First Baptist Church Athens http://lovingtheworld.com Thu, 17 May 2012 22:57:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2007-2011 spatterson@lovingtheworld.com (First Baptist Church - Athens, TX) spatterson@lovingtheworld.com (First Baptist Church - Athens, TX) 1440 http://lovingtheworld.com/wp-content/images/fbclogoBIG.jpg First Baptist Church Athens http://lovingtheworld.com 144 144 http://feeds.feedburner.com/fbcathens love God; live like Jesus; serve others We seek to bring the grace of Christ to the world through relevant worship, empowering people, and meeting needs. We stake our claim on grace. The whole world needs it. We have to give away what has been so freely given to us. Three desires drive us; that every person loves God, that every person grows to look like Christ, and that every person serves as Jesus served us. Our podcast is designed to get the message of Christ to the world and keep those who cannot be in our services to be connected to what God is doing here First Baptist Church, Athens, Texas, church, Kyle Henderson, Branch, Steven Patterson, missions First Baptist Church - Athens, TX First Baptist Church - Athens, TX spatterson@lovingtheworld.com no no In The Loop 5.20.12 http://lovingtheworld.com/in-the-loop/in-the-loop-5-20-12-2/ http://lovingtheworld.com/in-the-loop/in-the-loop-5-20-12-2/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 22:57:30 +0000 admin http://lovingtheworld.com/in-the-loop/in-the-loop-5-20-12-2/ 2012 Seniors In The Loop

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]]> http://lovingtheworld.com/in-the-loop/in-the-loop-5-13-12/feed/ 0 05.06.12 http://lovingtheworld.com/weekly-newsletter/05-06-12/ http://lovingtheworld.com/weekly-newsletter/05-06-12/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 20:40:31 +0000 admin http://lovingtheworld.com/?p=4330 This truck passed us on the way to Tyler. We took notice. We sped up to take the photo, then we reduced speed to give him a large buffer zone.

Why would you have this on your bumper? What could possibly explain this message?

Does having it on the bumper mean I am liable if you

suddenly jump into my lane?

 

Have you ever been driving when the unexpected happened up ahead? Years ago, I was driving to Seminary on I-20, and a light rain had fallen after a long period of hot weather. Three cars up, a vehicle lost control on the slippery surface. It did a 360. I remember honking horns, black smoke and a racing pulse. Another time, on I-70 near Keystone Ski Area, we started to descend a hill. The conditions worsened with each passing foot. There was no longer a road, but an ice-coated bobsled hill. At the base of the hill, cars began to collide and spin. Somehow we managed to “thread the needle” and passed through the terror unscathed. I exited the highway and came to a stop in a McDonald’s parking lot. I was stunned and shaken. I couldn’t drive. We just sat for an hour thinking about the close call we had on the roadway.

 

I wonder if a person can do whatever they want if they just put on a sticker that says, “I will act erratically with no apparent reason because it is what I want to do!” Can I get away with my behavior if I tell you, “Look, I’m planning on being unpredictable and unreliable, just get over it”? What happens when a person spins out of control? They often think they are acting on their own, but the world is more intimately connected than that. If they accelerate, if they suddenly change lanes, if they jam on the brakes, then the consequences ripple out on everyone.

 

In what ways am I already wearing this attitude? As I was mulling this over, I thought of Donald Miller’s statement, “Each of us live our lives like we are the star of our own movie, and everyone else is just our supporting cast.” This is the truck’s message — I am the center, you get out of my way.

 

The Butterfly Effect describes the possible massive changes caused by the flapping of the wings of a single butterfly. I’m not sure yet what to call the effect caused by one bad driver on the road, but I am sure it has consequences. In the same way, I know the way I live my life, and the choices I make in life either help the people around me or send them scurrying for cover.

 

Trying to stay in my lane,

 
]]> http://lovingtheworld.com/weekly-newsletter/05-06-12/feed/ 0 FBC Athens: Global Leadership Summit in Ethiopia http://lovingtheworld.com/in-the-loop/fbc-athens-global-leadership-summit-in-ethiopia-2/ http://lovingtheworld.com/in-the-loop/fbc-athens-global-leadership-summit-in-ethiopia-2/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 00:25:29 +0000 admin http://lovingtheworld.com/in-the-loop/fbc-athens-global-leadership-summit-in-ethiopia-2/ In November 2011, FBC Athens partnered with the International Evangelical Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to host the Willow Creek Association Global Leadership Summit. Speakers included Bill Hybels, Eleni Gabre-Mahdin, and Haile Gebrselassie.

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