I am the husband of one and the homeschooling father of five. I am a singer, songwriter, and a worship leader who plays guitar and piano. I am the Executive Director of Trinity Arts Center, a small Christian Arts Academy in Eastern Tennessee. I'm also a guitar teacher and -- I spend about half my time building web sites and helping companies organize their thoughts, fine tune their products, and turn their customers into company evangelists. I've been involved with four music projects in my life -- Hot Pink Turtle, Spin Radio, Stand Like Stone, and of course, Jamin Rathbun. I'm also training to be an Ultimate Fighter (that's not true). = )
bible1 Timothy 3:1-7
Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task. Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?) He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap.
Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task. Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?) He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap.
stuffINXS & Kid Rock vs. Prayer & Good Works
OldTruth.com has an article today comparing the lifestyle of pastors, and emergent church leaders, Gary Lamb and Perry Noble, with the some of the tenants set forth in Baxter's Practical Works
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OldTruth.com has an article today comparing the lifestyle of pastors, and emergent church leaders, Gary Lamb and Perry Noble, with the some of the tenants set forth in Baxter's Practical Works
.I'm not familiar with Lamb, Noble, or Baxter but -- from what I've seen of Gary's blog, I have a hard time reconciling how Gary spends his time with the biblical picture of a Christian lifestyle, let alone a pastoral lifestyle.
I'm not trying to beat this guy up... I'm just bringing it up as an opportunity to evaluate our own lives and how we spend our time. After all, I watch American Idol too. = )
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