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An Easter Story Part 1

By Warner Smith on March 31, 2010

When is Good Friday and Easter Sunday actually? The answer to this question may seem obvious to you, its answer, however, is not as simple as you might assume.  First, the Jewish calendar is very different from our own.  The Jewish day begins at sunset rather than midnight. In Genesis we read:
And there was evening [...]

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Pray Now Bartow Day 30

By Warner Smith on March 30, 2010

There are only 84 congregations in all religions in Bartow. To adequately serve our county we need to start a minimum of 516 churches.  This is number for needed new congregations is based on a ratio of 100 members per new church.  If these churches were started by traditional means, by purchasing land and constructing [...]

Posted in Pray Now Bartow | Tagged Christian Maturity, Church, Church Growth, Evangelism, Great Commission Resurgence, Ministry, Missiology, Missions, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Stewardship, Unchurched | Leave a response

Religion Can Get In the Way Of Your Own Salvation Part 2

By Warner Smith on February 24, 2010

If you have always gone to church you could have trouble accepting the truth that you need a spiritual rebirth.  According to Jesus’ teaching everyone “must be born again.”
We all need to be twice born.  Once “from above,” or a supernatural rebirth.

Christianity at its very core, is about our each having a supernatural rebirth. This [...]

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The Apostle Paul Would Not Recognize Most Of American Christianity

By Warner Smith on February 8, 2010

A friend of mine who does research for a living told me of a conversation he recently had with a professional pollster.  The pollster knew that my friend was a Southern Baptist.  He told him that his company had developed a new strategy for checking the margin of error in results which also doubled for [...]

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Points About Which Every Spiritual Leader Must Be Certain

By Warner Smith on January 20, 2010

Leadership brings with it great responsibility. Political scientist’s will debate exactly what message the voters of Massachusetts were sending to leaders in Washington D.C. last night by their groundbreaking election of a Republican for United States Senator, but one cannot deny that a message was delivered. Leaders who do not deliver what they were sent [...]

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This Is The Day of the Lord

By Warner Smith on January 17, 2010

As a child, I seldom went to church. Many of my friends did, but I almost never did. For me, Sunday morning was a day to sleep in and be lazy. Today, most Americans seem to be of the same opinion. For too many, rest and relaxation have replaced worship and praise. Do you think [...]

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