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Obstacles Welcome

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A New Monasticism

I’ve had about 10 books going for awhile, and I’m trying of focus on finishing one at a time. I just finished reading The New Monasticism: What it has to say to the church, “an insider’s perspective” by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. I’ve mentioned the new monasticism before, and I have a... more »

Fearless by Max Lucado

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The Expanded Bible Review

I recently got a copy of The Expanded Bible, New Testament, published by Thomas Nelson. It’s text is a modified New Century Version, and the “contributing scholars” are Tremper Longman III, Mark L. Strauss, and Daniel Taylor. I’m new to Strauss, but I’ve appreciated Longman’s writings... more »

Some recent sermons

I haven’t posted any sermons lately, so here are a couple from the last several months:
Revolutionary Love 8-2-09
Love in Action 7-5-09
Angels 6-14-09 more »

Bono: The church… 3 years later #tls09

These are some of my notes from the eighth session of the Willow Creek Leadership Summit.
Have you seen any difference 3 years later (since Bill’s last interview at the Summity with Bono) in the way the church is responding to global poverty and AIDS?

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