Intensely Local Tweets from the Past Week

Weekend Musings What does it take to change a neighborhood? What does it take to reach a neighborhood for Christ? How do comfort-loving, convenience-oriented, security-driven American Christians overcome their tendency to wait for people to come to them and instead, take the gospel to their neighbors in ways that their neighbors can see the beauty … More Intensely Local Tweets from the Past Week

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Links for the Fourth of July Weekend 2011

The presence of a link here is not necessarily and endorsement. These were some of the more interesting and informative links I read this week. May they help shape your own worldview and engagement in the world. [BOLD means an especially important or provocative post] Personal Growth The reason Mormon religion horrifies Christians (Stand to … More Links for the Fourth of July Weekend 2011

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Discipling Men in a Desperate Housewives World

Thursday is for Discipleship The sad state of the church in America is illustrated in the following quote from Peter Feuerherd’s Holyland USA, (2006): The women of Wisteria Lane [Desperate Housewives] created must-see Sunday nights all over blue and red America. Their behavior was far from holy, but evangelicals watched as much as anyone else … More Discipling Men in a Desperate Housewives World

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“Prayer will consume sin or sin will choke prayer.”

Wednesday is for Prayer I am being raked over the coals by my third reading of J.C. Ryle’s A Call to Prayer: An Urgent Plea to Enter into the Secret Place. You can kid yourself and delude yourself and hypnotize yourself into thinking you are too busy to pray or too distracted to pray or that … More “Prayer will consume sin or sin will choke prayer.”

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