I have spent the last several weeks contemplating the future of Grace Dependent. I was challenged by the posts of Abraham Piper, Justin Taylor and Tim Challies on how I use the internet in ministry. When gathered together, these thoughts & suggestions seemed to point me in a direction to become very focused in how … Continue reading »
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Who came and went at Grace Dependent 2009
Grace Dependent made a splash, albeit small, in the blogosphere in 2009. Here are the Top Referrers to this site, Top Posts of 2009, Top Engine Searches that brought you here, and the Top Click Throughs to other sites. If you have not yet visited the sites linke below, please take time to do so. … Continue reading »
Biblical Soul Care
Twelve Stones is a wonderful counseling ministry that I was first exposed to about 5 years ago. Since that time, I have sat under Dr. Garrett Higbee’s lectures in my own biblical counseling training. It was a pleasant surprise to receive a newsletter from Twelve Stones introducing “Biblical Soul Care“. It is an 18 part … Continue reading »
Walk in the Word: James MacDonald – two weeks of free mp3 downloads!
James MacDonald of Walk in the Word and Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, IL has had a profound impact on me and my ministry ever since I first heard him on the radio 7 years ago. Currently he is the only podcast I have on my iPod. Walk in the Word ministries has impacted … Continue reading »
A Link & Update: Worship Music
A Link: Indelible Grace Music. In a day and age when the church struggles so greatly with music, Indelible Grace Music is making wonderful strides to lead us in worship. Their desire: “Our hope is to help the church recover the tradition of putting old hymns to new music for each generation, and to enrich … Continue reading »
A Link & Update
Happy Square Root Day! (3/3/09) A Link: Cardiphonia: The Word transformed: prayer, song, art. An Update: I have been posting some of my thoughts as I read through Suffering and the Sovereignty of God. I’d encourage you to also check out the Straight Up blog where Gerald Hiestand has three posts thus far on God … Continue reading »
A Link & Update
A Link: Unashamed Workman has a great video clip under his latest post entitled, “A Little Friday Fun“. It features Alistair Begg answering some “difficult” questions. Also seen are James MacDonald – it all took place backstage at the Preach the Word conference. An Update: Last week I was at Faith Baptist‘s Biblical Counseling Training … Continue reading »
A Link & Update
A Link: Pastor James MacDonald (of Harvest Bible Chapel, Rolling Meadows, IL) gives some well thought out comments on something many pastors give little thought to: Management of staff. This is a worth-while, balanced read. An Update: This week finds me back in the office on my regularly scheduled “day off”. One of the reasons … Continue reading »
A Link & Quote
A Link: Let me introduce you to Matthias Media. This resource was first made known to me at the 2008 Straight Up! conference. Since then I have begun to receive their monthly publication, the Briefing, and have been challenged and encouraged by what I’ve read. Please take time to peruse their site. A Quote: I … Continue reading »
James MacDonald reveals his distaste for “wine tasting”.
“…Ok, here’s the truth. Wine people really bug me; not the ones who drink it, but you know, the ones who are so into it. And NO! it’s not because I am a total abstainer. Fine, have your glass of wine. Glory in your liberty if you must. I really am not bothered by that. … Continue reading »
