To the saints at Concord…


Podcast? OK.
September 3, 2009, 10:22 am
Filed under: Discipleship, News

So many folks have asked about easily getting Concord sermons onto their mp3 players, we’ve finally gotten a full blown podcast off the ground.  Miss a sermon?  Want to review Sunday’s message?  The podcast features the entire current series, Down.

Podcasts are a “hands free” way of keeping current sermons on your computer, Zune*, iPod, or other mp3 device.  When a new sermon is uploaded, your computer will automatically download it and have it ready for you.

To get the new podcast, enter the podcast url – http://www.concord-baptist.org/POD.asp?21115_5813 – into your podcast software.  Or, search for “Concord Baptist Church” in the iTunes podcast directory.  More specific directions are on our website. Subscribe today!

Our desire is to serve you – what other ways could we help you in your faith with technology?  Put your thoughts in the comment area.

*ok, I am biased. I love my Zune. The Rectors and the Whites have my back on this.



We Need Health Care Reform
July 23, 2009, 10:24 am
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…but who gets to decide who receives medical attention?

Charles Colson explores our country’s thorny dilemma with health care in this brief article in Christianity Today.  Though he offers no solution, Colson nevertheless raises some important considerations for Christians.



SBC Live
June 23, 2009, 3:35 pm
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No, SBC Live isn’t a new late night show.  The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention is taking place in Louisville, KY, today and tomorrow.  You can watch the proceedings live either here or here.  Let’s hope the convention isn’t as “entertaining” as late night TV.



Getting a Grip on 2 Corinthians
June 11, 2009, 11:48 am
Filed under: News, Scripture Meditations | Tags:

Getting a grip on the truths of 2 Corinthians is like trying to hold a toddler who doesn’t want to be held.  If the fussy munchkin wants to escape our grasp, he will squirm, twist, become stiff as a board, or (the funniest to me) go limp as if his skeletal system was suddenly removed.  Such moments call for tenacity on the part of the parent.

Second Corinthians is about the paradoxical pathway of comfort through suffering, glory through insufficiency, life through death, riches through generosity, and strength through weakness.  These truths are hard to hold, like the resistant toddler.  Tenacious faith will be required if we are to get a good grip on these truths and, ultimately, to discover that these truths have gotten a good grip on us. (more…)



Reaching the Unreached (3)
April 3, 2009, 9:18 am
Filed under: Missions, News | Tags:

No new news yet from our Peru team.  They head out of the villages today and drive back to Lima.  Please pray for their safety.

Also, the IMB targeted REAPSouth for prayer yesterday.  What are the odds that people all over the country prayed for the mission efforts in south Peru at the same time that our team was there?  I love it!  Here’s the IMB blurb: (more…)