How Not to Do Evangelism

Traced back to the Sunday Papers.
I guess it was inevitable that someone would come up with a this as a joke.  I’d buy some, but I’m thinking most people aren’t looking at my butt, except to laugh.

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Acts 29 and Our Theological Identities

A visit to the Acts 29 Network caused me to pause and ponder.  And that is about how we view ourselves.  In responding to what they believe they say:
“The short answer is that we are first Christians, second Evangelicals, third Missional, and fourth Reformed. The more lengthy answer is included below and intentionally omits some [...]

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Great Moments in Dadhood

Yesterday was a day of great joy.  Not only did the CavDaughter put her own sock on for the first time (we’ll see how long it takes to repeat that feat) she uttered one of the most precious words to my ears- baseball.  Sorry Jollyblogger, but this here is my little girl and baseball is [...]

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The Sad Story of TO

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens reportedly attempted suicide yesterday.  He overdosed on painkillers as he recuperates from surgery on his broken finger.
While a tremendous athlete, TO comes across as a horrible human being.  I’ve never met him, so all I know is from what I see and hear on TV or the radio/magazines.  He [...]

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When Sports Hurt

The first lesson in track and field should be to always keep your eye on the flying objects- especially javelins!

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Jesus Redux

Apparently Jesus returned, and I did not know it.  An evangelist in S. Florida calls himself “The Man Christ Jesus” who has returned without relationship to sin.  His followers often give him tons of money, including estates worth up to a million dollars.  “Jesus” is living large.  There are 30 “study centers” in the US, [...]

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Review: Unexpected Blessing

Unexpected Blessing: Living the Counterculture Reality of the Beatitudes by Cameron Lee is a worthy read on the subject.  He picks up the idea that we are living in an upside-down world.  The kingdom is not like the world, and so the values of the kingdom are quite contrary to the world. 
Lee does a good [...]

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FoxFaith without Much Faith

I admire Fox for creating a new division called FoxFaith which will acquire about 12 family-oriented films for distribution to theaters or on DVD.  They see an opportunity to tap into the Christian market.
Here’s the problem, family-oriented films are not the same as faith-oriented films.  Some family-oriented films can be quite opposed to faith.  I [...]

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Sex & Supremacy: Al Mohler

Al got the privilege of writing the controversial chapter entitled Homosexual Marriage as a Challenge to the Church: Biblical and Cultural Reflections for Sex and the Supremacy of God.  He did a great job of staying on point and not engaging in name-calling or knee jerk reactions.
This topic is important because: “The covenant fidelity at [...]

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RTS Gets Missional

Let’s say I’ve been a tad busy lately.  Lots of meetings.  I’ll be thankful to get a break from the responsibilities of chairing our Presbytery’s Minister & His Work Committee.  But that is for another time.
In clearing off my desk I spent some time looking over the DMin courses that RTS offered this summer.  As [...]

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Big Papi Makes His Mark

A Big Congratuations goes out to the Big Papi for breaking the Red Sox single season record for homeruns.  And then tacked on another for good measure.  It had been held by Hall of Famer Jimmie “The Beast” Foxx.  Jimmie was a huge man in his day- but is dwarfed by many of today’s players.  He was the [...]

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So Much for the Free Exercise of Religion

Well, WordPress lost my post, so lets try this again….
Two Texas churches are being sued for practicing church discipline, or the manner in which they practiced it.  In at one case the member tried to remove themselves from membership to stop the process.  They are claiming a violation of their right to privacy.  In a [...]

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Sex & Supremacy: David Powlison

David Powlison’s chapter, Making All Things New: Restoring Pure Joy to the Sexually Broken in Sex and the Supremacy of Christ, is excellent.  Keep in mind it is quite long (41 pages), and took me a few sittings with a busy schedule.
It is just recently that I’ve begun to appreciate David Powlison.  My first brush [...]

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I Got a Nibble

Well, I’ve been contacted by one publisher about my manuscript.  They made no promises, but would like to see some more. 

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Pensee for the Day- Iain Duguid

“Persecution and difficulty will inevitably tell the truth about our motivations. … As long as we can have both God and the world, it is going to be hard to tell for sure.  But when we have to choose between God and the world, between serving God and progressing in our careers, between following God [...]

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Sex & Supremacy: Ben Patterson

Ben Patterson wrote a chapter entitled The Goodness of Sex and the Glory of God in Sex and the Supremacy of Christ.  He starts by talking about our cultures obsession with sex, relating some graffiti: “Sex makes free” and “Copulo, ergo sum” or “I copulate, therefore I am”.
Sex is certainly over-rated in our culture.  People [...]

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The Glory Cloud, Sort of

With the help of Justin from Ekklesia 360, I got all of the technical issues sorted out.  This week’s sermon- Restoring the Peace- is now available on The Sermon Cloud.  Now that I’ve done it, I get it (understand it).  I can use the technology to enhance the material on our church web site as [...]

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Yes, the Shirt is Available

If you are like me, you may want one of these shirts.  It is not just some photoshop special, anymore.  Justin Taylor reports that this shirt is for sale.
The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University, which houses the Edwards collection, will make them available shortly.  The secured the right to reproduce it from the designers.  [...]

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Movie, or Not a Movie

Is this the plot of a real movie or not?
“Kham’s life is turned upside down when an international mafia syndicate, based in Australia, captures his two beloved elephants and smuggles them thousands of kilometers away to Sydney. The two elephants are far more than mere animals to Kham and his father; they are part of [...]

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Jars of Clay Tunes, Video

I heard the song “Work” on their website.  I really liked that one.  There is a concept video for Good Monsters on YouTube.  Very strange..  that song will need a few more listens before I decide if I like it.  A fan video of Mirrors and Smoke is also there.  It is the song with [...]

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