http://elbourne.org Don Elbourne's Blog Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:13:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en © don@elbourne.org () don@elbourne.org() a baptist blog don@elbourne.org No no http://elbourne.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://elbourne.org 144 144 http://elbourne.org/?p=320 http://elbourne.org/?p=320#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:27:09 +0000 Don A. Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org/?p=320 http://elbourne.org/?feed=rss2&p=320 http://elbourne.org/?p=318 http://elbourne.org/?p=318#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:29:50 +0000 Don A. Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org/?p=318 http://elbourne.org/?feed=rss2&p=318 http://elbourne.org/?p=317 http://elbourne.org/?p=317#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:53:04 +0000 Don A. Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org/?p=317 http://elbourne.org/?feed=rss2&p=317 http://elbourne.org/?p=316 http://elbourne.org/?p=316#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:06:37 +0000 Don A. 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Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org/?p=304 http://elbourne.org/?feed=rss2&p=304 http://elbourne.org/?p=303 http://elbourne.org/?p=303#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:15:37 +0000 Don A. Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org/?p=303 http://elbourne.org/?feed=rss2&p=303 http://elbourne.org/?p=301 http://elbourne.org/?p=301#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:41:12 +0000 Don A. Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org/?p=301 http://elbourne.org/?feed=rss2&p=301 http://elbourne.org/?p=300 http://elbourne.org/?p=300#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:30:15 +0000 Don A. Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org/?p=300 http://elbourne.org/?feed=rss2&p=300 http://elbourne.org/?p=299 http://elbourne.org/?p=299#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:38:23 +0000 Don A. Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org/?p=299 http://elbourne.org/?feed=rss2&p=299 00:01:01 Some time tomorrow, Tom Ascol will attempt, once again, to present a resolution to the floor of the Southern Baptist Convention calling "Southern Baptists ... Some time tomorrow, Tom Ascol will attempt, once again, to present a resolution to the floor of the Southern Baptist Convention calling "Southern Baptists to repent of our failure to maintain responsible church membership." I do not know if the resolution will reach the floor, much less meet with approval, but as for Lakeshore Baptist Church, where I pastor, we have heard the call and desire to move toward a more meaningful, definite, love-motivated, Christ-honoring, joy-enhancing regenerate church membership. This past Sunday Lakeshore Baptist Church celebrated our 97th anniversary. A handful of believers met together in 1911 to found the church in Lakeshore. In the sparse minutes of that meeting we learn that the moderator read from their Articles of Faith and their Church Covenant. The record also gave a definite list of five original church members. I pointed to these three pieces of data and appealed to the churches founders as examples to dedicate ourselves to upholding and valuing sound doctrine, our covenant promises to each other, and to maintain definite responsible caring church membership rolls for the glory of God. While I think we could receive a decent grade on the first point, we would need to repeat the class on the other two and probably enlist a tutor. In the Homecoming sermon, I swallowed hard, acknowledged my own personal failure in leadership regarding our church rolls, asked for forgiveness, and publicly repented. My cards lay face up on the table and we pray that God would grant us the grace to lovingly move forward toward a more healthy church. At the risk of airing our dirty laundry, I am making the audio of the sermon available here. (1 hour 15 min.) General don@elbourne.org no No http://elbourne.org/?p=296 http://elbourne.org/?p=296#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 15:12:28 +0000 Don A. 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