http://robedwardslive.com Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:50:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ya'all know that Perry Noble, pastor at Newspring Church in Anderson, SC is one of my heros. In fact, I want to be like Perry when I grow up. I read his blog daily...sometimes hourly. And I keep clicking the "refresh" button, because I always want there to be MORE. Well, ... http://robedwardslive.com/2008/07/01/giving-people-what-they-really-need/ When I got up this morning the smoke from the fires out in the Great Dismal Swamp had blown in, making visibility lousy and breathing challenging. Things weren't much better when we got to the church, but we managed to wheeze through it all together. Attendance was back up today, and ... http://robedwardslive.com/2008/06/29/sunday-summary-062908/ Earlier this week the Pew Charitable Trust released the results of a survey about Americans' religious landscape. Ed Stetzer from LifeWay covers it well in this post over on his blog. Neil Cole, in his book, Cultivating a Life for God: Multiplying Disciples Through Life Transformation Groups quotes Tom Clegg, co-author ... http://robedwardslive.com/2008/06/26/how-christian-are-we-really/ We're in the midst of our "tie-optional" Sundays, and I know I've really been enjoying them. With school out now it's almost impossible to predict what our attendance will be like from week to week....but I still love it! Attendance this morning was back up to what it usually is. We had ... http://robedwardslive.com/2008/06/22/sunday-summary-062208/ When I was in college I was active in the Baptist Student Union.  One semester, the discipleship group that I participated in worked our way through Richard Foster's new book Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth.  Several years later, as I was browsing the bookstore shelves at seminary, ... http://robedwardslive.com/2008/06/20/knowing-christ/