Archive for November, 2007

Al Mohler, Tom Brokaw and the Emerging Church

Posted on November 30, 2007 at 12:00pm by Micah Fries No Comment

In an interesting note, Tom Brokaw sat down this past week and interviewed Dr. Al Mohler for NBC Nightly News on the topic of younger evangelicals and the Emerging Church movement. It is scheduled to air on tonight’s edition of the news. I am unfortunately going to be away from a tv so I am…

Missional vs. Missionary?

Posted on November 29, 2007 at 12:03pm by Micah Fries 3 Comments

Intelligent, and intuitive blogger, Josh King, aka Jowiki, asked an interesting question lately. His question was: How would you define a missional church? Does missional equal biblical? In thinking about the answer I gave him the following thoughts. I would say that in my experience being Emergent, or more broadly speaking, Emerging, is limited to…

Please pray today…

Posted on November 29, 2007 at 10:45am by Micah Fries No Comment

…for my friend Kevin Bussey and his family.

Presidential Update

Posted on November 29, 2007 at 12:52am by Micah Fries 2 Comments

Thanks to the popularity of Web 2.0 and the ingenuity of YouTube.com and CNN.com, their recent debate with various presidential candidates has been made available for viewing online. I didn’t watch the debate since I was at church, but I did peruse some of the video clips and particularly found myself interested in two clips….

Wisdom Words :: Psalm 37:23-26

Posted on November 28, 2007 at 4:14pm by Micah Fries 2 Comments

“The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way. When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, because the Lord is the One who holds his hand. I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants…

Better Books :: The Character of Leadership

Posted on November 27, 2007 at 11:00pm by Micah Fries No Comment

Recently I was given a copy of “The Character of Leadership” by Dr. Jeff Iorg who is President of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Iorg used to be a pastor here in St. Joseph and a few of our families at Frederick remain to be good friends with him. He also stands as one…