Quotes and Links

May 04

Quotes from John Maxwell, Don Wiggins and Blaise Pascal. Links to John Newton, pastor to the nation; Barna on doubling of unchurched adults; Philip Yancey on doubting the doomsayers.

Miscellaneous

Links on a variety of subjects.

July 04

Quotes from Erwin McManus, Blaise Pascal testimony of conversion, and the Theologia Germanica.

August 04

Several on-line links from Christianity Today publications: McNamara book; summary of recent books from Books and Culture; My Emergent Guilt by Ron Benson; Extreme Makeover...Extreme Impact; Multi-site church; Christian history in six hours; "When God Seems Silent".

October 04

Barna on faith and behavior; "Have I Become Useless?"--the haunting question of a man over 60; "Broken People Can Become Whole Disciples"; "Preventing Volunteer Burnout"; Fred Smith on "Better, Not Bitter".

November 04

Pastoral burnout and "brownout"; ways to mentor leaders; what did Mary do in the hidden years of Jesus' childhood and youth; the Incredibles; evangelicals and Bush's reelection; Mark Galli on sentimentality and its affect on the Gospel.

January 05

Report of Ravi Zacharias at the Mormon Tabernacle; Barna on adults and spiritual fulfillment; Phil Yancey on the hardships incurred in our spiritual journey to the summit; what about government funding at $10 million for California missions; Fred Smith on "One Last Time".

February 05

10 Most Redeeming Films of 2004; SpongeBob and Veggie Tales; Instruments and church music; Dorm Brothels; the faith of science; Gordon MacDonald on thick burgers and thin sermons; a sermon illustration and Fred Smith on looking back and looking forward.

Dr. Antony Flew

From atheist to deist: the movement of scientist.

There Can Be No End to Jihad - Christianity Today interview

Islamist Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, in an exclusive interview, discusses the rationale for 9/11, the Christians he most respects, and the Jesus he defends.

Breaking The Da Vinci Code

 

April 05

Take, eat--how often? Dostoyevsky's Disregarded Prophesy; Islam & Redemptive History; Therapeutically Incorrect--atheist psychiatrist argues that gays can change; Evolution, Christianity and the History of Science; Amazing Sin, how deep we're bound; ILLUS for child dedication; Wesley's hymn: "Christ the Lord is Risen Today; New Wine, new Wineskins

May 05

Ignore History to your Own Peril; When to Pull the Feeding Tube; How the Pope Turned me into an Evangelical; You have the Right to be Rich; Reflections on Baptism; When Its Time to Leave; On the Council of Nicea; Questions on Schiavo.

June 05

Bruce Shelley talks about the Crusades; Sex in the church; Deeper Into Chastity; Star Wars Spirituality; Breaking the DaVinci Code; If Christians Fail, America Will Fail; A. T. Pierson, The Man Behind Missions; Billy Gram in Last NYC; Do Short Term Missions Make a Difference; Hollywood Presbyterian problems; Barna on changes in beliefs.

July 05

Clergy and sex; Is the Reformation Over? Relationships: the glue that holds your church together; The Strength of Solitude; Grace in Heaven; Cremation; Discover and Deploy Leaders; Are the rich different? Divine imagination; When Theology Comes Alive; Sunday school is changing (Barna report); Eternal truth and an emerging culture.

August 05

Supreme Court Decision in Kelo case; 4 links on discipline in the church–How Discipline Died, Keeping Lawyers at Bay, Healing the Body of Christ, Our Uniquely Undisciplined Moment; The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up; Frist's Folly; Where Wesley's Followers Went Awry; Sound-bite wisdom; What is Justice; Raising teh Compassion Bar; Cell phone number registration; XXXMinistry; Quote from Dallas Willard on transforming our social dimension.

September 05

Changed Lives: Luther; Abolishing Abstinence; Stats on religious expression; ID vs Creationism; When No One Signs Up (volunteer recruitment); Willard on Spiritual Formation in the Church; What Wives Want; multiple location church; Leading From the Second Chair (book ad); Sexless in Suburbia; The Preachers 8-second Delay; Skill for Preaching to the Unchurched: R Warren.

November 05

How to Win Friends and Influence Culture; Can We Defeat Poverty; The Bible in American Public Life, 1860-2005; Ethics Interupted; Faith Revolution Redefining Church: Barna; Dr Frist's Dilemma; The Gospel, Gromit, Girls, Gambling, God; Changed Lives: J S Bach; Venezuela New Tribes Expulsion; Jars of Clay: Old Words, Vibrant Faith; Dissecting Divorce; The Great Stem SEll; C S Lewis; Billy Sunday; Ted Haggard

Jan 06

Into the Wonder--C S Lewis; Better Homes and Children' Adrian Rogers on Commitment; Cultivating the Soul; Barna on the Changing Religious Landscape; Alcohol links; Bush in China; Bridging the Ephesians 5 Divide; Sharing Stories from the Heart.

February 06

Dealing with Difficult People; Get Some Rst (Warren); No Church, No Problem (Barna); How to Start Well as a New Pastor; How Big Is Your Vision?; American Life Styles (Barna); 5 Reasons Torture is Always Wrong; A Politician Explains Faith (Wilberforce); Worship--What We've Larned; Learning from Fools; Islam;s Uncertain Future.

April 06

Volunteer Motivation (Leadership Network); Spirituality and Holiness (Barna); Grace as License to Sin; Full Gospel's Fractured Thinking; How We All Think Like Augustine.

August 06

Excerpts from Dennis Kinlaw's, Let's Start With Jesus: a New Way of Doing Theology. Links to: Latter-day Complaints; Jesus Mean and Wild; The Lure of Theocracy; Reverendfun.com; Sinning Boldly; Live from Beirut.

October 06

Thoughts on the Emerging Church; Just Friends; Externally Focused Churches; Naked in the Pulpit; Legacy of a Global Leader; Classic Faith for Modern Times; Human Resources Info.

November 2006

Ted Haggard

November 15th 06

Let's Stop Stereotyping Evangelicals; Francis of Assisi; Four Jihads

Sources on the Emerging Church

 

Scott McKnight

Emerging Church

January 07

Bottom-Up Discipline; Creation or Evolution? Yes!; Antony of Egypt; What is the Emerging Church?

April 07

Case for Teaching the Bible; Nativity Comes Home; Billy Graham Tops Religious Leaders; The Blogging Church; How Armenia "Invented" Christendom; Quotes on the Resurrection.