This year’s theme for our South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting is “Launch Out.” We base it on Luke 5, where the Lord Jesus Christ said to Peter, “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a great catch.” Over the past few months, my “President’s Perspective” has centered on the text. […]
I am so excited to travel around our state and share our theme for the 2016 South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting: “Launch Out,” which is based on Luke 5, where Jesus told Peter to launch out into the deep. Initially, Peter responded to Jesus’ command as you or I would have — with logic: […]
Our theme for the 2016 South Carolina Baptist Convention is Launch Out! This is based on Luke 5, where Jesus told Peter to launch out into the deep. When Christ saw a need, He acted. He was willing not only to condescend, to come to Earth, but also to interact with sinful, flawed humanity. John […]
Last time, we introduced our theme for 2016: “Launch Out!” It is based on Luke 5, as Jesus instructed Peter to “launch out” into the deep. We must launch out in prayer, evangelism, discipleship, missions and partnership! Perhaps our greatest obstacle in seeing the miracle-working power of God is our own apathy. As a pastor […]
Luke 5 tells the story of Peter kneeling in the water, washing his nets, unaware of the throngs of people around Jesus. For Peter, along with James and John, the night had been long, and there was nothing to show in their nets. Then Peter heard, “May I use your ship?” Peter left his net […]