Thursday is for Preaching I want to do a bit of non-technical research on what is happening beyond my experience with our campuses related to what is happening in my circle of friends and their multi-site churches. Here are five simple questions related to preaching and recording of messages for alternative sites. What day of the … More Five Questions for Multi-Site Churches
Weekend Links Relaxing day off with my bride. Lazy, resting, refreshing. Some good, really good links below. Hope they are helpful. As always, inclusion doesn’t mean endorsement of all that is them. “Those who wish to succeed must ask the right preliminary questions.” —Aristotle in Metaphysics, II, (III), i. Better Interaction with Culture and Politics … More Neil DeGrasse Tyson: N-word; Global Warning Costs; Hipster Elites; World Vision; Too Friendly Jesus and more
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
Weekend Links The snow is receding and I have detected a corresponding rise in the positive spirit among everyone I talk to. Interesting how our happiness is so often tied to a change in weather. I think it is a longing in our hearts for the perfection of heaven, the perfection of days. This weekend’s … More Off Grid Illegal; Congressional Suggestions; Income Inequality; Multi-site Churches; Thabiti Anyabwile; Lent and Evangelicals
Weekend Links Major defections from the science community from the progressive politically correct worldview. Truth always eventually wins out. Today I’m working on messages for March and April. Speaking of April, . . . just 22 days till the start of the Major League Baseball season. Even baseball haters have to be overjoyed at that … More Greenpeace Defection; Chemist Defection; Protection from Greed; Fact Checking Atheists; and more
Weekend Links Had my first spill on the bike this season on Wednesday but was still able to go out for a 6.4 mile ride this afternoon. Wind was brutal and I couldn’t get south because of a train stopped on the tracks that I had no way around but it was still a good … More Contempt for the Constitution; Abortion Stupidity; John Piper; and much more
Weekend Links Sometimes we grow weary of doing good. That’s why there is a biblical exhortation to not let it happen. Sometimes we get tired of certain topics because we don’t seem to be making enough traction. Yet the battles must be fought. Abortion crept in to the culture and caught most unaware in 1973. … More Same-Sex Marriage Debate Not Over; Wendell Berry; Bill Hybels; Legalizing Pedophilia Getting Closer?; Christian Preaching; Multi-site Churches
Weekend Links Lots of links! Some that are not to be missed. You mileage may vary, but I found these articles alternately challenging, convicting, upsetting, and inspiring. I include them. I don’t necessarily endorse them all. Engaging Culture Ray Comfort’s Controversial Movie Comparing Abortion and Hitler Saving Lives (Christian News Wire) Federal Workers Paid Nearly … More Infuriating, Inspiring, Challenging and Provocative Links for Your Enjoyment and Growth
Weekend Links Some very interesting links here including a blog post from the leader of my new favorite band of the moment (Gungor). The link to Carl Trueman’s thought provoking and penetrating post on Multi-site churches and the whole Multi-site phenomenon is something that could only be written now, i.e. after the experiment in Multi-site … More Zombies; Purpose of the Supreme Court; Divorcing for Unhappiness; Homosexuality and the Gospel; Reconsidering Blue Like Jazz and much more
Disappointing night with the Phillies losing to the Cardinals but I still belong to Jesus, so not really a big deal. These weekend’s links are filled with provocative thoughts and insight. As always, I read ’em, I link ’em, and post ’em, but that doesn’t mean I agree with all that is in them. Growing … More Multi-Site Churches; Celebrity Pastors; Protestants and Catholics; and the Gospel of Steve Jobs
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