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Bye, Bye, Delve

The election is finally over!  Yes, I did lose – but only by 45,000 votes!  What a close call…  With that out of the way, it is now time for some serious blogging.  It is also time for some other news…

Iam now officially saying goodbye to the Delve into the Depths blog.  As many of you know, I have several blogs that I keep going.  Enough is enough.  I am condensing all my blogs into one at http://kevinjthompson.wordpress.com.  So, just to make sure I am clear, I will no longer be posting on this blog. 

I will keep the blog in existence alittle while for the sake of the articles I have already written.  I will also keep up the podcast page so you can still access those.  However, I will not be psoting any more here.  So, visit me over at http://kevinjthompson.wordpress.com. 

Thank you.

America’s Christian Heritage

The Returning to America’s Founding Fathers Institute is holding a special event in Wayland, MA this Tuesday evening.  The speaker will be Rick Green of Wallbuilders, an organization which has been recognized nationally for its work in education, history, law, and public policy, integrating the elements of faith and morality throughout all aspects of American life and culture.  Rick has served in both church and state, being a leader not only in his local church but as a Texas State Representative as well. Rick has influenced tens of thousands of Americans to become salt and light in their communities, helping them understand their dual citizenship and responsibilities both as citizens of Heaven and of America.

 This evening will focus on such questions as:

 ·  What were America’s founding fathers really like?

·  What was the religion of the founding fathers?

·  Were they really secularists?

·  Did the founding fathers incorporate Christianity into civil government?

 The event will take place at:

 Celebration International Church
6 Loker Street Wayland, MA 01778

7:00pm – $5 admission

To confirm you attendance or for more information, please contact Tom Haskins.  
Download a flyer for this event here – raff-rick-green-event1.pdf

Choir Clinic at North Baptist Church

You’re Invited to a Choir Clinic

with Evangelist Byron Foxx 

Saturday, August 25 at 1:00 PM at North Baptist Church

of Brockton, Massachusetts

Revival Meetings Each Evening

Monday, August 27 through Wednesday, August 29

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 508-580-1400

on the web: www.nbc-sscs.org or  

bibletruthmusic.com

Byron Foxx was born January 8, 1964. He has lived most of his life in his hometown of Newport News, VA, where he also currently resides.

Brother Foxx was saved May 18, 1972. He received Jesus Christ as his Savior that night following a message preached about the crucifixion of our Lord.

At age 12, Brother Foxx yielded to the call on his life to full-time Christian service. He began playing the piano for his church at age 13, and began preaching at age 15.

He married his best friend on earth, Renee Parisher, July 9, 1983. They have two children: Micah and Rachel.

He attended three Bible colleges, then served 12 years on staff at Bethel Baptist Church, in Hampton, VA. He started Bible Truth Music in 1987 and serves today as president/founder.

Since Oct 21, 1994, Brother Foxx has worked full-time as an evangelist. He preaches about 500 times per year, being in 1-3 churches every week.

The Foxxs’ are members of Calvary Baptist Church of Smithfield, VA. Their pastor is Brother Dan Gray.

Bible Truth Music serves 3,000 churches with new churches coming on board weekly. BTM publishes music for choir, gospel songbooks, Christmas and Easter cantatas, piano books and recordings. The music is Christ-centered, Bible-based and evangelistic. Some of the finest music writers and arrangers today are published by BTM, including: Harold DeCou, W. Elmo Mercer, Glenn & Jan Christianson, Mike Zachary, Brett Bedwell, Dennis Stremming, Larry Brubaker, Larry Carrier, and Byron & Renee Foxx.

Click here for Brother Foxx’s Itinerary

18 Signs that You’re a Fundamentalist Preacher That Might Need to Study More for Your Sermons

Happy Blogiversary

Greg Linscott over at Current Christian got my attention with this article.

Blogging Celebrates its First Decade

Ministry or Marketing?

Sharper Iron had an interesting article the other day on summer college traveling groups.  it is worth your read:

http://www.sharperiron.org/2007/07/18/college-summer-ensembles-ministry-or-marketing

A Personal Update

It’s been a little while since this blog has been updated, so here’s a little udate:

The biggest news, of course, is that I am now married!  On June 23rd, Jill and I were finally married!  It was one of the greatest moments of my life.  I look forward to spending the rest of my days as a happily married man.  I am still amazed how the Lord sent Jill into my life, and am eternally thankful for such a virtuous woman. 

At North Baptist, I have once again started a teen Sunday school class.  This week was our first week and had five in attendance.  Soon we will be starting a series in Jonah.  If I get the time, I’ll post the notes here each week.

The campaign is going well.  The big events coming up are the debates.  If you would like updates to as exactly what’s going, check out the campaign website at www.thompson07.com.

