Todd Engstrom
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Leadership | Contexts
Before the next section, below is a short personal aside: — As I’m working on writing this series of posts on leadership, it is proving to be a really great learning experience. Although it seems incredibly…
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Oversight
Last night I had a great realization of all that God has allowed me to steward in ministry. As college students from a variety of ministries on UT’s campus gathered to worship together and hear God’s…
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Preaching | Gentrified
My good friend Logan Gentry has some excellent thoughts on preaching, and asks some great questions. Below is a quote from the synthesis of his thoughts on what the point of preaching is: It seems to…
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Leadership | Service
As I’ve been thinking on discipleship for the last few weeks, it naturally has been provoking thoughts of leadership. I’m going to start a new series with my philosophy and practice of leadership and leadership development,…
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Triperspectival Leadership | Church Matters
There is a good compilation of resources on Triperspectival Leadership at the 9 Marks blog. Here’s an intro to the idea from the post: To over-simplify, the insight is that church leaders tend to be prophets,…
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Independence Day
Happy Independence Day! I’m celebrating by performing a wedding ceremony this evening, followed by a great night of fireworks in the neighborhood (fireworks are legal in our neck of suburbia…it’s like Beirut on the 4th in…
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Hyperlinks – 7.2.09 (College Ministry Edition)
Below are some links for those who are interested in College Ministry: Exploring College Ministry – Benson Hines writes his observations and thoughts on college ministry after 2 years worth of research. College Ministry Thoughts –…
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Integration vs. Mission | Exploring College Ministry
Benson Hines has a great discussion about integration of college ministry relative to mission here. This has been a consistent struggle for us in the College Ministry at The Austin Stone, but definitely one that has…
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Discipleship | Wrap Up
Below is a link summary of the series I just finished on discipleship: Part 1 – Foundations of Discipleship Part 2 – Practice of Discipleship Part 3 – Process of Discipleship 1 Part 4 – Process…
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Advocating for Justice | Jeff McWhorter’s Documentary
I have a friend in need, and you can help! Below is a call for action from my friend Jeff McWhorter: —- Here is the deal. For my senior thesis at UT, I made a 10-minute…
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Aaron Ivey – Between the Beauty and Chaos
You for sure need to download this album if you haven’t already (click the image above or here). Aaron has been leading our church in worship through these songs, and they speak powerfully to the greatness…
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Discipleship | Part 5
In this post, I’m going to focus on the basic tools I use to teach people. Tools Doctrine Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem has been especially effective for believers who need to grow in the understanding…