Pastors Blog (Page 3)
Statement delivered to Cincinnati City Council…
Mayor, council members, thank you for hearing me. My name is Joseph Bayly, pastor of Christ Church, in service to Jesus Christ in Milford, with members in the city of Cincinnati. I am here this afternoon to plead with you for religious freedom. The purpose of the ordinance before you is described…
Providing biblical counsel to sexually confused youth soon illegal in Cincy…
Why video-casting sermons is wrong…
Learning To Worship At a Black Church Outside Memphis…
One Sunday morning a number of years ago, after driving all night with a few friends, we hadn’t reached our destination and had no idea where to go to church. At the gas station, as we refueled, we asked an elderly black couple obviously on their way to church if we could join them. And…
And Manic Pixie Dream Boys Shall Lead Them…
When my wife attended Wheaton College, one thing she didn’t like was what she termed the “whiny-voiced worship leaders.” Let me describe the phenomenon in a bit more detail, as I’m sure you’ve experienced it, too. She was talking about the man-boy who raises the pitch…
Shame on Cincinnati Children’s Hospital…
God answered prayer today for leaders that seek justice…
Each week, during the pastoral prayer during Sunday worship, in obedience to God’s command that we pray for our civil rulers, I ask for God to raise up men that will seek justice and protect the innocent. The central place where such protection is absent today is in the abortuary. Legal…
Why a self-defeating strategy is best in church planting…
Three of the more recent posts I’ve written on this blog addressed questions relating to homosexuality and Christianity, much to the wonder of one commenter, who asked, “You’re trying to plant a church, and homosexuality is what you lead with?” When I claimed that it is one…
Christianity and homosexuality Part 2: Friend of sinners vs friendship with the world…
Earlier I pointed out how PCA Pastor, Scott Sauls, was causing people to doubt whether homosexuality is actually in conflict with Christianity. It is, as I already explained, but the gist of his argument is very compelling…
