Author: Todd Engstrom
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Memphis
For an update on what is going on in Memphis, go to The Austin Stone College Blog here. Back to blogging next week!
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on the bus – mobile blog
i hopped on a bus this morning at 430 am with 30 students from the austin stone to head to mephis. we are working with an organization there called service over self, a ministry dedicated to urban renewal through home repair. they are located in the binghampton neighborhood of memphis (google search it to find…
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Ethereal Thought Train Review
Here’s a review of some of my favorite and your favorite posts from the last month: The highest hit rate came from Coffee Kills. This post had absolutely no content or thought, which tells me that by and large most people could care less about what I have to say…maybe I need to rethink this…
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The New Calvinism | TIME
Time has added “New Calvinism” to its top 10 ideas changing the world right now. Although the article leaves a bit to be desired in how it paints the basic foundations of the Reformed faith, it highlights the growing influence in Evangelicalism that the Doctrines of Grace are having. As a person transformed by these…
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Choosing Who to Mentor | Touchpoint
The more I read David Watson’s Blog, the more I am enjoying his insights. He has some excellent words in a post about who to choose and mentorship/discipleship, and what he looks for before investing in someone. His six points of evaluation are below: Christ-like Christ-centered Character Capability Competency Capacity Chemistry Read how he expands…
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Preparing Young Men to be Husbands | Pure Church
This was a great thought from Voddie Baucham’s book What Must He Be…If He Wants to Marry My Daughter on preparing young men for marriage (via Pure Church). Imagine a family who did not prepare their children for college. This would be unthinkable in today’s world. Everyone prepares their child for an academic future. Day-care programs…
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Deep Thoughts from Graeme Goldsworthy
This may be the single most awesome paragraph I have read in a long while from a sheer depth of thought. So, the long and the short of it all is that somehow the biblical theologian and the dogmatic theologian are both confronted with the same unavoidable “chicken and egg” dilemma of the question of…
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The Ontological and Systematic Roots of Biblical Theology
As our small group has been studying through Systematic Theology together (this is round 3 of me teaching), some new thoughts have arisen as I consider doctrines. One that was particularly interesting was the result of teaching revelation, and having a very significant thought that related to this quote, which captures the challenging portion of…
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Renewing Cities Through Missional Tribes | Q Ideas
I just read this quote from a Q short by Jon Tyson. Though they may feel like it, these people are not alone. This loss of community has in some ways become our collective experience of American life. This relational disconnection was first identified and popularized in the year 2000 in Robert Putnam’s work Bowling…
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10 Ways to Pastor Adoptive Parents | Desiring God
Below is the beginning to an excellent post by Jason Kovacs on pastoring adoptive parents. There are many ways that you can express your pastoral care for those considering adoption and those who have adopted already. As an adoptive father and former pastor, I offer a few thoughts on how to help adoption become a…
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Get in the Fight
This post contains a link to one of the most convicting sermons I have heard Matt Carter preach, and it is a clarion call for the consumer church to engage in the mission of God. It’s called “Get in the Fight”, and it is an exhortation for the individual believer to use their spiritual gifts…
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Coffee Kills
Ever wondered how much caffeine it would take to kill you? You can find out here. Below are my results: