My family and I are currently at Word of Life Florida Youth Camp. We just spent a week here and are getting ready to spend another one. Last Saturday night we saw about 40 students accept Jesus as Savior. What an awesome sight. Then on this past Friday the students did cardboard testimonies. If you [...]
June 29, 2009
Categories: Brian Baker, Evangelism, Youth Culture . Tags: Gospel, Salvation . Author: bpbaker . Comments: Leave a Comment
This is my last opportunity before July 4th to post an article on The Source and I really wanted to say something about our nation and what I see going on around us. I love my country. There, I said it. The patriotic fervor has definitely died down in the years since 9/11. But for [...]
June 22, 2009
Categories: Biblical Principles, Raymond Deck . Tags: Biblical Principles, Cultural relevance, economy, Government, Responsibility . Author: rwdeck . Comments: 1 Comment
The scriptures clearly teach that just because you find yourself in trials doesn’t mean you have sinned or done anything wrong to deserve it. With that being said it should be a time to evaluate and allow the Holy Spirit to search our lives for areas that need attention.
Without going into details, last week was [...]
June 15, 2009
Categories: Brian Baker, Prayer . . Author: bpbaker . Comments: Leave a Comment
Many years ago…maybe 20??…I read a book titled Liberating Your Ministry from the Success Syndrome by Kent and Barbara Hughes. At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, it kept me in the ministry. In fact, it may have saved more than my ministry. Let me explain:
Many times in the ministry, we get caught in the [...]
June 8, 2009
Categories: Book Review, Leadership Development, Raymond Deck . Tags: attitude, Leadership Development, Ray Deck, spiritual disciplines, Student Ministry, youth ministry . Author: rwdeck . Comments: 1 Comment
With our government leading the way, we have developed a society that thinks we need to take consequences out of the equation. I have been reading a lot in the Old Testament lately and it is obvious that as the lord dealt with His chosen people, consequences were a major part. You know how it [...]
June 1, 2009
Categories: Brian Baker . Tags: consequences, Parenting . Author: bpbaker . Comments: Leave a Comment