Todd Engstrom
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Manhood | Matt Adair
I just watched Matt Adair’s talk from the Fight Club 09 conference, and thought it was an excellent sermon on corrections to our perspective of Jesus and biblical manhood. I’d encourage you to give it a…
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Summary | Exploring College Ministry
My new friend Benson Hines has just posted an excellent summary of his ministry over the course of the summer, along with a summary of a number of excellent posts related to college ministry. Head over…
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Book Review | Total Church
The second book I read over my vacation was Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester. The overall perspective of the book is applying to the church the…
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Sunday is for Questions
I was hoping to have some time to write down some thoughts today, but between morning services with the family and preparation for an evening class, I’m tapped out. I figured a good quick post would…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…