Pastor Z. M. D. McGregor's Blog – July 2009 Archive (5)

So let me see if I got this straight --



World renowned Harvard professor and best-selling author Henry Louis Gates, Jr. comes home from a trip abroad to communist China where he was filming a video about America. His driver brings him to his home in Cambridge Massachusetts, and he notices his front door is jammed or otherwise locked. He cannot get in. He goes around back (as all of us would) and finds a way into his home. A concerned neighbor calls the police and the police show up.… Continue

My favorite chapter in T. David Gordon’s 'Why Johnny Can’t Preach' is Chapter 4: "A Few Thoughts About Content." After wrestling with the nature of preaching for 25 years, Gordon has concluded that the content of Christian preaching should be the person, character, and work of Christ. Kind of makes sense. Of course, preaching will included moral exhortation, but it is never appropriate, says Gordon, “for one word of moral counsel ever to proceed from a Christian pulpit that is not… Continue

Latest in i.m. tech has burst on the scene and its called twitter! I love it. Though it has its drawbacks, twitter allows us to post scriptures, and simple messages and thoughts for the benefit of others to read. I would like to encourage every minister to do two things: 1) Join twitter and connect with me the site. My profile name is 'zion1906'. 2) Establish your own account and as you feel led, share your thoughts, ecouragements, exhortations, and prayers with others.



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This week I attended the best preaching conference south of the Mississippi. Joel C. Gregory, Maurice Watson, J. Alfred Smith, Robert Smith, James Earl Massey, Freddy Haynes, A.L. Patterson, H.B. Charles, Jr., and of course, my pastor Ralph D. West, Sr. The theme this year was 'Preaching That Builds People'.



Since the passing of Dr. Bailey several years ago, the future of the conference was some what uncertain. This year marked the revival of the conference and a new direction as… Continue

A British newspaper conducted a study of the 10 major cities in North America to discover and rank the most "gospel impacted" cities. According to the study results, DFW (Dallas/Ft. Worth) is ranked #1 as the metroplex with the most openly professing, "gospel impacted" people. However, they conducted an additional study on the most 'Transformed' cities as a result of the gospel, and DFW came in last. In other words, DFW is a metroplex that has been impacted by the gospel, and let me qualify… Continue