Unless you’re a monk cloistered in a monastery somewhere (and maybe even then) you’re probably going to have to do some public speaking. Your game is bringing it every Sunday in a public setting and your skills rely significantly on your public speaking skills, and it’s got to be an update from your [...]
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Ever heard this from your former youth returning from college?
“Oh, yeah, I heard of a really good church, but I never made [it]. I’m definitely going to go there next semester. It’s just really hard to get up on Sunday mornings, and I don’t have a car, and…”
Tony Jones has, too. With his [...]
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And now for the obligatory post regarding the glorified Smurf movie.
The Burner saw Avatar last night and agrees with the majority of movie critics that it is truly an astounding step forward in cinema. As you should know by now, a significant number of moviegoers are paying a 25% premium over a regular movie [...]
more...What a measured and thoughtful response from Associated Baptist Press contributor Rev. Michael Clingenpeel responding to a question regarding the oldtimer/modernist vs. whippersnapper/postmodernist squabbles going on in churches around the country. If communication breaks down, then that’s the end of things (See “Actions of Ambassadors Before Wars” or Led Zepplin’s eponymous [...]
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The venerable Barna Group has released a summary of four themes noticed across the year of their research. Read the full article here, or check out the conversation at Ed Stetzer’s blog.
Or if you don’t have time, here are the high points:
Theme 1: Increasingly, Americans are more [...]
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You might have noticed the news stories about Rev. Rick Warren’s Sunday plea for funds to fill a $900k deficit in the Saddleback budget. According to Warren (Fuller D.Min ’93), a Friday Christmas meant many givers “were out of town or too tired to come back for weekend services.” Warren then gave an [...]
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