Category: christianity
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Paper Pastors | Pyromaniacs
Pyromaniacs is a blog I frequent often. Although their tone can often be a little on the combative side, I thoroughly enjoy the truth that they dish out. The excerpt below is from a blog post paralleling the celebrity pastor culture with pornography, and ultimately how easy it is to fall into a trap of…
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Web Tools I Use
Although I’m definitely not a tech guru, I’ve found a number of tools that help me keep moving throughout my day that many people didn’t know existed. Below is a short list of some things that I use frequently: Firefox – This is the anchor to a cuztomized web experience. Wouldn’t use any other browser..…
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Malatya Film
For those of you in Austin, I would highly recommend carving out some time next Saturday to view Malatya. Malatya is a documentary about the first martyrs of the Turkish Church. On April 18th, 2007, Necati Aydin, Uğur Yüksel, and Tillmann Geske were brutally killed in Malatya, Turkey for proclaiming that Jesus Christ is the…
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Resurrection Hope through Death
I am reflecting on the cross of Christ this Good Friday, and anticipating celebration of the resurrection on Easter Sunday. I think I am more painfully aware today of our simultaneous joy and sorrow as I am reflecting on the cross of Christ. It was at the cross that the fullness of God’s character was…
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The Easter Incarnation | Ben Coleman’s Blog
Ben has some great thoughts on the incarnation at Easter here. Below is an excerpt: You normally don’t think about the Incarnation of Christ at Easter time. That’s a doctrine we normally highlight at Christmas…when it actually happened. But, as we celebrated Palm Sunday over the weekend I was struck by the shocking similarity between…
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Out of Business | A Holy Discontent
There is some good conversation happening on mega/micro church at Aaron Snow’s blog.
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St. John’s Day Camp Storyframe
Steven Bush, a resident in the Make Disciples ministry at The Austin Stone, catalogued our Spring Break St. John’s Day Camp that was put on by students and volunteers from The Stone and other neighborhood churches. I really recommend you give it a look. From Bush’s website: ‘St. John Daycamp 2009′ is the first edition…
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Steven Bush Photography and ABBA Fund
Steven Bush (aka Bush) has produced a print with 100% of the proceeds going to the ABBA Fund. I highly recommend you support both Bush and the ABBA Fund, so take a look:
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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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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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What motivates you to mission? | shawblog
My friend and colleague has written some fantastic thoughts on ministry to Muslims, which have broad applications for motivations for ministry. Below is the concluding quip from a great post: Passion for obedience to the basic commands of Jesus in response to His love for you. The 2 greatest commands of Jesus are very clear…
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Forgiveness in Marriage
I’ve been reading through This Momentary Marriage by John Piper in preparation for our Nearly/Newly Wed class at The Austin Stone. Although the content hasn’t been earth shattering, I’ve been reflecting on Ephesians 5:22-32, and specifically some applications for marriage from Christ’s covenant keeping love for His church. First, Piper has often made the point…