Where Does the Story of Christmas Begin?

Where Does the Story of Christmas Begin?

Reaching the Next Generation is Harder and Easier Than You Think: Grab Them With Passion – Kevin DeYoung

Reaching the Next Generation is Harder and Easier Than You Think: Grab Them With Passion – Kevin DeYoung

stylos: Audio Links from 2009 Evangelical Forum

stylos: Audio Links from 2009 Evangelical Forum

Reformissionary: Summerbia: Connection Tools

Reformissionary: Summerbia: Connection Tools

What the Unchurched Don't Like About Christians - thomrainer.com

Here is a link to a very interesting post by Thom Rainer.

What the Unchurched Don't Like About Christians - thomrainer.com

Myths About the Unchurched - thomrainer.com

What we think we know about the unchurched is not always correct. Be encouraged and challenged by this post.

Myths About the Unchurched - thomrainer.com

Guest Voices: Church: Love It, Don't Leave It - On Faith at washingtonpost.com

Unfortunately, we live in an age where even Christians see church attendance as optional. This article is a helpful corrective.

Guest Voices: Church: Love It, Don't Leave It - On Faith at washingtonpost.com

What If Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? A Parable

I really am not into all-things church marketing, nor am I into Starbucks (support your local coffee shop!), but this video makes some good points.

10 Ways to Improve Your Church Worship Service

I want to heartily recommend this article by Don Whitney, Associate Professor of Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (my alma mater!) to the readers of this blog:

10 Ways to Improve Your Church Worship Service

One of the benefits of being a church plant is that we can ask ourselves, "How does Scripture say we should worship God?" and then do it! I plan on writing more about what the Puritans called the "Regulative Principle" of worship soon (I apologize for the lack of posts; my wife is injured, and I'm picking up the slack!), but for now, let this article benefit your soul--and your worship.

Watch Out for Myths About Fatherhood

Being a dad, myself, I'm grateful to Al Mohler for this Father's Day article.

Watch Out for Myths About Fatherhood

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Between Two Worlds: An Interview with Dan Phillips

I thought I would share with you all this rather insightful comment by Dan Phillips (you may know and love him from the Pyromaniacs blog). This is a wake-up call for evangelicalism--as well as something I need to remember as a church planter.

Between Two Worlds: An Interview with Dan Phillips

"Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of Yahweh our God." --Psalm 20:7

Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog. My name is Steve Hills, and I am the pastor of a very new church planting work in Suffolk, Virginia. This church plant is part of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (SBCV) church planting family. Currently, we are in the "core group" phase and are meeting for worship in my house. I am also leading an outreach Bible study through the book of Romans at the Ugly Mug Coffee and Smoothie (where I also work; I'm bivocational!). This is a very exciting time, and we are eagerly looking forward to how God is going to use us.

This blog is going to be my musings on Scripture, the Christian life, doctrine, outreach, evangelism, church planting, etc. (with maybe a little about good coffee). I know you probably have enough blogs to read, but I hope you will read this one, and I hope something in here helps you in your walk with Christ--or maybe helps you to discern if God is calling you to plant a church. Hopefully, you'll have some comments that help me out, too. Of course, if you would like to check out what we are doing and/or become a part of this plant, just contact me!