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The greatest issue today?

November 30, 2009

I’ve been reading Dallas Willard’s The Great Omission. This brief paragraph captures some of where this book heads so I wanted to post it and see if any of you might have any thoughts or responses to it…. “So the greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heart-breaking needs, is whether those who, [...]

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Thoughts on UnChristian

October 27, 2009

I just finished the book UnChristian by Kinnamon & Lyons. This book was quite the rage about 1-2 years ago and still is making the rounds pretty good in the church world. I finally got to it..or was rather forced to it as a result of the class I’m taking right now.This book is based [...]

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What did Jesus do with Questions?

October 15, 2009

There was a fascinating little section on Jesus and question asking in the book I just reviewed, I Was Once Lost.They point out that Jesus is asked 183 questions in the Gospels. They say that he answers just three of them – and he asks 307 questions back! (pg. 54)I might disagree with some semantics. [...]

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Thoughts on The Reason for God by Keller (Review)

October 2, 2009

I’ve got a few posts brewing, but I’ve had very minimal free time of late so my frequency of posting reflects that. Right now I want to share a brief review or quick thoughts on a book I just finished – The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller.I was [...]

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Image Management and the Brood of Vipers

May 2, 2008

Just to mix it up and add some fresh perspective I’m using The Message along with the usual translations as I study the Bible. I went back to Matthew 3 today and really enjoyed my time. Here are some of what I observed and took away from Matthew 3.1. The first thing that jumped out [...]

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Ken Blanchard on Leading at a Higher Level

November 13, 2007

One of the cool things about one of my seminary courses this fall is that part of the coursework has involved watching the DVD’s of a Leadership Forum Weekend Conference hosted this past February by Southeastern University – an Assemblies of God affiliated Christian college in the south. It’s been awesome to listen to quality [...]

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Jesus and the Disinherited

May 13, 2007

As I’ve just started my sabbatical, 8 years in the waiting, I’m shooting to read at least 10 books in the next 4-5 weeks. I might be able to read more, but 10′s probably reasonable. The first book I finished was one for a seminary class by Howard Thurman – Jesus and the Disinherited. Thurman [...]

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