False Teachers

In light of the recent noise concerning Rob Bell's video promotion of his upcoming book, I thought I would share a link to two sermons preached by Dr. Shawn Merrithew of Morningview Baptist Church titled "Beware of False Teachers." This is purely the providence of God as this is the fruit of his exposition of the book of Matthew and in no way a response to anything recent (though he does reference Bell in the second part).

I believe the messages are both timely and helpful in discerning truth, as we live in the daily tension of the epic confrontation between the truth and the lie. I pray they will be beneficial to those who are trying to discern what teachers are proclaimers of truth and what teaching they ought to place themselves under.

Beware of False Teachers

Dr. Shawn Merithew

Matthew 16:1-12

Series: Christ in Real Life, Real Life in Christ

Beware of False Teachers, Part 2

Dr. Shawn Merithew

Matthew 16:1-12

Series: Christ in Real Life, Real Life in Christ

Finally Arrived

It is good to finally be here at Morningview Baptist Church and have my feet on the ground. It is even better to be part of the Mornigview family. As part of that family, I am excited about the opportunity to get to know everyone better. I am proud of they have held things together during the interim, and am encouraged by their openness to change. Mt friend Randy Breedlove had long and very successful ministry here and I know he will be missed. However, I am honored to follow him here and I know God has opened a new chapter in the life of this family.

That new chapter offers all sorts of new opportunities and adventures. We have a chance to rethink everything we do, how we do it and why we do it. We have a chance to rethink what family and student ministry is, should be and can be. We have a chance to be the best we can be, and do the best we can do to honor God and glorify him through our lives, our families, and our ministries. When we set our hearts and minds on that, we will find ourselves being transformed by God in our lives, used by God in our families, and delighting in God in our ministries.

In the next few weeks, we will have a great opportunity to get to know each other as God challenges us to rethink what is normal, through Disciple Now 2011. I will be meeting with all of the adult leaders at a Students Leaders Lunch on the 27^th and with the SALT Team on the following Wednesday (March 2), during the small group time (7-8 pm). In the weeks following that, I will be meeting with the Sunday School Leadership Team, FUEL Small Group Leaders, Drama Team, Worship Band, FUEL A/V Team, and other individual teams and leadership groups in order to begin to evaluate each ministry element and develop a comprehensive strategy for moving forward. We also hope to get a chance to meet each family individually over the next few months and we will have a Family Meeting with all student families each quarter beginning with the summer (sometime in May).

I pray this gives you a vision of how we are going to move forward and what we all have to look forward to as a church family as we transition to a Student and Family Ministry Model with family equipping and spiritual leadership as its focus.