Amish Wisdom
January 22, 2011
“We didn’t inherit the land from our fathers, we are borrowing it from our children.” (Old Amish Proverb) Take care of the land. It is a gift from God to allow us to care for our children.
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This Past Week’s Tweets on Intensely Local Ministry
January 16, 2011
Intensely local ministry is not defined by programs advertised but by people touched by gospel love and compassion. Intensely local ministry means we step in to stop the fight between kids who aren’t ours. Intensely local ministry means being the chaplain to the neighborhood, on the spot whenever a need arises. Intensely Local ministry means … More This Past Week’s Tweets on Intensely Local Ministry
Number 2 Most Generous Site – goes to LlamaMomma’s Blog
January 15, 2011
By “most generous” I simply mean that this site sent a lot of people to my site. LlamaMomma had the distinction of being the second most prolific “people site” in sending traffic to the chosenrebel blog. Besides being a friend, LlamaMomma is the mother of some very active boys, two of whom are twins. She … More Number 2 Most Generous Site – goes to LlamaMomma’s Blog
Number 3 Most Generous Site – goes to Ed Stetzer’s Blog
January 14, 2011
By “most generous” I simply mean that this site sent a lot of people to my site. The site from which the third most blog hits came in from was Ed Stetzer at LifeWay Research. This was a surprise to me and I am honored. Ed is a friend and we are scheduled to teach … More Number 3 Most Generous Site – goes to Ed Stetzer’s Blog
Milestone Reached: Thanks for the Last Year
January 12, 2011
Today the Chosenrebel’s Blog passed 25,000 page hits in less than 12 months. It has been an interesting year. We started out with the plan to move north and plant a new church closer to the seminary. The hope was that we could reach a new community with the gospel and have more opportunity to … More Milestone Reached: Thanks for the Last Year
Number 4 Most Popular Post in 2010
January 1, 2011
#4 Based on Reader visits. This was a surprise to me. It seems that people really are interested in why God hides the future. From my perspective, it is kind of a no brainer. I mean, why should God trust us with the future when we can’t even be trusted with the present? Anyway, here’s … More Number 4 Most Popular Post in 2010
If Jesus had Chosen Now
December 29, 2010
Bookmark this one for next year’s Christmas messages.
A King is Born
December 24, 2010
The challenge of Christmas is always to see a child, a lamb, and a lion in the manger. May all your joy this Christmas rest in the God made flesh, the flesh made a sacrifice, and the sacrifice, resurrected and returning as King. Merry Christmas
Cultivate Humility Everyday
November 13, 2010
Weekend Musings “There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.” John Calvin
The Dangers of a Facebook “Friend”
November 7, 2010
Weekend Musings The following are excerpted from the book The Wisdom of Stability, by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. All of them are about community. Bold topic headlines and bracketed [ ] comments are my own. On Facebook “Friends” I get to choose who I want to ‘friend’ and whose friendship requests I respond to. We gather around … More The Dangers of a Facebook “Friend”
