It’s midterm election season and we are again presented with the challenge as to who to choose to represent us in various elected offices. For the Christian this is particularly relevant as the practice of earthly citizenship is one of the ways we “salt and light” the culture. Again, as redundant as it seems for me to say it, I do not put my hope nor my trust in any human being or earthly institution. My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. I say it to simply appease the compartmentalists and pietists who minimize or disconnect from the need of participation in civic matters. The Scripture seems clear to me that,
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Articles by Kevin Baird
Legacy – The New Season
Greetings friends…
This post may be lengthier than normal but it contains an exciting and important report which I believe will be of interest and possibly inspirational. I hope you will take the time to read it. It involves a major God moment for the Baird’s.
Where to start?
Roe’s Reversal and Excessive Celebration
It appears that the nearly 50-year battle to overturn Roe v. Wade is coming to an end. Such a monumental moment is certainly worthy of some form of celebration as we move continually closer to a culture that values and esteems life at every stage and age. Many people have worked passionately and relentlessly to see the arrival of this day. No one can or should begrudge a moment of congratulatory affirmation to the many groups and people involved with such an accomplishment.
That said, there is a thin line between an appropriate fist-bump of congratulations for a job well done and the arrogant spiking of the Dobbs “reversal” decision in the cultural end zone. It is true that no one likes a sore loser; however, the only thing worse is an arrogant winner.
WHERE IS THE HGTV SHOW FOR THOSE WHO LAY FOUNDATIONS?
“According to the grace of God, which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it…”
I Corinthians 3:10a
My wife Tracie is an HGTV junkie. She loves “house” shows of any kind or sort. Whether it be real estate purchases, renovations, new builds, vacation homes, international housing, or interior decorating, it is all being recorded on the DVR for later viewing consumption. Of course, all that HGTV knowledge has paid off as she is a superior renovator and decorator herself, as all that design knowledge has been put to excellent use in our personal home. As a husband, I am certainly proud to receive guests and show off our interior design.
Lessons to Learn from another Ministerial Collapse
I am a member/attender of Celebration Church, Jacksonville, FL. My local church is currently going through a high-profile collapse from its former senior leader/pastor, Stovall Weems. It has produced numerous challenges for the staff, members, and numerous people associated with the church. It has caused reproach within the city of Jacksonville. It has solicited jokes, cynicism, and reestablished the general skepticism the world has concerning the megachurch specifically and the Church in general. If you want to know more, it’s easy enough to find without me supplying links.
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