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OT 4 Christ http://ot4christ.multiply.com/ <center><h1 style="width: 40%;text-align: center;font-size: 15px;font-weight: bold;font-family: Arial;color: gray;background: black;border-top:10px inset gray;border-right:10px inset gray;border-bottom:10px inset gray;border-left:10px inset gray;"> ...but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. --2 Corinthians 4:16 </h1></center><center><table align="right" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="right" bgcolor="black"> </td></tr></tbody></table></center> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:36:52 -0000 Mon, 6 Dec 2010 05:13:17 -0000 OT 4 Christ http://multiply.com/mu/ot4christ/logo http://ot4christ.multiply.com/ 100 100 Orlando and Son http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/39/Orlando_and_Son http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/39/Orlando_and_Son Mon, 6 Dec 2010 05:13:17 -0000 Be Ye Not Contrary: More than a year later http://ot4christ.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Be_Ye_Not_Contrary_More_than_a_year_later It's been over a year since my last blog post, so I figured I should follow up. When I wrote the sermon on which the blog post was based, it was mostly for me. I was really struggling with stuff at church and tried to allow scripture to counsel me into accepting things as they were. Unfortunately, it didn't work for long. The fact is that it's okay to be contrary. After all, Luther was contrary, Huss was contrary, Tyndale was contrary, and a bunch of others. My problem is that, when it comes to church stuff that I believe to be wrong, I don't speak or write about it, for fear of being divisive, unlike the guys above who didn't fear. Instead, I often just let it fester into resentment. I know that's sin on my part. I'll just blame it on the "flesh" momentarily raising its ugly head, repent of my sin, and move on. http://ot4christ.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Be_Ye_Not_Contrary_More_than_a_year_later Sat, 6 Nov 2010 18:07:48 -0000 Lady Eagles vs. Academy of the King: 10/04/2010 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/38/_Lady_Eagles_vs._Academy_of_the_King_10042010 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/38/_Lady_Eagles_vs._Academy_of_the_King_10042010 Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:58:28 -0000 Jordan 4 of 8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/58/Jordan_4_of_8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/58/Jordan_4_of_8 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 21:27:50 -0000 Jordan 5 of 8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/57/Jordan_5_of_8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/57/Jordan_5_of_8 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 19:53:15 -0000 Jordan 7 of 8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/53/Jordan_7_of_8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/53/Jordan_7_of_8 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 19:46:11 -0000 Jordan 8 of 8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/52/Jordan_8_of_8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/52/Jordan_8_of_8 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 19:45:54 -0000 Jordan 3 of 8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/49/Jordan_3_of_8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/49/Jordan_3_of_8 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 03:39:52 -0000 Jordan 1 of 8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/48/Jordan_1_of_8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/48/Jordan_1_of_8 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 02:21:10 -0000 Jordan 2 of 8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/47/Jordan_2_of_8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/47/Jordan_2_of_8 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 02:20:54 -0000 Jordan 6 of 8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/40/Jordan_6_of_8 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/40/Jordan_6_of_8 Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:35:55 -0000 Mountain Vision Ministries http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/38/Mountain_Vision_Ministries Video made for missions conference http://ot4christ.multiply.com/video/item/38/Mountain_Vision_Ministries Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:52:26 -0000 Will Parts of Phoenix Become a Ghost Town? http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/37/Will_Parts_of_Phoenix_Become_a_Ghost_Town It's pretty obvious who the primary target customers are in this part of Phoenix: Spanish speakers. This was taken from a single vantage point on Van Buren Street and 29th Avenue. I ate at the El Sureño restaurant and must say it was http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/37/Will_Parts_of_Phoenix_Become_a_Ghost_Town Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:59:35 -0000 Greeneville, TN: Downtown Cruise-In http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/36/Greeneville_TN_Downtown_Cruise-In <a href="http://greenevillesun.com/story/310009">http://greenevillesun.com/story/310009</a> http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/36/Greeneville_TN_Downtown_Cruise-In Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:24:16 -0000 Jars of Clay Concert 06-04-2010 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/35/Jars_of_Clay_Concert_06-04-2010 Jars of Clay in concert in Greeneville Tennessee. It was very http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/35/Jars_of_Clay_Concert_06-04-2010 