Loading ...Matthew | October 30, 2009
I love the show “Man vs. Wild.” The star of the show is Bear Grylls. As I was looking through the local book store, I noticed this book by Bear about climbing Everest. I love two things, Bear’s survival in the harsh conditions and Everest stories. It seemed like a book I would love. The [...]
Matthew | October 29, 2009
It seems for the last few weeks, I have talked with some friends in ministry that are making moves in ministerial location. These ministers are looking for a position to serve a congregation. My heart really goes out to these men because of the struggles in finding a place that could provide for a family [...]
Matthew | October 28, 2009
I read a lot of different kinds of genres of reading materials. I use to read all the latest business books looking to learn some new insights that would help in the church context. I would go through a business book in the early days with a receptive heart. As I continued to transition into [...]
Matthew | October 27, 2009
Clay Travis planned to cover the Volunteers 2008. When he started, he had no clue how important this season was going to be. At the beginning, he was worried about not having a great year to report on, but as the season continued the storyline became more entangled. This was going to be a historic [...]
Matthew | October 26, 2009
Every now and then I do a survey on a certain question. For the last few months, the survey was concerning which skill is most important to a minister. The options were “people skills, preaching skills, leadership skills, and evangelistic skills.” People could vote on which one was most important skill set for the minister. [...]
Matthew | October 24, 2009
The Vols start off hot, Crompton begins a drive with completing passes to Jones. Jones breaks it, and scores. The Bama faithful are worried. The team starts to fall apart, JC is full of confidence, and Berry puts on a “Berry Show” for all the bama fans. The Bama faithful are demoralized, the Vols win [...]
Matthew | October 23, 2009
A lot of ministers are talking, but are the people hearing. David L. Levin addresses the issue of the communication gap. The message that is intended might not be the message that is received. In this short little book, that is packed with information on overcoming the communication barrier, the author helps the speaker or [...]
Matthew | October 22, 2009
A friend of mine, named Collin Packer was sitting next to me during the unity service for the Front Range Congregations in Denver, and we started talking about a post on his blog. The post dealt with his heritage within the churches of Christ. His family background goes back approximately ten generations. In his post, [...]
Matthew | October 21, 2009
With the changing culture, the methodology that Christians use to spread the gospel must adapt. With this adaptation, there are boundaries, but if one believes in the inspiration of the Gospel, the new methodology is authorized in the text. For instance, years ago people would ride into an America town with a tent and preach [...]
Matthew | October 20, 2009
This book is from the authors of “The Shaping of Things to Come.” “The Shaping” dealt with the practical methodology of missional outreach. “ReJesus” builds on this foundation with more of a theological framework. The major premise of the book was the need to “reJesus” the community or the world. The authors mean by this [...]
