Month: August 2009
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Culture Making and Plant Growing | 9 Marks
Greg Gilbert does an excellent job of providing a parallel analogy in order to show the relative strength over at the 9 Marks Blog in his post discussing a review of Crouch’s Culture Making. I haven’t read Culture Making, and therefore have no basis for whether or not Gilbert’s conclusions about the book are correct,…
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College Ministers and Adoption
As many of you have read, my wife and I have really been praying through adoption and how God would have us advocate for orphans in our city. Connecting with another college minister (Michael Mears at FSU) via Twitter who was in the adoption process got me to thinking… For many college students, there perspective…
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Alan Hirsch Takes a Blogging Vacation
I’m bummed.
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Missional Campus Ministry | Jesus Creed
Scot McKnight has entered the conversation about Missional College Ministry over at Jesus Creed. He’s gearing up for a series of post it appears, and I am looking forward to engaging what he is saying! Head over there and interact with this basic question: “What should a missional campus ministry look like in our largely…
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So Many Thoughts, So Little Time
Where does time go? I had great ambitions for developing my thoughts on leadership, continuing a series of posts on college ministry strategy, and writing thoughts on adoption, but I just can’t carve out the time to write. Part of it is feeling like I don’t have enough time to sit down and craft what…
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Book Review | Vintage Church
Although it wasn’t the first book I read on vacation, I’m going to start with Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. I have grown to thoroughly appreciate the ministry of Mark Driscoll, and am consistently thankful that he preaches the gospel faithfully to his church, as well as…
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Between Two Worlds: Calvin’s Death-Bed Charge to Older and Younger Men
The following quote is from Between Two Worlds: Calvin’s Death-Bed Charge to Older and Younger Men on Douglas Bond’s The Betrayal: A Novel on John Calvin (P&R, 2009). Here’s how John Calvin wisely charged older and younger men just one month prior to his death (p. 369): April 27, 1564, Calvin called members of the…
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Vacation Reading | Overview
One of the things I look forward to on vacation is some good time for reading. Over the past two weeks I went through: Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches by Russell Moore Total Church:A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester Vintage Church:Timeless…
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The Need is the Call | North Africa
Some of our students from The Austin Stone have been instrumental in making the video below…maybe you are the person they’re looking for?
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Together for Adoption Conference
Both my wife and I are planning on attending the Together for Adoption Conference 2009 in October. If we have a group of four or more from The Austin Stone attend, then we are eligible to receive a group discount. Anyone from The Stone interested? Drop me a comment and I’ll connect with you. Also…
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Back in Action!
Since I know so many of you couldn’t wait for my blogging return, I’m happy to report that I’m back in action and well rested from vacation. I’ll resume regular posting shortly…