This Blog has MOVED!

...please update your blogroll and point people to my new site, Shepherdtheflock.com!

The RSS feed is: http://shepherdtheflock.com/?feed=rss2

It is with great excitement and anticipation that I announce that I have moved this blog to a different domain. Let me briefly explain:

It is not about me and my opinions. Nathancwhite might be the contributor here and at my new domain, but I want to get as far away as possible from a 'its all about me and my opinions' website. It is not about nathancwhite at all, so I am taking my blog in a slightly different direction to help convey that conviction. Instead of a simple site where I give my opinions, I envision a more pastoral, servant-minded, 'equipping the saints' kind of website.

People need good resources and direction to other Godly material, not just opinions. Thus, I pray that my new blog will provide people with a few sound resources so they are not stuck taking my word on things! Hopefully I can point people to what others are saying as well.

A podcast is in the works, which will piggy-back off of the new domain. Call me crazy, but I am entering into the webcast/podcast world. I am throwing together some professional equipment to host a weekly or bi-weekly radio show discussing different theological topics of our day. My goal (our goal; I am not doing this alone) is to provide listeners with interviews, gospel presentations, theological discussions, exposition of scripture, current events, blogsphere discussions, and street-witnessing encounters. This project is scheduled to begin in Summer 2007.

In John chapter 21, beginning in verse 15, the risen Christ asked the Apostle Peter three times ‘Peter, do you love me?’ Of course, Peter replied that he did in fact love the Lord. However, it is Jesus’ response that deserves our attention, and it is one that motivated the naming of this blog as ’shepherd the flock’. Jesus doesn’t tell Peter to make sure and obey everything he was taught. He doesn’t tell Peter to make sure and do his daily devotions. He doesn’t tell Peter to spend an hour a day in prayer or he is sinning. No, despite the great importance of these things, Jesus tells Peter three times to, “Feed My lambs”, “Tend My sheep”, and “Feed My Sheep” (ESV). In our American culture, Christianity has become a ‘me’ religion instead of a ‘us’ religion. We are to pursue holiness not in some dark corner by ourselves, but corporately with the other believer’s edification as more important than our own. Neglecting our own private worship will certainly dishonor the name of Christ, but neglecting to pursue and encourage the holiness of others will do exactly the same.

Peter’s last instructions from Christ were to tend the spiritual needs of others; it was this that Jesus pointed him to as an evidence of Godly love! So it is with this understanding that shepherdtheflock enters the world wide web.

Lastly, please see my 'about' page on my new blog for a fuller explanation of what I envision for the new site.

Please try to get the word out on this new site. And, as always, I ask for and welcome any feedback or suggestions on this new endeavor.

Sadly, this will be my last post on nathancwhite.blogspot.com. However, I will leave it up for archives and reference. I did not pull these posts over to my new blog, so these archives will come in handy.

SDG