Dan on September 3rd, 2008

If you’re wondering about my unusual spelling of the word, digg, or why I’m using it, check out last week’s post.  Basically, I’m looking to engage pop culture stories or items of note and think a little about the good, bad, and otherwise how or why we should or should not relate to them.
This week, [...]

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John on June 9th, 2008

To continue our discussion from last week and to finish our look at Pop Goes the Church by Tim Stevens, let’s consider the last things he discusses: stories of churches who are engaging & redeeming pop culture for the sake of the gospel.
Each church story is unique, but there seem to be some common threads [...]

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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 27th, 2008

**Here we go with Chapters 8-11 of Pop Goes the Church by Tim Stevens. For more info go to Popgoesthechurch.com.
It’s here, about half way through the book, that Tim stops to see if we’re all still along for the ride. Many people are probably digging the idea that the church can leverage [...]

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John on May 20th, 2008

**Here we go with Chapters 4-7 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 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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John on May 6th, 2008

I have a secret admirer. Stop laughing! I really do. She sends me books and always signs her name ‘Amazon’. I really like her…
This time, she sent me Pop Goes the Church by Tim Stevens. Tim’s a part of Granger Community Church’s executive leadership team and focuses on blending innovative [...]

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