Bible Study Magazine and Mars Hill are giving away 20 copies of Mark Driscoll’s new book, Vintage Church. Not only that, but they are also giving away five subscriptions to Bible Study Magazine and a copy of their Bible Study Library software! Enter to win on the Bible Study Magazine Mark Driscoll page, then take … Continue reading »
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Will you think critically (Christianly) of the Superbowl Ads?
The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding led by Walt Mueller is a wonderful resource for those keeping up with the ever-changing culture of our teens & pre-teens. They believe that every Christian ought to – (must) – practice “thinking Christianly”, especially when it comes to media. I agree with them. They have made available a resource … Continue reading »
Seeking Self-Esteem Through Surgery: NY Times 1/15/09
As a pastor that deals with teenagers on a regular basis, I find this article by Camille Sweeney of the New York Times very disconcerting. I’ll post an excerpt and then leave it up to you to read the entire thing. I’ll give my thoughts after the excerpt. If you are a parent of a … Continue reading »
Pastor: How would you respond to this call?
It appears that the folks at Lifechurch.tv got some unsolicited feedback from their community. Take a listen and then let me know how you’d respond if that message was on your church answering machine. HT: Ladybug
Bibleworks 8 – the latest and greatest
Bibleworks has now released version 8 for your Bible study experience. I have used Bibleworks now for about 5 years and really enjoyed the practicality of the software for study. It also is very handy and works well with other programs, such as Microsoft Word. I am currently running version 7, but am contemplating the … Continue reading »
A Link & Update
A Link: The Price is Right is one of those gameshows that I remember as a kid, because I only got to watch it if I was sick at home missing school. Well, a contestant pulls off the perfect bid and new gameshow host Drew Carey doesn’t even bat an eyelash. It just seemed to … Continue reading »
A Link and & Update
A Link: “Who’s the Biggest Sinner You Know?” is the question my friend Matt had posed to him recently. While I was afraid to read further to see if he had insight into my own life, I was reassured that he was not talking about me. As I continued to read, I was challenged because, … Continue reading »
A Link and an Update
A Link: In my ‘net surfing yesterday I came across The Grace Online Library. I am finding it a great resource for Christian articles, biographies, sermons, history and much, much more. Many of you who visit this site are voracious readers, and I encourage you to check this site out. An Update: On January 8th … Continue reading »
Get rid of your friends on Facebook & get a FREE Whopper!
Well, I had to post this so closely on the heels of our Facebook discussion earlier today. Perhaps you’ve been feeling guilty with all the time you’ve spent on Facebook collecting “friends” you don’t even know. Now you can do something about it, and get something in return! Burger King is running a promotion that … Continue reading »
To Facebook or not to Facebook… that is the question!
Facebook, the social networking site that has literally hundreds of thousands, actually over 150 million active users on it’s site, is a phenomenon that has swept the globe. Over 2.6 billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day, with over 13 million users updating their status daily. More than 70% of the users are from … Continue reading »
