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Better Politics, Better Culture, Better Ministry, More Fun and the End of Abortion all in your next click

May 15, 2014

Weekend Links About to begin a very busy season of ministry and my blog posts might be fewer in number for a week or so. The links below are some of the most interesting things I read this week. Sometimes, I think that’s what I am, a professional reader. Enjoy. Better Engagement with Politics and … More Better Politics, Better Culture, Better Ministry, More Fun and the End of Abortion all in your next click

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“This is Your Brain on the Internet”

April 15, 2014

Training Ourselves to Not Pay Attention to Things that Matter This is an important, very important, challenge to our social-media-driven culture. We are actually re-programming our brains to not function in the ways that we need them to function to succeed in the world. This is true for children and adults. I hope you will take … More “This is Your Brain on the Internet”

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Overheard Wisdom

April 15, 2014

“I always liked the statement by William F. Buckley, ‘I’d rather be goverened by the first hundred names in the telephone directory than a hundred faculty from Harvard.’ In other words, the common person has better common sense than the faculty of Harvard.” My youngest daughter would love this quote. She is a good “common … More Overheard Wisdom

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“Save the Boys”

March 25, 2014

Point Man “If I could offer a single prescription for the survival of America, and particularly Black America,” writes William Raspberry, a black columnist with the Washington Post, “it would be restore the family. And if you asked me how to do it, my answer—doubtlessly oversimplified—would be; save the boys.” —quoted in Point Man, by Steve … More “Save the Boys”

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Raising Up the Next Generation of Multi-site Senior Pastors

March 20, 2014

One to the exciting things about being a part of the Evangelical Free Church of America is the pastoral care and strategic networks that the national team puts together to resource and encourage pastors in their roles. From mid-winter theological ministerials where deeper theological discussions take place to networks of pastors gathering together in learning … More Raising Up the Next Generation of Multi-site Senior Pastors

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Contending for Truth in a Truth Denying Culture

March 11, 2014

Tuesday is for Preaching If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ.  Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, … More Contending for Truth in a Truth Denying Culture

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