What If I Don’t Desire to Pray – a Book Review
We all know the importance of a healthy prayer relationship with God. Unfortunately, too many believers struggle to maintain one because it feels like a chore, a duty that we must check off on a list of things to do to make God happy. John Onwuchekwa, the pastor of Cornerstone Church in Atlanta, tries to…
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Discover the Big Idea: Step 4 in Creative Digital Sermon Prep
We’re looking at 10 Steps of Creative Digital Sermon Preparation in Logos Bible Software and it’s now time to Discover the Big Idea of the text on our way to preparing an expository sermon. Many preachers will call this main idea, the thesis, the textual ideal or sermon idea of the text. Every passage of…
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The Day Kobe Bryant Died – Reflection on Death in Modern Times
Sunday, January 26, 2020 will long be remembered, at least in the near future in America, as the day Kobe Bryant died. My family and I returned home from lunch after a morning of worship at our church and learned of his death. A lot of people took to social media to… See if the…
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Blueridge Christian News Articles
I began writing for a local Christian publication called Blueridge Christian News. This local paper serves the Christian community in the Burke County area and the wider area. I’ve focused on my area of expertise, Bible software and apps. However, I just submitted a study of 1 Corinthians 10:13 asking “Why doesn’t God bless me?”…
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Accordance 13 Upgrade with 8 Exciting New Tools [Video]
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Accordance Bible Software recently updated their advanced Bible software to Accordance 13. It comes with some incredible new features to make this powerful Bible software package even more useful. Check out the brief descriptions of 8 new features demonstrated in the included video. Mark Allison and Rick Mansfield joined me on Theotek on Youtube. Accordance…
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Asking Interpretive Questions in Logos: Step 3 in Creative Digital Sermon Prep
While not the first step in preparing a sermon, asking interpretive questions helps take you from wondering to understanding what a passage has to say to the audience in modern day. A preacher begins the sermon prep process by choosing a sermon text to preach or teach and then begins the study of that text…
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Accordance Can Show Your Logos and Wordsearch Books
If you own Accordance and also own libraries in Logos Bible Software and Wordsearch Bible Software, there’s a way to use your books in Accordance. I’ll show you how to create a simple workspace in Accordance to use the two web apps in the program. This also works with other online Bible study sites as…
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Making Observations of the Text: Step 2 in Creative Digital Sermon Prep
In step two of our Creative Digital Sermon Prep we focus on making observation of our Biblical text using things like notes in Logos Bible Software, a word processor, a tablet with inking capabilities or some other tool.
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Morris Proctor MPSeminars.com Logos Bible Software Training Review
If you use Logos Bible Software, you should consider Morris Proctors MPSeminars.com. I review this training subscription service here and on YouTube. See my video and read the review here.
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iPhone 11 Pro Max Review for Pastors and Ministers
I bought an iPhone 11 Pro Max. Find out how well it works in a minister’s life and why a minister might want to consider the upgrade.
