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Musings of a Country Preacher
http://stevepatton.blogspot.com
Observations of a Baptist pastor and adjunct professor of New Testament
- Added on: Dec 20th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Religion
Recent Posts
Politically Incorrect 12 Days of Christmas
I got this from the "Preaching Today Newsletter".[12 Politically Correct Days of Christmas]On the 12th day of the Eurocentrically-imposed midwinter festival, my potential acquaintance gave to me:TWELVE males reclaiming their inner warrior through rit...
Carl Watson
I read in our hometown paper that the first person I ever baptized went to be with the Lord. Carl Watson died at 87 years old. He was won to Christ by a retired minister in our congregation (Providence Baptist in Kennett, MO) and I baptized him a w...
Riverside Anniversary
I celebrated a sigificant ministry anniversary 20 years ago but there another one 10 years ago. Ten years ago Saturday I was called to serve as pastor of Riverside Baptist in Ft Worth. I served there until we left for South Carolina in June 2006. ...
Budgets, Churches, and Faith
While attending the business session of the South Carolina Baptist Convention yesterday I was a little bit discouraged as we voted on the 2010 budget, which has been cut from last year. All the "right" reasons were given--the economy, less Cooperativ...
I Will Rise
Stephanie and I sang "I Will Rise" yesterdy at Fairview. This was our first duet there, although we sang several times at Riverside. Lesa took the pic as we got ready Sunday morning. Steph always makes me look and sound better than I do!!...
20th Anniversary
This weekend is a special anniversary in my ministry. On November 1, 1989--20 years ago Sunday--my family and I moved to Graceville, Florida to serve Poplar Springs Baptist Church and attend what is now known as the Baptist College of Florida. At t...
