From the monthly archives:

June 2009

I received this in a newsletter from Jeff Pokone over at the Indiana Biblical Counseling Center and I had to share it (with his permission of course): Do you ever achieve a significant goal and then refuse to acknowledge that you did well? Do you find yourself dwelling often on your failures? Have you reached [...]

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Humility: He did it first – Part 1

by Dan on June 27, 2009

I received this in a newsletter from Jeff Pokone over at the Indiana Biblical Counseling Center and I had to share it (with his permission of course): “And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” (Philippians 2:8) When God [...]

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Unemployed? Some ideas…

by Dan on June 12, 2009

Seth Godin came up with some phenomenal ideas for unemployed college students to attempt to accomplish in a year, but I think the list could be helpful for a much larger audience. If someone were to accomplish even a few of the items on this list, his or her job prospects would increase exponentially. Check [...]

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3,000 in one day? That’s nothing!

by Dan on June 12, 2009

Just when you thought 3,000 people being baptized in one day was crazy (Acts 2:41), along came Web 2.0 (and now 3.0). I saw this video over at Emergent Nazarenes: What does this mean? It certainly makes me consider the impact a single blog post or video could have if it “goes viral” (gains massive [...]

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Jesus' Church Growth Chart

by Dan on June 10, 2009

Attracting true followers isn’t so easy. I saw this over at iMonk.    

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Weekly Wisdom

by Dan on June 9, 2009

Three men were walking on a wall— Faith, Feeling and Fact. When Feeling got an awful fall Faith was taken back. So close was Faith to Feeling, He stumbled and fell too. But Fact remained and pulled up Faith, And Faith brought Feeling too. (Unknown Author) Not to add too much of my own thinking [...]

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God is Seeker-Sensitive

by Dan on June 6, 2009

As the above ad shows, seeker-sensitivity can get out of hand. But sometimes in our efforts to denounce it we end up shredding up the good guys in the process, who are merely using cultural illustrations to teach the Gospel. Today I read a great post by Charlie Lehmann dealing with the strengths and limits [...]

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Fish out of water. . .

by Dan on June 4, 2009

When I went through Basic Training in the Army a few years back, there was a solemn cadence we used to sing on long road marches in solitary places. I think a few drill sergeants actually began to choke up as they sang, “Some say freedom is free, but I tend to disagree.” That cadence [...]

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If there is one thing that drives me absolutely up the wall, it’s people who quote Bible verses out of context to support whatever they’d like to say that particular day. Jay Winters has written a great post about keeping verses in context that I wanted to share with everyone. The post also explains how [...]

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