April 2008

The Best Periodicals

April 30, 2008

I am looking to sign up for a few more periodicals, but thought I would get some recommendations from my readers. From The Founders Journal to Fast Company there is some great stuff out there for the thoughtful Christian engaged in ministry. So, here’s the question: if you could only get three periodicals (magazines, journals, [...]

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Denominational Decline

April 24, 2008

Ed Stetzer offers some good commentary on the recently released stats on our denomination’s apparent decline. His are good words of warning and encouragement, and I hope people are listening. Chris Elrod has uploaded a great conversation with Ed to youtube. It’s all worth your time. Check out Ed’s post, and the conversation at Chris’s [...]

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Founders Conference Audio Online

April 23, 2008

I found out today that Founders Ministries is now giving away their conference audio for free. My first Founders Conference was in 1995 and I came away being very encouraged by the doctrinal preaching and the gathering of men who sang great hymns with real conviction. What you’ve been hearing about T4G is what many [...]

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Before You Preach

April 22, 2008

So, I am working on Philippians 2:6-11 for our upcoming worship gathering. In my sermon prep throughout the week, and again after the studying is complete, I typically ask myself a number of questions. These questions help to clarify and correct my preaching even before I stand up on Sunday. 1. Does this message exalt [...]

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I’m Not Running the Boston Marathon

April 21, 2008

Yeah, I know you’re disappointed and surprised. At least I am watching it online at WCSN.com this morning. How can you not love a race that is based on the last day of Pheidippides, the famous Athenian herald. In 490 BC he was sent “from the battlefield by the town of Marathon to Athens to [...]

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Run Report

April 19, 2008

Today we are having a birthday party for our kids Katherine (turning 7) and Elias (just turned 4). It’s a Pirates and Princesses theme. We’ve never done anything like this before, and though this is very small scale, it’s a busy day finishing up prep. So I woke up early ready to hit the streets [...]

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Friday Photo, T4G and Blogging

April 18, 2008

A few things. Here’s a photo I took while walking around Louisville this week. The T4G conference was great, and I have a lot of thoughts. Not much time to blog this weekend, so maybe I’ll share some of it next week. About blogging… While at the conference many of your were kind enough to [...]

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