Julian Russell is the featured speaker at Christ Church Carrollton's Parish Mission 2018, November 9-11, "Profile of a Bridge Builder." Julian will be joined by his lovely wife Christiana. Here is info from their mission organization website: Julian and Christiana grew up in Nassau...
Christ Church's Parish Mission '18 is in just a few weeks. The climax will be our guest service at 10:30am on Sunday, November 11. Our distinguished guest preacher will be the Rev. Julian Russell, a PCA missionary/church planter in Nassau, Bahamas. Julian will be preaching from Acts 11, "Profile...
Please take a moment right now to open your calendar, turn to November 9-11, and make note of our upcoming Parish Mission 2018, with Julian and Chris Russell. The Russells are PCA missionaries in the Bahamas. They will lead us in a study of Acts 11 called "Profile of a Bridge...
I am praying for James. In a lot of ways, James is just an average six-year-old boy. Three things that make him exceptional are his good looks, his sweet disposition and his high intelligence. The fourth exceptional thing about James is that his mother insists he's a girl. Just to be...
In just a few days, on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, I am currently scheduled to turn sixty years of age. To mark the occasion, I'm hosting my own sixtieth birthday party at the C2 Cafe, from 6:30pm-8:00pm. My original plan was for my party to have a "Bill-bo" Baggins theme, a la "Lord...
Pastoral care--looking after one another and helping one another--is deeply engrained in church life, by Jesus' own command. In John 13:34-35, for instance, the Lord tells his people: "I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this...
In the book of Acts, the author Luke uses the words “the Way” six times to talk about those who seek to follow Jesus. If you check, you will find "the Way" (Greek, τὴν Ὁδὸν) used in this fashion in Acts 9:2, 19:9, 19:23, 22:4, 24:14, and 24:22...
It was four years ago this month that I first met Dustin William Messer. On August 10, 2014, he and his awesome wife Whitney visited Christ Church Carrollton for the very first time. I loved them both instantly! Over coffee after the service, Dustin shared his interest in ministry and his...
My fourth hero, Otis Allan Glazebrook, is someone I've never met and someone you've probably never even heard of. Born in 1845, he died in 1931, twenty-seven years before I was born. Even so, I can honestly say Glazebrook has had a profound influence on my life. In fact, he may actually have had...
Do you know what a "prebendary" is? Neither did I, the first time I met one! In contemporary usage, the title "prebendary" is given to senior clergy in the Church of England in recognition of distinguished service. The only prebendary I've ever known is my third hero, the Rev. Dick Lucas...