Blog Topic: News

Why Millennials are Leaving the Church–and How We Can Stop It

Did you ever hear the one about the “stiff-necked” people, marching around the desert on life-support until a new generation could replace them? They made a movie about it.

Or the group of religious leaders who lost their purpose so tragically that their whole rasion d’etre (de croyance?) was taken from them and given [...]

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Ministering to Pimps and Prostitutes: Learning The Game

This is the second in a series of posts with ministry tips to sex workers. The first is here. –TB

The second thing to keep in mind when wanting to begin this type of outreach ministry is to do your research. If you want to be [...]

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In Your Corner

I have never been a big fan of boxing. I’m sure there are many reasons for this: I was raised in a family that never paid attention to it; I’ve got an aversion to blood and knocked-out teeth; I generally prefer activities in which no one has a chance of death or concussion or [...]

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How the Mistakes By Miami-Dade County and Wayne County Can Win You A Scot McKnight Book–UPDATE

UPDATE: All books have been given out. Thanks for all the comments!

Today, The Burner read an article on Autoblog.com (one of the best blogs on the ‘Net) retelling a story of officials who found out from a local newspaper that Miami-Dade County had a fleet of 300 unused Toyota Priuses (Prii?) [...]

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What to Do When Your Email Goes Down

Tuesday, April 17th will forever live on as a Day of Infamy. The day that Gmail went down.

There was much weeping and gnashing of teeth on Twitter and Facebook alike, the lesson being that people will take to one form of social media to complain about the lack of another. We were all [...]

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#Catalyst West: Donald Miller

Don Miller was at Catalyst. He says Christians should all get along with each other.

This is not to say it was not a great session. We should all get along with each other.

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#Catalyst West: Erwin McManus

We are designed to live life with the utmost intention.

Everything that has been created was created with intention–and that intention is to create or sustain life–in order to live life together.

A human being’s will differentiates humans from animals. Animals can only live with intention. A mediocre giraffe will be eaten. But [...]

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