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Gordon’s 2013 Schedule


GORDON’S 2013 SCHEDULE

 

FIRST QUARTER

        Southwest US Evangelists Retreat — Salt Lake City

        February 4-6

        Teach on subject of “Speak To Men For Their Strengthening”

        Los Angeles International Church of Christ 

        March 18-21

        All-Church Ministry Training t

        Subject: “Paul: the Man, His Message and Ministry”

     
       Teacher Team Meeting (for Cooperation Churches)

        March 24-27

        Teacher, Elder, Evangelist Teams meeting separately and collectively

        Los Angeles

 
SECOND QUARTER

        Ukrainian Institute of Ministry

        May or September — Dates TBA

        Ministry Staff Training — one course (dates and subjects to be determined)

        Shepherding Training (non-staff) – one course (dates and subjects TBD)

        Kiev Church Leadership Discipling and Training – various sessions

        Kiev, Ukraine

        Los Angeles International Church of Christ

        June 11-12, 18-19

        All-Church Ministry Training

        Subject: To Be Determined

 

THIRD QUARTER

        International Campus Ministry Conferences

        July 4-7

        Teaching Classes on the Book of Revelation         

        San Diego, California or Orlando, Florida

        Teaching Leaders and Churches in Washington, DC Area

        August 10-11

        Washington, DC

        Ukrainian Institute of Ministry

        September — if not May

        Ministry Staff Training – one course (dates and subjects to be determined)

        Shepherding Training (non-staff) – one course (dates and subjects TBD)

        Kiev Church Leadership Discipling and Training – various sessions

        Kiev, Ukraine


FOURTH QUARTER

        Preaching and Teaching in the Mekong Region

        November (exact dates to be arranged)

        Location: likely in Vietnam  

        Courses for Ministry Track and Shepherding Track – To be determined

       
        Southwest Leader Retreat

        November 6-7

        Long Beach, California

       
        Southwest Christian Conference

        November 8-10

        Long Beach, California

        Los Angeles International Church of Christ

        December 3-4, 10-11

        All-Church Ministry Training

        Subject: To Be Determined


NOTE:  The schedule this year is much less certain than in recent years, due both to my developing role in the Los Angeles church and the uncertainty regarding my teaching in other places until the LA part is fully developed. Therefore, expect this schedule to be altered fairly frequently!

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INTRODUCTION TO ARTICLES

 This section of the web site contains my personal articles that address a variety of topics for a variety of types of readers.  Many of these articles have been posted on other web sites, such as Disciples Today and various web sites of churches.  Some have been posted on the web site of my local congregation, the Phoenix Valley Church of Christ (phoenixvalleychurch.org).  Others have been posted on the Greater Houston Church web site (thegreaterhoustonchurch.com) since I have been working closely with them for the past couple of years. This web site also contains quite a few audio sermons I have preached there in recent months.

My articles have been written over quite a span of time, which should be kept in mind by the reader.  Although some editing and updating of articles may be a possibility, many need to remain in their original context in order to make complete sense.  Therefore, the date on which the article was written will be included at the end of many articles, to help give the readers a context.  While I might word some things differently if I were writing them today, the timing of the writing sheds some light on where I was at the time of writing and on where our movement of churches was when I wrote the original document.  The benefit of taking this approach is that some important historical aspects become obvious.  The possible downside is if the reader doesn’t take into account my progress as a writer or the progress of our movement.  Thus, I ask for your grace as you read older articles especially!

When I add new articles to the web site (which may or may not be newly written), they will appear at the top of the list. The longer they have been on the site, the further down the list they will be. For those of you who have already read the other articles, this will help you spot the new ones more easily. God bless you for taking the time to read and learn.  True disciples of Jesus will always maintain a thirst for growth in knowledge and in life generally.  May this column provide some help with those worthy endeavors.

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It is the purpose of this column on the web site to provide biblical answers to questions that are difficult, and for that reason, perhaps debatable.  But since they are asked at times by those with questioning minds, they deserve to be addressed.   While my intent is not to be controversial in this column, neither is it to avoid challenging topics.  When different answers are given by brothers who are well-grounded biblically, that should tell us two things:  one, not all biblical subjects are made totally clear in Scripture; and two, since that is the case, we had best avoid dogmatism on such subjects.  Some topics are clarified quite well in the Bible, others have little or nothing mentioned about them (thus remaining a mystery), while still others have only enough mentioned about them to allow us to reach tentative conclusions.  It is the questions falling into that third category that this column will most often address.

Since these questions may require some detail in answering them, new questions and answers will be found at a rate of about twice per month.  Feel free to send in questions that you would like to see answered.  They may or may not find their way into this column, but they will be given due consideration.  May you enjoy the reading and be prompted to dig into Scripture more deeply for yourself!

Hard Questions Answered

It is the purpose of this column on the web site to provide biblical answers to questions that are difficult, and for that reason, perhaps debatable.  But since they are asked at times by those with questioning minds, they deserve to be addressed.   While my intent is not to be controversial in this column, neither is it to avoid challenging topics.  When different answers are given by brothers who are well-grounded biblically, that should tell us two things:  one, not all biblical subjects are made totally clear in Scripture; and two, since that is the case, we had best avoid dogmatism on such subjects.  Some topics are clarified quite well in the Bible, others have little or nothing mentioned about them (thus remaining a mystery), while still others have only enough mentioned about them to allow us to reach tentative conclusions.  It is the questions falling into that third category that this column will most often address.

Since these questions may require some detail in answering them, new questions and answers will be added at a rate that my present teaching schedule allows. My original plan was to add a question of this type once or twice per month, but I have been unable to accomplish this due to a very packed schedule (and due to raising my gift of procrastination to an art form level!). However, feel free to send in questions that you would like to see answered.  They may or may not find their way into this column, but they will be given due consideration.  May you enjoy the reading and be prompted to dig into Scripture more deeply for yourself!