It is no secret to those who know me that I am a HUGE fan of technology – especially Bible software.  It is also no secret that Logos has completely changed my mind on the necessity of Bible software as an aid in studying Scripture.  Additionally, I am super excited to announce that Logos has launched their Logos 4 for Mac ship day givaway!

Logos Bible Software is giving away thousands of dollars of prizes to celebrate the launch of Logos Bible Software 4 Mac on October 1. Prizes include an iMac, a MacBook Pro, an iPad, an iPod Touch, and more than 100 other prizes!

They’re also having a special limited-time sale on their Mac and PC base packages and upgrades. Check it out!

Pssst…I’m asking God to intervene so I can win the iMac for my office

I’m back…

First, I want to thank my web/blog designers Chris and Erin for designing an incredible site.  Thank you Chris for masterfully handling the coding and hacking.  Also, thanks Erin for the design work – especially the color selection.  My web designers, Chris and Erin of Arcane Palette Creative Design, spent the last two weeks porting my blog from TypePad (my previous blogging platform) to WordPress.  This has been a big project-much bigger than I expected.  Oh, I only wished I had started with WordPress when I began blogging two years ago.  You’ll notice several changes:

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I started blogging "unofficially" on MySpace as a hobby.  Now it’s a vital part of my ministry portfolio. I plan to use it to supplement my weekend messages.

Don’t you wish blogger or typepad had been around 2,000 years ago. I wonder if Jesus would have blogged?  What an RSS feed that would have been!

I thought I would hit the pause button and share the top ten reasons why I decided to "professionally" blog:

1) I want to be a good steward of God’s ideas. God has given me so much…He has taught me so much…I would be wrong not to pass along what I’ve learned that might be able to help others. My blog is one way I "take my thoughts captive"–II Corinthians 10:5.

2) Too often we remember what we should forget and forget what we should remember. My blog helps me remember what God doesn’t want me to forget.

3) Blogging is therapeutic. It helps me process thoughts and emotions. I believe blogging will make me a better leader.  It will make me accountable.  It will keep me humble.  Just as preaching keeps the preacher always learning, I believe blogging will keep me on the learning edge of leadership.

4) Habakkuk 2:2 says, "Write down the revelation." Blogging is one way I write down what God is revealing to me.

5) Blogging is a form of digital discipleship.  I can’t disciple a thousand people one-on-one or face-to-face.  Blogging is asynchronous discipleship.  It’s e-vangelism.

6) Blogging is marking my trail with breadcrumbs like Hansel and Gretel.  Jeremiah 31:21 says, "Set up road signs; put up guideposts.  Mark well the path by which you came."

7) I blog for my children’s children.  My grandkids will know what I was doing and thinking on February 19, 2008. They’ll be able to know my heart and read my mind.

Blogging is a form of autobiography. It helps me understand God’s storyline for my life.

9) Blogging makes Mars Hill Baptist Church an open-source church.  For better or for worse, my blog is the way I share what we’re doing at MHBC.

10) I enjoy blogging.  I don’t think it comes natural to everyone.  However, since I’ve always wanted to journal,  blogging fits the rhythm of my life and ministry.