Category Archives: Preaching

Preaching that helps believers become disciples.

Crash bars or highway bars?

By Mike James | Published: June 24, 2011

If you are reading this you probably know a little bit about motorcycles. I love to ride my C-50 Suzuki. OK it’s not a Harley Davidson but it runs great and is paid for! On most afternoons I ride the country roads of Shelby County. On weekends I sometimes ride to my Mom’s in Lincoln [...]

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Flash! The World is coming to an end!

By Mike James | Published: May 16, 2011

You have probably heard on the national news that there are billboards proclaiming the end of the world.  They read “Judgment Day May 21″ and then reads, “The Bible Guarantees It.”  There are 1,200 such billboards in the US and 2,000 in other countries.  I also understand this group has 20 recreational vehicles traveling around [...]

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Six Mega Shifts part 3

By Mike James | Published: March 24, 2011

You may have read this study by Barna, but I think it is worth examining again as we try to reverse the tide of the declining effectiveness of our churches on the culture.  Here’s the mega shift “Growing numbers of people are less interested in spiritual principles and more desirous of learning pragmatic solutions for [...]

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Six Mega Shifts (part 1)

By Mike James | Published: March 14, 2011

You may have read this Barna study, but I think it is worth looking at again as we try to reverse the tide of the declining effectiveness of our churches on the culture. These six shifts should wake us up and cause us to think, plan, and lead in a different way. The religious landscape [...]

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Farewell

By Steve Rice | Published: October 16, 2008

Today I say farewell as the writer of 28Nineteen. On November 2, 2008, I will assume the Senior Pastor position at the First Baptist Church of Shelbyville, Kentucky. My family and I are very excited about our new assignment from the Lord. Read about our move in this Kentucky Baptist Convention article or this Western [...]

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Healthy Church, Part 2

By Steve Rice | Published: August 25, 2008

Have you ever thought about what makes a church healthy? In our last post, we mentioned that two ingredients in a healthy church are UNITY and DIVERSITY. Although diverse people from various walks of life usually make up a church, they can still be unified through the Holy Spirit. In this post, we will continue [...]

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Healthy Church, Part 1

By Steve Rice | Published: August 19, 2008

I have been a pastor for eighteen years in the state of Kentucky. In my current role with the Kentucky Baptist Convention, I travel around the state and work with churches of all shapes and sizes. In my travels, I’ve seen and heard of churches I would describe as “healthy” and churches I would describe [...]

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God’s Bullseye

By Steve Rice | Published: August 5, 2008

A little boy got a real bow and arrow for his 10th birthday and immediately went outside to practice in his yard. A few minutes later his father stepped outside to check how he was doing and was amazed to see a dozen arrows dead in the center of a dozen different bullseyes that were [...]

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Follow Me

By Steve Rice | Published: July 3, 2008

This evening I’m sitting in a great little espresso bar in Black Mountain, North Carolina called Perks. The next time you’re in town, stop by, give a shoutout to Peter (the owner), and have a coffee or smoothie in a really cool environment surrounded by the Black Mountain Range. While ordering up a delicious hazlenut [...]

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Relationships Matter

By Steve Rice | Published: June 9, 2008

In his book, Concentric Circles of Concern, Dr. Oscar Thompson says that the most important word in the English language, apart from proper nouns, is the word “RELATIONSHIP”! I believe his statement is true in a number of areas related to the church. Evangelism. Although I am not opposed to just about any kind a [...]

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