http://pastorpaulp.com Life, Preaching, and the Pursuit of Pastoring Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:00:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Four Corners area is defined by being undefined. There is no town square and there is no center of the city. Mostly, it is short term vacation rentals, and the locals are here to serve people's vacation dreams. It can be summed up by saying, "just another day in ... http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=222 Since January 2010 we have been preparing and praying for the place God would have us. All that we knew to do was to put our house on the market, and begin making contacts. We were blessed to see our house go under contract in April and close in June. I ... http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=204 When are we going to move? The short answer: we don’t know. Long answer: We are in a perfect storm of not being able to pre-qualify for a mortgage until I have a job.  So I am working on finding a job and a salary in order to pre-qualify us so ... http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=212 Why a church plant? Tracy and I were praying if God would have us plant a church somewhere, specifically in the coastal region of South Carolina or Central Florida. I have always seen myself as someone who can come into a situation and make it better, versus being a guy who ... http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=210 This is from Matthew 18:21:35 given on a Wednesday Night at Mountaintop Community Church. My message was preceded by this video from 36parables. The Unforgiving Servant:[audio:http://40dayblog.com/audio/The Unmerciful Servant1.mp3] The Unforgiving Servant You can right-click on the link in order to download the audio. http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=200 Here is the audio from my two latest messages at Mountaintop Church. These were given in the Wednesday night service on March 24 and 31. Message 1:[audio:http://40dayblog.com/audio/Phil1_1-11.mp3] Phil 1:1-11 You can right-click on the link in order to download the audio. Message 2:[audio:http://40dayblog.com/audio/Phil1_12-30.mp3] Phil 1:12-30 http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=193 This message is based on Hebrews 12, and was preached at Mountaintop Church on Sunday Jan. 31, 2010. Here's a link to a blank outline, and a link to the filled in outline. . [audio:http://40dayblog.com/audio/Enduring Disciple.mp3] Right click on this link to download the message. http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=183 This is the gospel presented through the wordless book. It was given at Mountaintop Church at a family service, which included people from the ages of 5 to 75. The Wordless Book from Pastor Paul on Vimeo. http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=145 I'm heading back to Cork, South Africa in just a couple of days. I don't know what's going to happen on the trip, except that I'll get ot preach on my birthday, and there's going to be a well dug, so the village can have access to clean water. ... http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=83 I had the opportunity to preach for my church's Wednesday night service. I didn't have too much time to prepare because of some work for school, and preaching Easter Sunday at Rocky Ridge, so I took my first message I preached at Rocky Ridge entitled "Remember," and expanded it. I ... http://pastorpaulp.com/?p=129