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Bearing One Another’s Burdens – John MacArthur from the Ligonier Ministries blog
” Our generation has developed an unhealthy obsession with entertainment; we are daily assaulted with a plethora of trivial diversions; and we tend to interact with one another in sound-bites or through faceless media. ”
Without Love, You’re Nothing – Andrew Lisi from the Gospel Coalition
Speaking of humanitarian aide and self-sacrifice Mr. Lisi asks “Do we do these things out of some sort of pressure, whether from the media, society, or even the church or are they done out of love? Are they done out of the love we know comes from God because he first loved us (1 John 4:19)? Without love, even our greatest sacrifices of time, talents, treasures and even self are like dust.”
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HPBC Men’s Ministry Retreat – March 5 & 6, 2010
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This year’s Men’s Retreat has been scheduled for March 5th and 6th, 2010. The location is Inks Lake in Burnet, Texas. Please mark your calendars!
The retreat this year will be a father and son focus. All men of High Pointe Baptist church are invited, as well as their sons. See the video and resources from last month’s Men’s Breakfast for more information, until the official 2010 Men’s Retreat page is up. We know that March 5th will be here before we know it, so we will make complete information available asap.
Please contact us with any questions.
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January Men’s Breakfast Videos and Presentation
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s the video from the January 23rd Men’s Breakfast. Bob Stokes presented information for this year’s Men’s Retreat and Pastor Juan shared an encouraging word concerning biblical manhood. Apologies for the fact that the video picks up a couple of minutes into the presentation and not at the beginning.
Men’s Breakfast – January 23, 2010
http://highpointeaustin.org/media/MensMinistry/2010/mensbreakfastjan2010.flvResources used during the video are below: a presentation and video for Inks Lake, the site for this year’s Men’s Retreat.
Video Introduction for Inks Lake
http://highpointeaustin.org/media/MensMinistry/2010/inks_lake.flvReminder: Men’s Breakfast this Saturday
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Just a quick reminder to the men at High Pointe Baptist Church (and any friends you would like to bring along) that our January Men’s Breakfast is this Saturday the 23rd at 7am. Pastor Juan and Bob Stokes will be presenting the vision for the ministry in 2010 and will also be providing information about this year’s Men’s Retreat.
More information on Men’s Breakfasts.
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Searching the Feeds: Discipleship
Posted by: | CommentsOne of my favorite research tools is Google Reader. If you read more than even a handful of blogs, then I would recommend giving it a try for managing your blog reading. One of the neat things you can do with it is search across all of your blog “feeds”, all the blogs you’re subscribed to. Once you accumulate enough trusted resources then it’s quite the cool thing to be able to search for keywords on only those blogs that are in your Google Reader.
I often search like this to simply stimulate good blog reading. I did that with the word “discipleship”. Here are some of the results.
Feed Search: Discipleship
Fight Clubs: Gospel-Centered Discipleship – Justin Taylor
A Pleasing Dilemma: Tim Tebow and the Cost of Discipleship - Jeff Robinson from the CBMW blog
The Cost of Discipleship (MP3) – Paul Washer (via monergism.com)
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Below is a short introduction to Google Reader.
Haiti
Posted by: | CommentsHere are some helpful commentaries and resources about Haiti, in light of the earthquake:
What Can We Do for Those in Haiti? – Pastor Juan’s blog
Does God Hate Haiti? – Al Mohler (HT: Josh Harris)
Grief: Finding Hope Again
Posted by: | CommentsA very helpful resource from Paul Tripp for those grieving and also for those that have a heart to minister to the grieving.
Following is a description from the printed booklet version but you can read it online for free at the link above.
“This booklet has two main sections: first, what to think when death enters your door; and second, what to do. I realize that your loss is precious and unique, utterly unlike anyone else’s. My goal is not to squeeze you into a “one size fits all” mold. I do want to help you see how the great themes of God’s story speak with power to what you face in the death of a loved one. Only one Person can pick you up in your darkness and carry you into the light.”
Resolve to…
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the things that we hope to accomplish in the new year, Lord willing, is to contribute more consistently to this blog. We know that some of you may have been wondering if you would ever see anything posted on this blog again! Well, you will! (again Lord willing)
That will most often take the form of us sharing links and resources that we think will be relevant to men. So you may expect to see more content here and we pray it will be of some benefit to you.
Around this time of year (or anytime for that matter) it’s always interesting to read through the Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards.
Also, Donald Whitney’s “Ten Questions to Ask at the Start of a New Year or On Your Birthday” has been helpful to me over the years. I plan on reviewing it again in the coming days.
Next Men’s Breakfast: January 23rd
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’re a member of High Pointe Baptist Church (ok, even if you’re not and just want to come check things out, you’re welcome to!) the next Men’s Ministry Breakfast is January 23rd at 7am. Please plan to attend as this is our 2010 kick off and we will be sharing what’s planned for the ministry in this new year.
For those attending a breakfast for the first time, here is general information about our Men’s Breakasts.
