http://www.desertfather.com for the glory of God and the good of Greenville Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:13:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've recently updated the website (again!). It's now a bit Christmas-y. Check it out: http://www.harmonygreenville.com http://www.desertfather.com/2008/12/01/harmonygreenvillecom-the-christmas-edition/ Pablo asked Jessica over the Turkey break to marry him. She said "yes". Looking forward to their future...here in Greenville! Jessica is an awesome woman who has served overseas in Ireland (woot for Guinness), and is now serving in her hometown of Gastonia at her home church. Pablo, as you ... http://www.desertfather.com/2008/11/30/our-worship-pastor-is-engaged/ Here's some thoughts:Haven't blogged in a while. It was down, due to my host changing servers over. Kind of scary for a moment, thought I lost all of my previous data (posts, etc.)This past Sunday was awesome! We had a great gathering (though I was preaching with a migraine), and ... http://www.desertfather.com/2008/11/25/turkey-week-thoughts/ http://www.desertfather.com/2008/11/21/wow-3/ Spurgeon this morning talked to me about foolish questions vs. wise questions. Questions not worth dwelling on would include those questions of religious ceremony, doctrine that is of lesser importance (ie: middle knowledge [guilty recently]), and other issues on which Scripture is silent. Instead, here are some questions worth thinking ... http://www.desertfather.com/2008/11/19/questions-worth-answering/ One of my spiritual gifts is discernment. I often have supernatural insight into the nature of situations and into the intentions of people. There are often people with evil intentions that hang around baby churches, looking to devour it and it's people. Early on in Harmony history, I pointed one ... http://www.desertfather.com/2008/11/17/wolves-in-sheeps-clothing/ Haven't blogged in a while. My apologies. Here's some recent news and thoughts in my head:We've had quite a few visitors the past couple of weeks. It's been great meeting new people! Some have even hung around. ;)I'm stoked about tomorrow's message! We'll be talking about John 4, third places, ... http://www.desertfather.com/2008/11/15/im-still-here/ Here's a sneak peek at Sojourn Church's upcoming new album. By the way, if you haven't bought the previous 97 albums, go do that now. Sojourn musicians work on "Refuge" http://www.desertfather.com/2008/10/30/i-love-sojourn-music/ We had a great day yesterday at Harmony. We had new visitors on Sunday morning...and different visitors on Sunday evening! Here's some thoughts:Shannon came to Echo Group. He's awesome. Former drug-dealer in LA, blew lots of money, met Jesus at Angelus Temple. Awesome story. He's stoked to get involved with ... http://www.desertfather.com/2008/10/27/stoked/ Listening to Red Mountain Music's album, The Gadsby Project (2005). It's awesome, Gospel-centered music from the Alabama worship cohort. You can find it on iTunes. Here's the lyrics from one of my favorite songs right now, the first track from the album, Dearly We're Bought:Come raise your thankful voice,Ye souls ... http://www.desertfather.com/2008/10/24/dearly-were-bought/