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BridgeCast: Tell Us What Your Really Think (tBC003)

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Today, I read Psalm 20, give a book review of What Every Pastor Should Know, and offer a free audio book. Listen/download here.

:00:00 – Introduction
:01:04 – Psalm 20
:02:21 – Book Review of “What Every Pastor Should know”
:27:19 – Free book offer

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Reading of Psalm 20 (01:04)
Psalms 20:1-9 (NASB)

1 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! 2 May He send you help from the sanctuary
And support you from Zion! 3 May He remember all your meal offerings
And find your burnt offering acceptable ! Selah .
4 May He grant you your heart’s desire
And fulfill all your counsel ! 5 We will sing for joy over your victory ,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.
6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand. 7 Some boast in chariots and some in horses,
But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God. 8 They have bowed down and fallen,
But we have risen and stood upright. 9 Save , O LORD;
May the King answer us in the day we call.

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Book Review (02:21)

WhatEveryPastorShouldKnowI was highly disappointed with this book. Pastor, leave this book alone.
“101 Indispensable Rules of Thumb for Leading Your Church”
I take the word “indispensable” to mean “absolutely necessary”. I would have been happier with the title being “101 Suggested Rules of Thumb for Leading Your Non-profit Organization.

Updated at 9:55PM Mountain Time on Jan. 20, 2014 with this link to a written book review at 9Marks.org. (A review is not an endorsement.)

 


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Free Book Offer (27:19)
RadicalThis offer is good from January 20-25, 2014. To enter, comment below with a suggestion for a book review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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theBridgeCast (tBC002)

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Recently on BridgeCast I interviewed the pastor of First Baptist Church in Provo, UT. Russ Robinson gave me about 45 minutes of his time to answer some question about his life, family, and church. Listen to the conversation and/or download here.

tBC002 timeline: Total length of interview – 51:19

DSCF837800:00 – Intorduction
04:38 – Interview with Russ Robinson
04:55 – Russ and his family
06:50 – Conversion Testimony
16:49 – Just Do Something – Kevin DeYoung, Total Church – Tim Chester & Steve Timmis
21:43 – Good Day To Be The Church (10 Indictments sermon by Paul Washer)
25:02 – Advice to young pastors/church planters
29:50 – Training of Children
36:25 – Time Managment
38:53 – Sermon Preparation
46:19 – Significant Scripture (1 Timothy 4:11-16)
49:31 – Conclusion

Thanks for listening today. May the Lord bless His name by the faithful ministry of the Word that Russ Robinson is committed to through the local church, First Baptist Church in Provo, UT. Share this with others via Facebook, Twitter, Google+, eMail, etc…

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theBridgeCast (tBC001)

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Here it is… the debut episode of theBridgeCast.

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For some time I’ve been planning to launch into this venture and have finally jumped in. Back in 1985 (wow that sounds like a long time ago) I was introduced to radio broadcasting through a friend, David Sparks. David was working at the college radio station and would invite me in upon occasion as a guest on his morning show. Eventually David talked me in to taking a shot at applying to work at the station and I was hired to fill a time slot that couldn’t hurt the station.

This online broadcast is quite different than those days at KWLD. I’m not required to have a license from the FCC to broadcast online (I still have my FCC license) I’m not introducing music, I’m not giving time and weather updates, or running public service announcements from the crash test dummies.  

For now, theBridgCast is hosted here. The recording lacks in a few ways but the deadline I set on myself required me to go ahead and publish the broadcast as is. Without any further delay… here is theBridgeCast (tBC001)

Timeline and Links from tBC001 for reference:

tBC001 total length: 00:32:16
Download to mp3 HERE

:00:00 ~ Start/Intro
:00:30 ~ Welcome and Explanation
:03:19 ~ Scripture Reading (James 1:19-27) Hearing and Doing
:10:14 ~ Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: Tell it to Jesus and Psalm 6
:14:01 ~ Church History: January 1873, Charles Spurgeon article “Acta Non Verba”
:26:42 ~ CALL TO ACTION LINKS:

:30:58 ~ Salutation and plans for January 13, 2014.

Share this broadcast with your friends and follow Paul on Twitter and Facebook #theBridge

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theBridge Annual Report

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Here are a few boring statistics of the 2013 year in blogging here at theBridge followed with some explanations of what to expect in 2014 (Lord willing).

This is actually my first full year with my blog being hosted at WordPress. I began blogging at LiveJournal in 2001, when I moved to Twin Falls, I used it so infrequently that I can’t even remember log-in and password data, and the email address attatched to to the account has been inactive for years. I am likely glad that those earliest entries into the blogging world are locked up in an online vault somewhere in cyberspace. I began consistently blogging in 2006 at www.bridgebloggin.blogspot.com (I thought that was such a cool name then, now I’m embarrassed of it). In blogging years that may make me as old as Methuselah.

I’ve never causes a server melt-down because of high traffic volumes. I’m sometimes amazed at what gets read and what doesn’t get read. I posted 151 posts in 2013, setting a new record for me. Those 151 posts generated 20,722 pageviews from over 62 countries. (all statistics are from Google Analytics and Reporting)

Total visitor count:

  1. 8,484 from United States
    • In the USA visitors from every state except Maine and Vermont
      1. 3,618 from Idaho
      2. 797 from Utah
      3. 614 from Texas
      4. 403 from California
      5. 243 from Colorado
  2. 215 from Haiti
  3. 70 from Canada

Most visits in one day:

  • November 13 with 752 visits (the day after my movie review of the Saratov Approach)

Most Viewed posts:

  1. Saratov Approach
  2. Hebrews 13:3 Day
  3. Freedom of Speech
  4. Is Your Church Youth Group Even Biblical?
  5. UNICEF and Planned Parenthood

All in all, I continue to enjoy writing. My readers have grown to accept (and enjoy at my expenses) the grammar, spelling, and typos that frequent my site.

What can you expect in 2014? I hope to continue writing. If for no other reason it is a helpful exercise for me to put thoughts and ideas in print and the feedback, push-back, sharpening, agreeing, and disagreeing with thoughts are helpful and even enjoyable. It is good to be challenged on thoughts and then exercise being kind while explaining and expressing. Not always successful, but a good discipline for me to be in.

GEIn 2014 I plan to launch my first weekly podcast (internet broadcast). I’m scheduled for my first broadcast to air on Monday, January 6, 2014. On this broadcast I hope to lay out the plan for each week and then aim to discipline myself to sitting down every week and publish the weekly broadcast. I hope you’ll consider listening in. It will be hosted here are theBridge. I don’t know if it can technically be called a “podcast” because I have not set up an iTunes account and will simply host it here (for now).

Last night, Renee helped me with the opening and closing (bumpers) for the broadcast. She’s a natural. Here is a sample of the how the show will open and close.

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