Sat, 5 Jun 2010 03:44:03 -0000 Food Distribution: Mountain Vision Ministries 06-04-2010 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/34/Food_Distribution_Mountain_Vision_Ministries_06-04-2010 Monthly food distribution by Mountain Vision Ministries and Second http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/34/Food_Distribution_Mountain_Vision_Ministries_06-04-2010 Fri, 4 Jun 2010 18:37:14 -0000 Car Wash http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/33/Car_Wash Our church's youth group raising funds for our Peace Officer's Memorial and Appreciation Service. Click Slideshow for a better viewing experience http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/33/Car_Wash Wed, 19 May 2010 21:11:48 -0000 Baptism 5/1/2010 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/32/Baptism_512010 Calvary Chapel Greeneville and U-Turn for Christ baptism. CLICK "SLIDESHOW" FOR BEST VIEWING http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/32/Baptism_512010 Tue, 11 May 2010 04:46:50 -0000 I'm playing with ping.fm If it works as it's supposed to, this post will magically appear on a bunch of my social networks. http://ping.fm/DbdCL http://ot4christ.multiply.com/notes/item/2 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/notes/item/2 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:44:30 -0000 2009 Talent Show http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/27/2009_Talent_Show The 3rd Annual "Glorify God with Your Talents" Show at Calvary Chapel Greeneville. http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/27/2009_Talent_Show Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:28:14 -0000 Be Ye Not Contrary http://ot4christ.multiply.com/journal/item/38/Be_Ye_Not_Contrary This is an edited version of a message given on 7/17/09. "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'" (Mat 11:16-17, ESV) Our Lord, having just sung accolades about John the Baptist now turns to the crowd and begins to rebuke them. Jesus is telling the crowd that they are like children who play a song and call out to their friends to come dance, and they say, "Nah, we don't want to." Or who play a funeral hymn and tell their friends come let us mourn, and the friends say, "Nah we don't want to." Some people are just negative. No matter what is proposed, they have a rebuttal. They are "contrary." I'm like that! Lord have mercy on me! Then there is the other extreme where people are "yes men." No matter what is proposed, they accept it. Like the character Pliable from Pilgrim's Progress. But I am... http://ot4christ.multiply.com/journal/item/38/Be_Ye_Not_Contrary Sun, 6 Sep 2009 01:35:55 -0000 Cuba -- November 2002 http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/26/Cuba_--_November_2002 I know it's a little late in posting, but these are photos from by trip to Cuba with <a href="http://www.joniandfriends.org/pg_wheelchair.php"> Wheels for the World</a> http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/26/Cuba_--_November_2002 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:07:52 -0000 Fellowship @ the Housewright's http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/25/Fellowship_the_Housewrights Late in posting the photos from http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/25/Fellowship_the_Housewrights Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:41:53 -0000 Are You the One? http://ot4christ.multiply.com/journal/item/37/Are_You_the_One Mat 11:2-3 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?"John the Baptist saw the Spirit descend upon Jesus and heard the Father speak from heaven saying, "This is my Beloved Son with whom I am well pleased." Yet, he sends two of his disciples to ask Jesus if He is the Christ who is to come? Didn't he already know? Truth is that it is okay to have doubts. As a matter of fact, if we had no doubts, we wouldn't have faith. Faith without doubt is not faith at all and without faith it is impossible to please God. So when times of doubt come upon us, we can ask Jesus, as did John the Baptist: "Are you the One?" http://ot4christ.multiply.com/journal/item/37/Are_You_the_One Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:03:07 -0000 On Bringing Your Bibles to Church http://ot4christ.multiply.com/journal/item/36/On_Bringing_Your_Bibles_to_Church Recently, I heard a friend say something which I've heard in varying ways on many occasions. In speaking negatively about a particular large congregation, he said that one of things that turned him off when he visited the church was that only about a quarter of the people brought their Bibles.I'm all for bringing our Bibles to church and always have mine. Even if I don't bring the actual book, which is rare, I have many versions on my Treo, along with access to nearly every translation and numerous commentaries readily available online. But why is it considered bad to not bring our Bibles? Are we supposed to make sure the preacher reads correctly? In my experience, errors and heresies do not arise from reading incorrectly, but from taking text out of context or by not incorporating other scripture passages that speak on the same subject.Like I said, I always have a Bible and often find myself frantically searching for passages to put things in context. Once when hearing a sermon from ... http://ot4christ.multiply.com/journal/item/36/On_Bringing_Your_Bibles_to_Church Sun, 5 Jul 2009 05:04:06 -0000 2009 Picnic and Baptism http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/24/2009_Picnic_and_Baptism Calvary Chapel http://ot4christ.multiply.com/photos/album/24/2009_Picnic_and_Baptism Sun, 5 Jul 2009 02:26:48 -0000