I don’t like TV. I never really have. Nevertheless, having a television creates one more opportunity to waste time, so Felicia and I decided to take action. So now our TV, VCR, DVD player, and Playstation are all in the closet, and they aren’t coming out for at least 1 year. My guess is that [...]
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Steve Wright is the author of the book ReThink. After reading the book very carefully, I am one of the most enthusiastic supporters of what Steve has written. Through his book, as well as in personal conversations, Steve has been a great encouragement to me, letting me know that I’m certainly in good company when [...]
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I had a wonderful time at the Band of Bloggers (audio available here) and Together for the Gospel conference last week. The fellowship was sweet as I had the opportunity to travel with my fellow Ephesus Church Pastor Steve Thomas. I also spent a lot of time with Mike Hall and Don Elbourne. I talked [...]
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I’m leaving Savannah tomorrow morning at 6am to join 5000 of my closest friends for the Together for the Gospel conference. I will also be attending the Band of Bloggers, and am very much looking forward to linking up with old friends, new friends, and friends that I’ve never met in person! I will be [...]
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The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has released a series of new statistics on the religious landscape of America:
Close to half (44 percent) of all Americans have changed religions or denominations at least once in their lifetimes.
Protestants now make up just 51 percent of the population, though the total Christian population remains as [...]
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“Christians can be and ought to be content with the simple necessities of life.”
I am reading through Desiring God for the 5th time, but this time it’s with another brother in the Lord who is reading it for the first time. In introducing him to this book and having the opportunity to explain a lot [...]
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“On him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.”
— Luke 23:26
We see in Simon’s carrying the cross a picture of the work of the Church throughout all generations; she is the cross-bearer after Jesus. Mark then, Christian, Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your suffering. He bears a [...]
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There are two new blogs that will be worth your time to check out — add them to your reader and comment liberally.
1. Lasting Divergence
This is the new blog of Steve Wright and Chris Graves, writers of the book ReThink. They are providing some great articles already, mostly pertaining to parental influence in the lives [...]
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Felicia and I are back from our cruise — we had a great time. I had a lot of time to consider teenage culture and several ministry related things, so I will be posting on those over the next few days. April begins a string of retreats and conferences that I will be attending for [...]
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