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Mark D. Roberts

Part 1 of series: Letting Go of a Church Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series On June 30, 1991, I preached my first sermon as Senior Pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church. On September 30, 2007, I preached my last sermon as pastor of this fine church. That afternoon I got into my…

Roger Overton of The A-Team Blog announces the forthcoming publication of The New Media Frontier, to be published in September 2008 by Crossway. I have one chapter in this book, “Pastors and the New Media.” You’ll recognize many other others as some of the finest Christian thinkers and bloggers, including: Hugh Hewitt, John Mark Reynolds,…

Yesterday I introduced my new daily devotional at The High Calling. As I explained, this website is part of the larger ministry of Laity Lodge (and the HEB Foundation), where I am now serving as Senior Director and Scholar-in-Residence. The High Calling of our Daily Work website seeks to encourage ordinary people to see their…

Beginning today, I have a new daily devotional. It’s found at The High Calling. This website is part of the larger ministry of Laity Lodge (and the HEB Foundation), where I am now serving as Senior Director and Scholar-in-Residence. I’ll be writing what is called the Daily Reflection. The format will be very much like…

This has been a strange Christmas for me and my family. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that we moved from California to Texas a few months ago. I left Irvine Presbyterian Church after sixteen and a half years as Senior Pastor to join the staff of Laity Lodge. My…

Excerpt “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 Click here to read all of John 13:34-35 Prayer O Lord, today I’m impressed to pray for Your church. Thank You for the ways that we demonstrate to the world that we are Your disciples…

One of my “must read” websites is Christianity Today’s out of Ur. If you’re unfamiliar with this website, or if you haven’t been keeping up, check out their “Top 10 Posts of 2007.” I agree that their first entry, “Willow Creek Repents,” is a huge one.

My family and I are in California for the holidays, seeing family and friends, hanging out at old haunts, etc. The other day I took a walk along one of the lakes in Irvine. (Yes, it is man-made.) Texas has some fantastic sunsets. But Irvine doesn’t do poorly in this regard either. Both photos were…

Part 4 in the series: More Christmas Carol Surprises Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Three years ago I posted the list of the top 25 Christmas songs according to ASCAP (The American Society of Composers and Publishers). This list reflects the songs that have been performed the most in the past…

Part 3 in the series: More Christmas Carol Surprises Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series I can still remember the moment many years ago when my youth leader at church said, “You know, ‘Jingle Bells’ really isn’t a Christmas carol. It’s more of a winter song.” I was stunned. This had never…
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