John on June 17th, 2008

If you haven’t found the pattern yet, we’ve been discussing a book on Tuesdays. It’s been kind of one sided, mostly because I didn’t actually tell you ahead of time what we’re going to be reading. My bad. I forgot to put my telepathy helmet on…
So…here’s the advanced notice: Beginning [...]

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John on June 16th, 2008

I wanted to share with you this email I received yesterday. The depth of her pain, the honesty of her questions, and the humbleness of her desire to see God working in her life struck me to my core. Knowing that my own counsel is certainly incomplete and with [...]

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John on June 3rd, 2008

The final 2 chapters of PGTC make up my favorite part of the book. We’ll take chapter 12 (of 13) today. Tim Stevens summarizes his interviews with 20 churches about how they have used pop culture, and not always positively or ‘successfully’, to share the Gospel with their communities. To find out more about these [...]

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John on May 16th, 2008

All right, it’s time to start your day off right: a couple of videos, lists, & great blog posts — enjoy!
Quote of the week from Stuff Christians Like:
Unless modesty becomes a trend or a really famous Amish girl becomes someone that teenagers learn to emulate, I’m stuck. It’s not going to be easy to [...]

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John on May 13th, 2008

**Here we go with Chapters 2 &3 of Pop Goes the Church by Tim Stevens. Tim’s a part of Granger Community Church’s executive leadership team and focuses on blending innovative outreach and discipleship. In Pop Goes the Church, Stevens wants his reader to be able to leverage our culture’s media saturation into opportunities [...]

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Dan on May 7th, 2008

I love this video. It combines the power of visual media with the simplicity of parables, something I think Jesus would like.

But even more than being good because of the way it communicates, this video has something to say that we need to hear as Christians. No, not just Christians- it’s something all people [...]

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