Posted Friday, May 04, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Theology
I had the privilege of preaching here at College Park last Sunday on the challenging topic of contentment. I am convinced that contentment is a desire of all but a challenge to even the most devout in the faith. I think it has a lot to do with our view of kingdom. The notion of ...
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Posted Saturday, Apr 21, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Pastoral Theology
It has been 1 week since the elders went to the Together for the Gospel (T4G) conference in Louisville. There was another sermon that I thought was excellent and surprised me. The speaker was Ligon Duncan who is a Presbyterian preacher from the south and a seminary professor. He ...
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Posted Friday, Apr 13, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Pastoral Theology
Many of our pastors, elders and members attended a conference in Louisville this past week called Together For the Gospel. It is the fourth such conference and we have had representations from College Park at all of them. God was good and it was a blessing to see the strong support for ...
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Posted Friday, Apr 06, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Theology
Here we are. Soon we will celebrate Easter—Resurrection Sunday. That seems to be the hallmark of our Christian faith as it is the reality of Jesus victory over death and evil and the hope of eternal salvation for his creation. What a blessed and holy day for ...
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Posted Friday, Mar 16, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Pastoral Theology
Well, here we are. It’s mid-March and it seems like we have already been experiencing Spring for much of Winter, and Summer could be coming. Temperatures in the 70’s are very delightful. I think Indianapolis is becoming the San Diego of the Midwest (without ...
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Posted Sunday, Mar 04, 2012 Baher Malek in Category THINK
Colin completed the conference weekend with this last session on comtemporary revival.
Our culture has degraded and the church is complicit. There is broad recognition of the need for revival.
Post-War Awakening
The 1930s-1940s were the low point for Christian denominations. ...
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Posted Sunday, Mar 04, 2012 Baher Malek in Category THINK
Colin outlined numerous historical international revival events in Wales, Korea and India.
Then and Now
Europe and America have largely been the "main act" as far as revival goes. Many other stories have not gotten the same degree of attention. Colin mentioned the ...
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Posted Saturday, Mar 03, 2012 Baher Malek in Category THINK
Colin Hansen started this morning with a message emphasizing the importance of unity and cooperation among Christians.
Why is unity so important?
Colin made the point of how difficult it is to explain to unchurched people why there are soooo many denominations (33,000+). ...
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Posted Saturday, Mar 03, 2012 Baher Malek in Category THINK
Colin Hansen started off the THINK|12 weekend with a great talk about what revival looks like and how we go about discerning it.
We live in a show-me society
The air we breath in our society is rooted in the "prove it / show me" mentality that is based in the scientific method. ...
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Posted Thursday, Mar 01, 2012 Dustin Crowe in Category Theology
THINK|12 is one day away. As you hopefully are aware, the topic this year centers around revival. Here are a couple Charles Spurgeon quotes where he is seeking revival, not for revival's sake but because he longs for a genuine work of the Holy Spirit in his congregation.
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