One of my favorite bands (Gungor) and favorite ministries (Compassion International) brought together to tell the story of one amazing young man with a fantastic vision for world impact for the glory of Christ. “Thank you Father for gifting the world with lives like Carter.”
Weekend Musings It has been exciting to see the rise and fall and rise again of my new book on the Amazon book rankings. I don’t know how many copies have actually been sold yet but it is encouraging to know that both the paperback and the kindle edition of Picking a President: Or Any … More An Exhortation to My Readers (and a request)
Weekend Links No time for a lot of annotation but I think you will find these links interesting. Obviously, I don’t agree with every post in totality but found all of them challenging and helpful. Whimsy Picking the All-TIme Best All Stars (Thomas Sowell—normally involved in much more cerebral pursuits, Thomas Sowell demonstrates that his … More Daughters and Dads; Chris Christie and the Supreme Court; Killing Sin with John Piper; Baseball; Fearful Pastors and more
Weekend Links The weekend and the weekend links have arrive. Enjoy. Building Better Leaders Talent is Never Enough (Leadership Freak—I just tried to make this point with a group of elders and staff in the last month. Well written and concise. Very helpful.) Preaching the Gospel to Yourself: Where the Pastor Needs to Start (Joe … More Better Leaders; Better Churches; Better Christians; Joe Thorn; Obamacare; Black Pastors; Eric Metaxes;
Ask yourself the following: Am I someone who has an air of arrogant condescension about me? Do I give the impression that only my perspective is important? Is my speech fraudulent or crooked in its pattern? Do I aim to deceive people for my own benefit? For more, see: Do We Hate What God Does?.
Weekend Musings The JW’s are out in the neighborhood today with literature that looks surprisingly evangelical, in an evangelical cheesy kind of way. Oh, when you look closer it is clearly JW literature, the bad paper quality, the Watch Tower publishing info, the style (sic) of the coats and ties on the men and the … More Jehovah Witnesses Poison and What We Can Learn
Weekend Links Some very provocative links this week and one very funny one! As with every other week, I can’t vouch for all the content. Whimsy and Humor Ultra Condensed Book Reviews (Book a Minute.—-Too funny) Engaging with Culture How Many Are Gay? Reality and Myth (The Atlantic—no matter what our policy, shouldn’t it be … More A Potpourri of Annotated Links on Culture, Doctrine, Churches and Praxis
Weekend Musings For the last few days I have been carrying on a correspondence with and atheist/skeptic off line. He contacted me via email and the banter began. It has been fun and I might post the full correspondence thread some time in the future but in my research to answer some of his questions … More N.T. Wright and the Power of the Resurrection Witness
Friday Musings My friend Phil Gioja at Center Street Productions has been doing some more creative work on a message I gave on Easter Sunday. We talked together about losing my image (the video) so that the words could be more useful to other churches. Here’s what he came up with. Good work Phil.
Sunday Musings “In a Christian community, everything depends upon whether each individual is an indispensable link in a chain. Only when even the smallest link is securely interlocked is the chain unbreakable. A community which allows unemployed members to exist within it will perish because of them. It will be well, therefore, if every member … More Bonhoeffer Speaks on Unemployment and the Church
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