A Song for Every Generation
by Lynn DeShazo
I had a good heart-to-heart talk recently with a seasoned pastor about contemporary worship songs. This man is actually “pastor emeritus” of my home church. Brother Bill, as we call him, went to seminary at a very conservative school, was ordained a Baptist pastor, was deeply impacted by the move of the Holy Spirit known as the Charismatic Movement, and ended up, among other things, on the faculty of Liberty Bible College in Pensacola, Florida. He eventually came to us and pastored seventeen years, then passed the baton of leadership onto our current pastor. He’s seen a lot of things over the years. So I was pleased to have him, as he put it, “bounce a few things off of you”. Here are a few of the issues we batted around a while; see if you can relate to any of them.
Roar of Zion's Lion
by John Betts
There are two lions that are revealed to us in scripture. Revelation 5:5 states, (behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book). I Peter declares that your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour). Joel 3:16 says that (the Lord also shall roar out of Zion).
What is the significance of the lion analogy? What do they represent?
Let’s take a look at what this teaches us. What of the roaring?
There are four reasons that lions roar. They are as follows:
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CHURCH PLANT
"America has more unchurched people than the entire populations of all but 11 of the world's 194 nations! The unchurched population varies in size from year to year, but it generally encompasses about one-third of all the adult population and slightly less among young people. In mid-2000, we estimate that about 95 to 100 million Americans of all ages are unchurched."
George Barna- Re-Churching the Unchurched
Liberty Fellowship is committed to reaching the unchurched through church planting. Annually, Liberty chooses, endorses, confirms, and sends couples to different areas for church planting. We team with them financially, practically, spiritually, and otherwise assist them in their plant. To the right are the various church plants accomplished by Liberty Fellowship over the last few years. Click on them for information about each plant.
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