tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65840513329875767322024-02-07T18:03:53.784-08:00Christian Heritage ConferenceYou are invited to join us as we learn more about our rich Christian heritage this October 25-26, at Lafitte Baptist Church’s Annual Christian Heritage Conference on John Bunyan, the life, writings, and times of the most widely read author in history.
Help us promote this opportunity to learn about a hero of the faith. Tell others!Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02529290604809097266noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584051332987576732.post-21279554544141615052007-10-08T15:37:00.000-07:002007-10-08T15:39:57.131-07:00Bulletin Insert<a href="http://www.bulletininserts.org/bunyan.html">Here is a link</a> to the bulletin insert about Bunyan we used in our church on Sunday. I hope it is a help.Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02529290604809097266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584051332987576732.post-25015903048646342342007-10-01T15:55:00.000-07:002007-10-01T15:57:06.260-07:00Book Store!I also wanted to remind everyone that there will be great books at great prices offered before each session and during the intermission each night of the Heritage Conference. Dr. Newton's books will be available. <a href="http://www.solid-ground-books.com/">Solid Ground Christian Bookstore </a>will be there as well with a wide variety of great books. Check out their website for an idea of what kind of books they offer.Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02529290604809097266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584051332987576732.post-61960277106748633432007-10-01T15:45:00.000-07:002007-10-01T15:57:34.711-07:00Bunyan PoemHere is a Bunyan poem I was blessed to read this week.<br /><br /><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:13;color:maroon;" >Meditation Upon The Day Before The Sun Rising</span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:13;color:maroon;" ><br /> </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0in; width: 1.25in;" width="120"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0in; width: 15pt;" valign="top" width="20"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /></td> <td style="padding: 0in;" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:maroon;" >But all this while, where's he whose golden rays<br /> Drives night away and beautifies our days?<br /> Where's he whose goodly face doth warm and heal,<br /> And show us what the darksome nights conceal?<br /> Where's he that thaws our ice, drives cold away?<br /> Let's have him, or we care not for the day.<br /> Thus 'tis with who partakers are of grace,<br /> There's nought to them like their Redeemer's face.<br /><br /> <b>John Bunyan</b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02529290604809097266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584051332987576732.post-83887661329480989342007-09-29T17:49:00.000-07:002007-09-29T18:12:39.020-07:00John Bunyan and SufferingJohn Piper spoke on the life of Bunyan at the 1999 Pastor's Conference. The lecture is entitled <a href="http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/1480_To_Live_Upon_God_that_Is_Invisible/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">To Live Upon god that Is Invisible: Suffering and Service in the Life of John Bunyan</span> </a> and can be found on the <a href="http://www.desiringgod.org">Desiring God </a>website. <br /><br />The message is challenging and inspiring. It is available through desiring God as both a MP3 and a Manuscript. I hope this further fuels your enthusiasm for the conference.<br /><br /><br />Grace in Christ,<br /><br />JonathanJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02529290604809097266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584051332987576732.post-23588746261053737202007-09-28T07:28:00.000-07:002008-12-11T10:43:02.414-08:00"Pilgrim's Success"<img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/JONATH%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphLQTnU7vdsy5hTtTEvVyRwhZw4TI4aHMtMeC2EomSZTQla9MPAsCbAtQ1ktUU-wUBTduVnjy9CxaEiJo5ClrIhFeuTUWgViCqg6shuP9Zh3CCvIz6jBAtCnbUYk1El07i65vs2Ej4XVZ/s1600-h/pilgrims+progress.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphLQTnU7vdsy5hTtTEvVyRwhZw4TI4aHMtMeC2EomSZTQla9MPAsCbAtQ1ktUU-wUBTduVnjy9CxaEiJo5ClrIhFeuTUWgViCqg6shuP9Zh3CCvIz6jBAtCnbUYk1El07i65vs2Ej4XVZ/s200/pilgrims+progress.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115263311388970290" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(47, 46, 43);font-family:Lucida Sans,Lucida Grande,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><em><span style=";font-family:lucida sans;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >"Pilgrim’s Progress</span></span></em><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:lucida sans;font-size:100%;" > by John Bunyan, first published in 1678, is both the most printed and most translated English book, according to ABC News. Since the Bible was not originally written in English, it’s not the English language leader, but with over 6 billion estimated copies “sold” (there is no way to know the exact count), it is by far the best-selling and most translated book in the world." </span> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(149, 149, 149);font-family:Lucida Sans,Lucida Grande,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:78%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic;font-family:lucida sans;font-size:100%;" >The Christian Post 7/4/07</span><br />-<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I ran across this little blurb from Christian Post and thought I would share it with you in light of the upcoming conference. The picture to the Left is one of the story versions with pictures that Avia and I purchased to read to Rebekah when she is older.</span></span><br /></span>Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02529290604809097266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584051332987576732.post-34605977053907352752007-09-27T20:59:00.000-07:002008-12-11T10:43:02.777-08:00Who Is John Bunyan?