tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:53:43 +0000A website article by Pastor Carey designed to go deeper into the sermon material from the previous Sunday.http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)Blogger231251644674http://www.feedburner.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-323222573088730165Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:33:00 +00002008-09-04T15:53:43.133-05:00Following the sermon from James 4:13 – 5:1-6 on August 31, I asked you to see the connection between James 5:1-6 and Luke 12:13-21, and to preach truth to yourself as you battle for your joy in Jesus! That joy—joy in Jesus Christ—is infinitely sweeter and more valuable than seeking joy in money and stuff. And it is eternally rewarding, not eternally condemning! Preaching to ourselves…It is a http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/09/preaching-to-ourselves.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=V5vUyL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=V5vUyL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=XZZP7L"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=XZZP7L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=V4ZTUl"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=V4ZTUl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=PkH2wL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=PkH2wL" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-1117017256854518594Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:01:00 +00002008-09-02T16:05:14.233-05:00We are continually inundated with subtle or not-so-subtle messages that happiness, goodness and success in life are relative to the amount of wealth and possessions we acquire. But the opposite is true. In fact, the pursuit of happiness in money and stuff is ultimately dissatisfying and deadly! James says so in chapter 5:1-6 and his brother, the Lord Jesus, says so in Luke 12:13-21. Both http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/09/sept-2-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=oIHN3L"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=oIHN3L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=PqZWKL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=PqZWKL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=tetDdl"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=tetDdl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=SiYKZL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=SiYKZL" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-1131406343060004456Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:00 +00002008-08-21T12:07:55.665-05:00“Humble yourselves before the Lord…Do not speak evil against one another” (James 4:10-11). In a jointly written article by Tim Keller and David Powlison, the authors ask the question, “Should You Pass On Bad Reports?” One of the Scripture passages they expound on is James 4:10-11—“Humble yourselves before the Lord. Brothers, don’t slander or attack one another.” They write further: “The verb http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/08/august-21-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=aY8IwK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=aY8IwK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=D7BaBK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=D7BaBK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=pEBQNk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=pEBQNk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=Nsi8vK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=Nsi8vK" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-8835286406528922713Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:50:00 +00002008-08-12T11:51:50.095-05:00“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it…” (Joshua 1:8) “I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.” (Psalm 119:15-16) I encourage you to meditate on the Word of God—to savor it, http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/08/meditating-on-james-from-pastor-carey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=KMKYnK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=KMKYnK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=erSY7K"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=erSY7K" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=oS6Ckk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=oS6Ckk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=jfRX8K"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=jfRX8K" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-8023079817011813527Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:37:00 +00002008-07-29T09:46:05.682-05:00I am grateful to the Lord for speaking a strong, loving message to us through Pastor Dale last Sunday. In particular the Holy Spirit dealt with me about prayer, in James 4:2-3-- “You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.” I was moved to check my motives in praying. Am I asking wrongly? Do I long for more of God and http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-29-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=aVCdSJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=aVCdSJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=NVKRFJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=NVKRFJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=fZ3Nlj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=fZ3Nlj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=ry6ZJJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=ry6ZJJ" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-6857331039513132404Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:28:00 +00002008-07-21T10:32:57.091-05:00The following article, "Me, Myself and iPhone", is a good example of the difference between "wisdom from below" and "wisdom from above"-- James 3:13-18. Please read it reflectively and prayerfully. Me, myself, and iPhone Technology can be an instrument for gratitude or for idolatry Vern Poythress. Ten years ago a few visionaries were predicting the era of "ubiquitous" computing, when all kinds http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-21-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=5w7gQJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=5w7gQJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=jaEpHJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=jaEpHJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=Wbvo9j"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=Wbvo9j" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=wYE6aJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=wYE6aJ" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-6154333451490924759Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:33:00 +00002008-07-16T08:39:03.117-05:00God’s conviction in my life concerning the exercise of my tongue (see James 3:1-12) continues. I found a list of “manifestations of pride” and immediately noticed that quite a few of them are directly or indirectly connected with the tongue. James 3:5 says, “So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts (there’s the pride) of great things.” I encourage you to read over the list prayerfully,http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-16-2008-tongue-and-pride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=jLN1AJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=jLN1AJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=9tD1pJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=9tD1pJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=OxRZBj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=OxRZBj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=fNKEDJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=fNKEDJ" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-441166095709469895Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:31:00 +00002008-07-15T10:45:09.300-05:00In my July 6th sermon I referred to C.J. Mahaney’s powerful sermon about the crucifixion of Christ from Mark 15. I strongly recommend it. HERE IS THE LINK Clicking this link will initiate a download of an mp3 file. You can save it to your computer and then double-click to play the file in your default media player. (Windows Media Player, for example)http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-15-2008-recommended-sermon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=ACTzsJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=ACTzsJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=lMILRJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=lMILRJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=tA9s7j"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=tA9s7j" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=GC7Y2J"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=GC7Y2J" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-2568904704667440610Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:07:00 +00002008-07-08T13:09:11.125-05:00A very provocative, strong statement is found in James 3:8—“No human being can tame the tongue.” Is this true? Does it mean that we are without hope, stuck with a tongue that is a destructive “fire…set on fire by hell…a world of unrighteousness… [and] a restless evil, full of deadly poison” that stains the whole body? What about your tongue? Please meditate on James 3:1-12 and prayerfully http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-8-2008-taming-tongue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=L3hLKJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=L3hLKJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=Nsf9LJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=Nsf9LJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=6bKiJj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=6bKiJj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=zne4MJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=zne4MJ" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-8787766960200363177Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:36:00 +00002008-07-03T10:38:13.489-05:00“You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder” (James 3:19). “There are many people who give mental assent to the reality of God, mental assent to the reality of Christ, the facts of the gospel. I admit to you that orthodox theology is better than heresy, but orthodox theology may not be enough. You want to know something? There’s no such thing as a liberal demonhttp://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-3-2008-right-belief-can-be-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=7DIPlJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=7DIPlJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=S6T3MJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=S6T3MJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=b0CZrj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=b0CZrj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=zlc60J"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=zlc60J" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-1074140722079177291Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:32:00 +00002008-06-24T09:35:04.850-05:00“If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well…So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty” (James 2:8, 12). “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in onehttp://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/06/law-of-liberty-in-james-and-galatians.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=rlMCXI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=rlMCXI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=flX13I"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=flX13I" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=CVSBUi"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=CVSBUi" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=hHREWI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=hHREWI" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-5240636871364571836Tue, 13 May 2008 14:45:00 +00002008-05-13T09:50:12.357-05:00I love the missionary heart of Psalm 96:10—“Say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’” On Mother’s Day, May 11, I encouraged our moms (and dads and grandparents and other adults, too) to “teach and show your children that God is worthy to be made known and to have a heart for the peoples” of the world, and to “encourage your children toward a “Say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’” life!”http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-12-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=Ct4gJH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=Ct4gJH" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=ncmvsH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=ncmvsH" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=41avah"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=41avah" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=GMDm9H"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=GMDm9H" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-8417489603805869593Tue, 06 May 2008 16:03:00 +00002008-05-06T11:04:10.798-05:00Pursuing Peace and Pummeling Pride I saw it on Sunday morning during our Celebration Service marking “the end of the beginning” of Peacemaker focus at Rocky. It was during that very sweet hymn, “It Is Well With My Soul” and at first I was struggling to sing it from my heart. And this truth came clear—I cannot be a peacemaker and nurture pride at the same time. So, by God’s grace, I http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-6-2008-pursuing-peace-and-pummeling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=T7QdaH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=T7QdaH" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=Zjtmkh"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=Zjtmkh" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=T7P9IH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=T7P9IH" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-7675039212209825307Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:37:00 +00002008-04-24T08:42:09.566-05:00Following last Sunday’s Peacemaker sermon from Luke 15, I recommend an excellent book from Dr. John MacArthur. A TALE OF TWO SONS:THE INSIDE STORY OF A FATHER, HIS SONS, AND A SHOCKING MURDER. You may buy it on line at Christianbook.com, or at other booksellers.http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-24-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=ETLKE3G"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=ETLKE3G" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=SxVBpIg"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=SxVBpIg" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=FWaMPmG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=FWaMPmG" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-413486418369245901Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:23:00 +00002008-04-16T15:32:35.326-05:00As we continue in our Peacemaker focus in the Sunday morning preaching and in our LIFE groups, our attention will turn to the subject of forgiveness on April 20. Luke 15 will be our biblical text. Please anticipate Sunday morning by reading and meditating on Luke 15:1-32. A great enemy of the grace of forgiveness in our relationships is bitterness. As you seek to internalize and implement http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-16-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=aIECyqG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=aIECyqG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=i9J3OBg"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=i9J3OBg" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=7GGz6tG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=7GGz6tG" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-3862919147051660064Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:12:00 +00002008-04-07T14:14:48.200-05:00After “Criticism and the Cross”, the Peacemaker sermon on April 6, it was beautiful that Pastor Carey Dean obeyed the Spirit’s prompting to call us to prayer in couplets and open our lives to humility, thereby opposing pride and its destructive power. I had a sweet, quiet time of prayer with a man who was sitting in the front row where I usually sit during gathered worship. And the subdued, http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-7-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=FakdFyG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=FakdFyG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=bFRs33g"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=bFRs33g" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=iUbLu2G"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=iUbLu2G" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-2959721715738729018Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:34:00 +00002008-04-01T13:38:04.620-05:00The fourth in our Peacemaker sermons rose out of Psalm 32. The thrust of the text and the sermon begs the question: Do we think of conviction of our sins as a good, happy thing? We ought to, because the Word tells us that conviction brought David to confession leading to his testimony— "Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/04/march-31st-do-you-see-conviction-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=bjDhIvG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=bjDhIvG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=clvP1eg"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=clvP1eg" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=pzqUoLG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=pzqUoLG" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-3434892783792836444Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:11:00 +00002008-03-27T14:24:33.948-05:00I was moved by a little poem by Jane Kenyon and surprised to find it quoted at the end of a washingtonpost.com column by Michael Gerson in which he reviews Timothy Keller’s book, The Reason for God. The column’s title is “Reasons for Good Friday”, and here is the poem— The God of curved space, the dry God, is not going to help us, but the Son whose blood spattered hem of His http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/03/march-27-2008-reasons-for-good-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=Fw4L6SF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=Fw4L6SF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=NO1l89f"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=NO1l89f" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=qmyhimF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=qmyhimF" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-1682601962392080113Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:54:00 +00002008-03-19T11:59:43.636-05:00“Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I deliver Him over to you?’ And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.” Matthew 26:14-15 Today Chris Quinlan, our great Communications/Technology Director, reminded me that he will portray Judas in the Passover presentations on March 21 and 22. That conversation came just http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/03/let-jusas-shake-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=waMdI7F"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=waMdI7F" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=Y7YzXrf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=Y7YzXrf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=BheprcF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=BheprcF" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-6870442685983507920Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:20:00 +00002008-03-13T15:24:19.467-05:00Since March 9th’s sermon my mind has returned again and again to Matthew 7:1-5 and I’ve been amazed at the Lord’s thorough knowledge of human nature. It is common to all of us—an unwillingness to take logs out of my own eyes and a ready willingness to search for and extract specks from others’ eyes. Why? Is it because the logs are to close to really see? Have we become so used to having eye http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/03/march-13-2008-taking-sin-seriously.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=CCfAECF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=CCfAECF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=Knkpoqf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=Knkpoqf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=YehyE5F"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=YehyE5F" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-5339526543145171807Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:24:00 +00002008-03-04T08:26:19.528-06:00On Sunday morning we saw in Ephesians 4 that there are five commitments needed to cultivate and demonstrate peace and unity in the body of Christ. I want to expand on thoughts regarding the second one, commitment to sound doctrine (see verses 4, 5, 14 and 15). Last year doctrinal controversy erupted in our church, causing much pain and loss in our fellowship. So should we just step around http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/03/march-3-2008-unity-and-sound-doctrine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=3x6UplF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=3x6UplF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=DEXiDgf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=DEXiDgf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=QAlFR4F"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=QAlFR4F" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-4384185871706435284Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:52:00 +00002008-02-26T09:59:10.950-06:00SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT! From Pastor Carey Here is the text of 1 Peter 3:10-12—“Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against http://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/02/seek-peace-and-pursue-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=C5ZzFhE"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=C5ZzFhE" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=y2Xlv2e"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=y2Xlv2e" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=OZ0H0zE"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=OZ0H0zE" border="0"></img></a> </div>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122432484735394837.post-6058689008589493329Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:47:00 +00002008-02-05T14:52:49.528-06:00“SOLEMN ASSEMBLY: RETURNING AND GOD’S KINDNESS” Joel 2:12-17 January 27, 2008 Pastor Carey W. Olson In preparation for preaching from Joel 2 on the day of our Solemn Assembly, I found this beautiful quote from Jonathan Edwards on the nature of sorrow that leads to true repentance. It is prefaced and followed by a quote from John Piper. “In order to bring people to the sorrow of repentance, youhttp://rbbcgoingdeeper.blogspot.com/2008/02/january-30-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rocky Bayou Baptist Church)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=IdCbDIE"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=IdCbDIE" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=EOtCMbe"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=EOtCMbe" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?a=xaKkgKE"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rbbcgoingdeeper?i=xaKkgKE" border="0"></img></a> </div>