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I have purchased the site, Arminiantoday.com.  All my posting will soon be done at the new site.  I have enjoyed Blogger but decided I wanted to have the rights to the site.  Subscribe in a reader...

Awhile back I noticed a troubling trend. Most of the keywords that were drawing people to this site were related to controversial or critical posts. It is, of course, no surprise that a blog that is critical or known for controversy generates far more traffic and conversation than a blog that is more tepid. However, I didn’t like the trend. The main reason is that I don’t want to be the guy who is always critical. I don’t want...

As a father of three girls under the age of 10 I know that they are an interesting, entertaining, and creative lot. I am consistently caught off-guard with their cuteness and humor only to be left responding with belly laughs. A main cause for this is the unexpected way that they see and respond to the world around them. In light of this, I am happy to recommend my little girl Alaynah’s blog for other little girls. The blog is called Birdy&...

I go back and forth on whether or not to move over full time to Wordpress.  There are many things I like about Wordpress over Blogger but the one drawback is the Scripture add that allows the Scriptures that I quote to be easily brought up in a pop-up window on the site.  Wordpress still lacks this application.  In terms of how easy it is to post, to moderate comments, and the appearance, I like Wordpress over Blogger.You can check...

I am now allowing some advertising on Ordinary Pastor. While this has become more or less standard in the blogging world, the decision to do so for me comes after some considerable reflection. One of the bottom line reasons for doing so is the amount of time it takes to run a blog with fresh content. Another big reason is the number of children we have who wear braces. To be honest, deferring that cost a bit would be great. This seems like an opp...

As I mentioned in my review yesterday I have a couple of copies of Slave by John MacArthur available for giveaway. The contest will run this week and I will plan to announce the winners and get the copies out in the mail by Friday afternoon. Here is how you can get enter: 1. Subscribe to Ordinary Pastor’s Feed & leave a comment below stating that you want the book. 2. Follow the Ordinary Pastor blog on Twitter 3. Retweet this post on Tw...

I have not kept up a blog roll on this site. This is nothing personal, just that I have not had the time to research very many sites; I have the ones I use and then, well, I don’t spend too much more time on blogs. I am however, very thankful to the kind folks who have linked to this site in the past. You have helped this site grow far better than I could have. Now with the renewed emphasis on this blog, in particular trying to serve pastor...

Why do people blog?  For some people its an opportunity to expose their families and their lives to others who know them but perhaps don't get to visit with them much such as long distance friends or relatives.  For some people its an opportunity to express their opinions about what is on their minds such as politics, religion, sports, etc.  Some like to blog as part of their devotions.  Some blog to tear down others views suc...

Blogging is a strange thing. You write your thoughts down. Sometimes people read them. Sometimes people comment. Sometimes people email you. Over time, if you have struck a chord, you get some traction. More people are reading, commenting, linking, emailing, etc. The blog grows. A LITTLE HISTORY I was largely unaware of this whole process back in early 2006. My senior pastor and boss told me to write. So I did. He also told me to impact people wi...

Blogging is a strange thing. You write your thoughts down. Sometimes people read them. Sometimes people comment. Sometimes people email you. Over time, if you have struck a chord, you get some traction. More people are reading, commenting, linking, emailing, etc. The blog grows. A LITTLE HISTORY I was largely unaware of this whole process back in early 2006. My senior pastor and boss told me to write. So I did. He also told me to impact people wi...