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigM39Of8V3Nvx-7T2AMquI5sivEnO7qCIjyOv6EnofgIffoLRa08d8UAt0yJlL0jIWFmPQkH8QZ4P544ZSl8lJAxtraA8IX2dJ6-Zsq7Y2iNTmPk9youGX5CKaeBAQG7YVbxqIdGiPQlxm/s1600-h/John+Bunyan1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigM39Of8V3Nvx-7T2AMquI5sivEnO7qCIjyOv6EnofgIffoLRa08d8UAt0yJlL0jIWFmPQkH8QZ4P544ZSl8lJAxtraA8IX2dJ6-Zsq7Y2iNTmPk9youGX5CKaeBAQG7YVbxqIdGiPQlxm/s320/John+Bunyan1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115100278725381394" border="0" /></a><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">He wrote</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> <b>58 books, including the world’s best-seller next to the Bible, <i>The Pilgrim’s Progress</i>, translated into over 200 languages.</b> A metal worker, <b>he had no seminary training, no college degree, nothing more than an elementary school education, </b>yet, the Dean of Christ Church Seminary and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University went often to hear him preach, saying that he would give up all his formal education to touch hearts with God’s Word as well as this Baptist pastor. <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">In addition to being the pastor of his village Baptist church, <b>he was a husband and a father to four children. </b> <b>Imprisoned for preaching</b> without a license from the Anglican Church, he could have been freed to be with his beloved family with a promise not to preach. But, he considered freedom without preaching as a worse prison and so he refused and remained in limited confinement and under the constant threat of execution. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Event"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02529290604809097266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584051332987576732.post-75977246093564784212007-09-27T20:42:00.000-07:002008-12-11T10:43:03.135-08:00Directions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtO7ytlner06yDIZ2zKwg8CboGNV0Zw4ukU6VwCyUMTYqJ_C-20nPWDDGybHnYQ1t_zmxKkSZY82I0as3AbG5Q2-IOoI-z7mVHnnPaQ7cPHq0n6yo24XrzcylshdDgV6HkjfTTJAOMmxM/s1600-h/Directions,+LBC.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtO7ytlner06yDIZ2zKwg8CboGNV0Zw4ukU6VwCyUMTYqJ_C-20nPWDDGybHnYQ1t_zmxKkSZY82I0as3AbG5Q2-IOoI-z7mVHnnPaQ7cPHq0n6yo24XrzcylshdDgV6HkjfTTJAOMmxM/s320/Directions,+LBC.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115098698177416450" border="0" /></a><strong><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From Mobile:</span></strong><span style=";font-family:";" > Take I-65 North to Exit 15, turn left at the light (west) on to Celeste Road. Go 1 1/2 miles to Lafitte Road. Turn left and the church is 1/4 mile on the left.<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ></span><br /><strong><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" >From Points North:</span></strong><strong><span style=";font-family:";" > </span></strong><span style=";font-family:";" >Take I-65 South to Exit 15, turn right (west) on to Celeste Road. Go 1 1/2 miles to Lafitte Road. Turn left and the church is 1/4 mile on the left.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&cat=&address=3201+lafitte+rd&city=&state=&zipcode=36571">Map Quest Directions</a><br /></o:p></p>Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02529290604809097266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584051332987576732.post-30699133392528179152007-09-27T20:28:00.000-07:002008-12-11T10:43:03.469-08:00Conference Speaker: Dr. Phil Newton<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemkuvuhgjwYIoJFqYF59Qba-APW2YdcoCMqSg3iMoRJfAkFUZ5Oo4g5TBJsH8bJ9gPupAHgjJsrl9HutzygI4EZ2prCG6EToE2B-sPVBXSbjgD6XNCZM-6Z5xHFBNr1qv7LyjMg0_qiR5/s1600-h/newton.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemkuvuhgjwYIoJFqYF59Qba-APW2YdcoCMqSg3iMoRJfAkFUZ5Oo4g5TBJsH8bJ9gPupAHgjJsrl9HutzygI4EZ2prCG6EToE2B-sPVBXSbjgD6XNCZM-6Z5xHFBNr1qv7LyjMg0_qiR5/s200/newton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115092981575945458" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Dr. Phil Newton</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">received his undergraduate education at <a href="http://www.umobile.edu"><b>The</b> <b>University of Mobile</b></a>, his MDiv from <a href="http://www.nobts.edu"><b>New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary</b></a>, and earned his DMin from <b>Fuller Theological Seminary</b>. He is a pastor, professor, and author. After pastoring three churches, Dr. Newton founded <b style=""><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.southwoodsbc.org/"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"></span></a><a href="http://www.southwoodsbc.org">South Woods Baptist Church</a> </span></b></span>in Memphis, Tennessee, where he has pastored since 1987. In the past he served as an <b>adjunct professor</b> at <b>Crichton College</b> <b>in Memphis</b> and the <b>Institut Theologique de Nimes in France</b>. He has also served as a member of the <b>State Board of Missions with the Alabama Baptist Convention</b>, and enjoys leading foreign mission trips annually. He and his wife, Karen, were married in 1975, and have five children and four grandchildren. They enjoy discussing biblical issues, reading, walking, traveling, and taking care of their children, three of which are grown and two remain at home. Dr. Newton also enjoys writing and is the<b> author of <a href="http://http://www.founders.org/library/follow.html"><i>THE WAY OF FAITH</i></a>, and</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><a href="http://http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=433312&netp_id=448067&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW">ELDERS IN CONGREGATIONAL LIFE</a>, </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">and articles which have been published in several journals. </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02529290604809097266noreply@blogger.com1