Top ten things you’ll never hear a dad say

I just got this in an e-mail:

10. Well, how ’bout that? I’m lost! Looks like we’ll have to stop and ask for directions.

9. You know Pumpkin, now that you’re thirteen, you’ll be ready for unchaperoned car dates. Won’t that be fun?

8. I noticed that all your friends have a certain hostile attitude. I like that.

7. Here’s a credit card and the keys to my new car. GO CRAZY!!

6. What do you mean you wanna play football? Figure skating’s not good enough for you, son?

5. Your Mother and I are going away for the weekend. You might want to consider throwing a party.

4. Well, I don’t know what’s wrong with your car. Probably one of those doo-hickey thingies–ya know–that makes it run or something. Just have it towed to a mechanic and pay whatever he asks.

3. No son of mine is going to live under this roof without an earring. Now quit your belly-aching, and let’s go to the mall.

2. Whaddya wanna go and get a job for? I make plenty of money for you to spend.

1. What do I want for my birthday? Aahh — don’t worry about that. It’s no big deal. (Okay, they might say it. But they don’t mean it)

Delve Update – Kevin Thompson for Congress

For the past couple of weeks, my faithful Delve into the Depths Blog readers have been noticing a peculiar absence of activity.  There is good reason for this.  I sent this e-mail out a few weeks ago to some people and thought it might now be appropriate to post experts from it here:

On May 9th, Congressman Marty Meehen is expected to announce his resignation from Congress.  Already several Democrats are lining up to fill the vacancy.  Though a few Republicans have expressed interest, none of them seems to be generating excitement.  What is worse, none of those considering running are willing to stand up for Constitutional principals and Biblical values. 

As many of you already know, last year I left the Republican Party, fed up with their moral compromise on issues ranging from abortion to homosexual “marriage.”  I joined the Constitution Party and cast my lot with those who are dedicated to God, family and the Republic.  I’ve never felt more at home.

Now as a leader of the party, we have been searching for a candidate to run in this special election to fill the vacant Congressional seat in the Massachusetts 5th district.  It is important for us to run someone who will be our standard bearer, getting the message out.  We need to let people know that there are candidates who will not cower away from truth, but have a commitment to honor God and do what is right.  A person who you can vote for, not merely vote against as the lesser of two evils. 

Unfortunately, while several such potential candidates have expressed interest in 2008, no one has expressed interest in this particular interest.  I found this frustrating and disappointing.  Then, a thought suddenly occurred to me.  This thought really only consisted of two words – why not?  If I do sincerely feel someone ought to run – why not me? 

I am sending you this e-mail to let you know that I will be running for Congress in the Massachusetts 5th District with the Constitution Party.  I realize that I most likely will not win, or even come close.  But that is not why I am running.  I am running because someone has to.  Someone has to be willing to let people know there is a candidate who still acknowledges God’s providence and sovereignty in the affairs of our nation.  Someone needs to stand up to the constant onslaught against the traditional family and say, “Enough!”  Someone needs to stand tall and point out that the Constitution is not merely a historical, irrelevant document.  I will be this candidate.

I still believe the most important thing I can do for my country is stay in my current position.  I am still the assistant pastor of North Baptist Church and the principal of South Shore Christian School.  I have no intention of leaving those positions. 

(Though let me make it perfectly clear that North Baptist Church and South Shore Christian School in no way endorses, condones, supports, or encourages in any way this candidacy or any candidacy.)

This nation needs Christian men and women to step out and spread the gospel of grace, fulfilling the great commission.  That is our priority and greatest task. 

Yet, at the same time, Christianity was never meant to be lived merely within the four walls of a church building.  It must be taken out into the world to influence every realm of life, including politics and government.  I have yet to see a Christian preacher look down upon our founding fathers as mixing religion and politics.  Several signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were preachers.  Preacher were then looked at not as mere leaders of a church, but leaders in the community as well.  I am not forsaking my call to full time ministry, but expanding it.

Because I most likely will not win this race, I have the liberty of setting my own schedule and running this campaign the way I see fit.  I will not be taking any time off from North Baptist or South Shore Christian School.  Much of this campaign will be run from our website and through advertisements, interviews and direct mail.  Several times each month (on weekends and evenings) I will be in the district stumping where I can and getting the word out personally. 

I would like to ask for all of your prayers.  Our first step is getting the 2,000 signatures required to get on the ballot.  Praise the Lord, our party is blessed to have Nicholas Sumbles in our midst.  Nicholas is an expert in the field of ballot access and had committed himself to helping me not only with ballot access but with fund raising as well (as most of my resources are going toward the most exciting part of my life, my summer wedding to Jill).  Our two biggest goals would be (1) to be included in the debates and (2) to get our party some name recognition that would help our 2008 candidates.

I would invite all of you to visit my campaign website, www.thompson07.com.  I would also covet any advice you would have for me concerning this campaign and the website.  But most of all, please keep me in prayer.

 Because of this, I will limit my blogging to the official campaign blog.  I will still continue to post my sermon outlines on here as they are preached.  I may also post some other things from time to time.  Both the radio station and the podcast will be suspended until after the election (sometime in October).    Thank you for your understanding.