9 Ball

My observations:

Most serious: Sheila
Pro: Evan
Semi-pro: Josh
Dangerous rookie (female): Joanna
Understands basic geometry: Jess
Understands calculus (but too bad it doesn’t help w pool!): Lindsay
If wagering were permitted: John
Pool expert: Jeremy
Dangerous rookie (male): Lewis

Planning meeting

Kathee and I propose to have a 2 hour planning meeting on __*___ (more on this). All interested in planning the ministry of the 4BYA are invited.
* the original proposal was for Saturday 3/15 from 10-noon at the Peet’s house. After the service today I chatted with half a dozen about this date. After [...]

Evangelism question

Question sent to me:
I want to learn to properly talk to the lost about Jesus Christ. Can you help me?
Brief answer:
If you look at the way Jesus dealt with sinners in the Gospel of John … there was no “one size fits all” approach to evangelism. Consider the contrast as to how the Lord dealt [...]

Josh’s challenge

Josh’s challenge (from last night): Pray for another by name this week!
Ephesians 1:15-16, “Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers”

Chuck Bumgardner: On Luke the Physician

Chuck Bumgardner: On Luke the Physician
Chuck is a Central seminary student who is a member of Bible Baptist Church of Elk River.
Good information here on Greco-Roman medicine and “Luke the beloved physician” (Colossians 4:14).
I had my own Dr Lueck (pronounced “Luke”) for my 9 weeks at Craig Hospital.

Ryan Martin: on Hell

This blog article is very good and I recommend it: Hell is more than separation.
Most of you know Ryan. He is a member of Bible Baptist Church of Elk River. He and his wife Jennifer were members at 4th before the Elk River church plant. Ryan is working on his Ph D at Central.
I’ve asked [...]

How to use Blue Letter Bible

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Wednesday 2/13 lesson

Please read Ephesians 1:15-23.
Consider researching other versions using biblegateway.com.
If you wish, dig deeper using blueletterbible.org.
Because of the complexity of vss. 17-23, we will cover this in greater detail the week following.
Thought questions:

What is the theme of this section? (Explain & defend)
What motivated Paul’s actions / efforts?
What does the text tell us about the character of [...]

Mark O

A friend of mine from work died on Tuesday. He was only 52.
Mark and I worked together on the BCP (Business Continuity Planning) team for two years.
After I left BCP, he became the editor of the BCP newsletter (formerly my assignment).
Mark had one oddity (perhaps more): he only ate raw vegetables. Our team members mocked [...]

On the way to work today

Kathee and I had some excitement on the way to work today. At the corner of Plymouth Avenue and Penn Avenue (Minneapolis) Kathee saw a bloodied man standing on the sidewalk. It is very cold here this morning, 13 degrees, and he was lightly dressed with only a zippered sweatshirt. He had no gloves. I [...]