in the Worship Center to commemorate the upcoming holiday...
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Whenever people ask me what I am reading, my first reaction is a long
pause. Yes, I do read a lot, but more and more, I am rereading a lot.
I am reading again great classics of the Christian faith. I am reading
Reinhold Niebuhr. I am reading Richard Niebuhr, A.W. Tozer and of
course, there is always C.S. Lewis. I am finding again the great depth
of theology and biblical thinking that is hiding in these great texts.
The reading isn’t easy. The words and phrasing is a little dated and
sometimes frustrating, but still with all of that, the richness of the
truth discovered is worth the slow pace through the book.
I have grown tired of books that seem to have been written during
lunch, books that tie Jesus to the latest fad of the culture (would
Jesus wear jeans?), or books telling me about a new program to reach a
different target group. These books seem to . . .
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The Language of Our Culture |
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When I graduated from seminary I was very prepared to pastor the
churches where I went. I knew how to prepare a sermon. I knew how to
lead a church business meeting. I knew how to visit the hospital. And
then, everything changed! All of my study now is done on the computer.
All of the books I had to carry around and stack up on my desk are now
on a CD-rom and I page through them with a few clicks. I get on the
internet and see what everybody else thinks about . . .
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Keeping the Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments few of us keep
well. For most of us, Sunday is a crowded and hectic day. We get up,
get dressed, get the kids ready and fight through traffic to find
ourselves a place in the pew. We go to eat lunch, maybe catch a nap
and then, in some cases get ready to come back for Sunday night. If
you work on a church staff, then Sunday is by no means a day of rest.
Add that to the changing dynamics of work, education and families and
you have a recipe for exhaustion.
This exhaustion shows itself in short tempers, physical and emotional health issues, strained relationships . . .
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SAVE THE DATE!
Young Adult Single Fall Retreat (ages 20-39)
Jonathan Creek (Hardin, KY)
November 6-8, 2009
Cost: $100 (20% early-bird discount in August, 10% discount in September, full price in October)
Guest speaker: Dave Rhodes
Contact Melissa Hayes at 324.6143 or
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for more details.
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I’ve grown so very tired of what passes today as political discourse.
People get on television or radio and they yell at each other. There
are no real ideas discussed, or no solutions offered to the complex
problems we face. Political success is viewed as . . .
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