Birkdale Baptist Church

Life, Heart and Hope in Jesus

For those who missed it, here's an edited version of the slides from my message on Matthew 5:27-30 at Boost.

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Hi folks,

Hi everyone,

By now most of you will have heard about former pastor Mike Guglielmucci and his exposure as a fraud.  For those who haven't heard, here's a nutshell overview:

I was struck with the power of a simple thing last week.

Most of us love to eat...indeed all of us need to eat.  Most of our meals are spent alone by ourselves or with family, and yet some of the most significant encounters Jesus had with people was in the context of a dinner party.  Last week, it hit me just how powerful the simple act of sharing a meal in a large group can be. 

For those of you who are interested I thought I would share my Journey as a Missionary.

I've been reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Things Done and this morning i came across this analysis and advice:

What, then, makes one company or one branch more productive than another?  A growing number of human resource professionals point to the passion that prevails within the organization. ...

Be on the lookout for ... "purpose by default." If your purpose fails to reflect your true, underlying passion, this can lead to a lack of focus and less-than-desirable performance ...

For those who have been wondering why they couldn't get to our Battle for Purity blog, it wasn't you - it was us!  I've discovered and fixed the issue, and now you should be able to get to it by all the usual methods, including RSS & Google (see the welcome page for more info).

Yo men!  Gee some TV ads are cheesy!  Have you seen the one where the father sends his son to the fridge to grab him a beer, and when the sons gets there, he turns into a grown man, a dad himself, takes a big swig of the beer, then sends his son to go get him another?  If you’ve seen the ad, you know exactly what I’m talking about.  If you haven’t, then you’ve read that sentence and wondered what drugs I’m taking today… 

Hey men
I want to ask you a question this week, “When it comes to your sexuality, who do you believe?” What I mean is, do you believe what the world tells you about your sexuality? That if it feels good, do it! That women are hot and you have a right to ogle them and lust after them, because after all, they’re showing it for that reason, so what shouldn’t I watch? That sex is the spice of life and the best sex life is when you’re with someone different each weekend?

Yo men
This week’s email is an excerpt from the Every Young Man’s Battle Guide – A Biblical Arsenal of Truth for Young Men…
Tyson tells it exactly like it is, declaring, “It’s no secret. Most guys just want to have sex or get some kind of action. They don’t care about the relationship part of things, like the girls do. Guys like to see girls with little or nothing on, that’s the bottom line. Even us Christian guys.”