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PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW SITE at www.cowboysofthecross.com NEW NAME, NEW SITE, PLEASE VISIT US AT www.cowboysofthecross.com Your online source of teaching, news and features and inspiration for the Christian Cowboy traveling the rodeo and bull riding circuits. Check back monthly for new stories and lessons from Cowboy Church. The site also serves to inform and update supporters of Riding for Christ Ministries, the ministry that serves the bull riders of the Southern Extreme Bull Riding Association as well as rodeo cowboys in Ontario and across North America. Actually doing what James suggests about the Bible, and a bit about anger James 1:19-27 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is [...] Be Encouraged and Be Bold I’ve let the past month be discouraging to me as a believer. In Canada, I can’t pinpoint any particular turning point when our culture turned on Christians. It was about five years ago that I got screamed at by a cowboy for leading prayer in the locker room at a PBR in Hamilton, Ontario and [...] You Don’t Give up Being a Cowboy by Becoming a Christian James Sermon 7 James 3: 12-18 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom [...] God’s Will in the Life and Death of Colton Terry The older I get, the more I feel like a parent cringing at some of the choices you see these cowboys make that you know are going to hinder their careers or hurt them in some way you’d like to protect them from. Most often you can’t and just have to be there for them should [...] Sheriff Andy and the Apostle Paul on Respect Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor: When you’re a lawman and you’re dealing with people, you do a whole lot better if you go not so much by the book but by the heart.” I don’t carry a gun because I don’t want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I’d rather they would respect [...] COWBOYS OF THE CROSS
Riding for Christ Ministries: cowboy church, discipleship, teaching and Bible distribution to hundreds of cowboys and bull riders unable to participate in traditional church life because of their chosen career. Please read the "About us" section below for more details. Features COWBOYS OF THE CROSS www.cowboysofthecross.com \| Read More 26 07 2012 COWBOYS OF THE CROSS Read More No Comments » Be Encouraged and Be Bold \| Read More 22 06 2012 Be Encouraged and Be Bold I’ve let the past month be discouraging to me as a believer. In Canada, I can’t pinpoint any particular turning point when our culture turned on Christians. It was about five years ago that I got screamed at by a cowboy for leading prayer in the locker room at a PBR in Hamilton, Ontario and I’ve been openly mocked before for my beliefs. Recently, I’ve been seeing it more often. When I handed a person... Read More No Comments » Behind the Bucking Chutes 26 07 2012 COWBOYS OF THE CROSS Posted by: ridingforchrist COWBOYS OF THE CROSS www.cowboysofthecross.com \| Read More Read More No Comments » 03 07 2012 Sheriff Andy and the Apostle Paul on Respect Posted by: ridingforchrist Sheriff Andy and the Apostle Paul on Respect Andy's shirt at the Andy Griffith museum in Mt. Airy, NC. \| Read More Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor: When you’re a lawman and you’re dealing with people, you do a whole lot better if you go not so much by the book but by the heart.” I don’t carry a gun because I don’t want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I’d rather... Read More No Comments » 22 06 2012 You Don’t Give up Being a Cowboy by Becoming a Christian Posted by: ridingforchrist You Don't Give up Being a Cowboy by Becoming a Christian \| Read More James Sermon 7 James 3: 12-18 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down... Read More No Comments » Going Deeper 28 04 2010 Call vs Vocation Posted by: ridingforchrist Call vs Vocation Youth Pastor at Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church in Knoxville, TN \| Read More In today’s post-modern world, the terms “call” and “vocation” are used to delineate a person’s sacred (call)... Read More No Comments » 24 02 2010 Bridge-builders or political powers Posted by: ridingforchrist Bridge-builders or political powers \| Read More Recently, a friend of mine asked me if I was a Republican or a Democrat…and how my faith fa ctored into that decision…complicated... Read More No Comments » Prayer Requests Would you ride without a bull rope? Rope without a saddle? Would you ride without a bull rope? Rope without a saddle? \| Read More A rider no one knew from Colorado entered a bull riding in Georgia for the Saturday night performance out of a Friday and Saturday show. He managed to get there a day early, his equipment still with a car load of other riders who had broken down somewhere in Florida. The bull riding came up short on... Read More 1 Comment » About Riding for Christ Ministries About Us Posted by: ridingforchrist The sports of bull riding and rodeo are among the fastest growing sports in North America. They require dedication and commitment for just a few to make it to the top. Cowboys give up much to chase a dream and compete in a sport that is shrouded in dangers both to their physical health and, for those of faith, dangers to their Christian walks with many temptations and challenges facing them down the road. Christianity has long been rooted in the cowboy culture and that history ties it to the sports... Read More No Comments » More About Riding for Christ Ministries Down the Road ------------------- Where Ministry and Cowboys Meet COWBOYS OF THE CROSS www.cowboysofthecross.com \| Read More COWBOYS OF THE CROSS Read More God's Will in the Life and Death of Colton Terry \| Read More God’s Will in the Life and Death of Colton Terry The older I get, the more I feel like a parent cringing at some of the choices you see these cowboys make that you know are going to hinder their careers or hurt them in some way you’d like to... Read More Be Encouraged and Be Bold \| Read More Be Encouraged and Be Bold I’ve let the past month be discouraging to me as a believer. In Canada, I can’t pinpoint any particular turning point when our culture turned on Christians. It was about five years ago that... Read More More Down the Road ------------------- Where Ministry and Cowboys Meet Christian Cowboys Have Fun Too ‘Cowboy School’ Game http://www.flashgames247.com/play/853.html Give it time to load. A simple and free Flash-based game. No Comments » The Cowboy and the Preacher One Sunday, a cowboy went to church. When he entered, he saw that he and the preacher were the only ones present. The preacher... Read More No Comments » Marshall Grover Most of you are too young to remember this… Marshall Grover No Comments » More Christian Cowboys Have Fun Too	Welcome Welcome to the Riding for Christ Ministries website. Check back regularly for new content and features including rider profiles and stories of how Christ is at work in their lives. Regularly updated features currently include "Down the Road"--stories of encouragement and news from the ministry, "Behind the Bucking Chutes"-- a current sermon delivered at cowboy church, and "Going Deeper"-- short devotionals to inspire a deeper relationship with Christ. 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