Culture

A Thousand Words

April 6, 2009

Last night I caught a friend’s band, Wolf Nation, at The House. The House is where The Church in DeKalb is having their first worship gathering – this weekend! Pray for Jamie Page, the core group of TCD and those who will gather to hear the gospel of Christ. Here are a couple shots from [...]

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Theology Pub

March 26, 2009

Last night we held our first Theology Pub at a great, local Irish Pub (McNally’s). We’ve wanted to do this for a long time now, but things just seemed to get in the way. God’s timing and all. Well, we finally launched and it was a great time. What is Theology Pub? For us it [...]

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Preaching to Younger Generations

March 2, 2009

Ed Stetzer’s new book, Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them is out and I plan on reading it. I need to finish up a couple other books first, but it’s on my list. In the mean time Ed is speaking and writing on the subject and you should pay [...]

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You Stink at Evangelism

February 19, 2009

So last night our ministry assistant was sitting in her car in the grocery store parking lot when a man approached the driver’s side window, and knocked. She cautiously opened it a crack and the man threw in a letter and ran away. BOOM! – she just got evangelized! If poorly. I think it’s fair [...]

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Music: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

November 26, 2008

I’ve been listening to the score of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – a movie I am more than curious about myself. The music is beautiful and haunting. You can listen to it in its entirety for free at the Warner Brothers site promoting the film for BAFTA consideration. The two-disc soundtrack will officially [...]

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An Evangelical Manifesto

May 7, 2008

An Evangelical Manifesto: A Declaration of Evangelical Identity and Public Commitment was officially released today. This is a document that seeks to clarify what it means to be an evangelical and how we should engage culture and politics. I like it a lot, but have only read it through once. For more check out Ed [...]

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American Spirituality

February 21, 2008

Came across this in our local paper. American spirituality has glorified ‘searching’ for spiritual meaning but de-emphasized ‘finding.’ In other words, it is good to be looking for spirituality, but it is intolerant to actually believe you have found a right faith. – Ed Stetzer, quoted in Kane County Chronicle

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