Month: October 2017

Quick!  Think of someone we might call a "hero".  Which character qualities is he/she known for?  What impresses us about him/her?  Now, read this- it's a great meditation on the following quote (from the linked article): "We should be impressed with self-control over self-aggrandizement, with gentleness over power, faithfulness over platform.   Watch this video … Continue reading Wednesday Round-Up: Did you ever know that you’re my hero?; Get out of my way, kid, somebody messed up my order! (10/25/17) →

Carey Nieuwhof hosts this fantastic podcast, that features Dr. Henry Cloud.  It focuses on how leaders - perhaps especially Christian leaders - have to focus on relationships and results, while being mindful of how accountability happens with different types of people: Cloud - following the Bible - says there are 3 types: "The Wise", "The Fool", … Continue reading Wednesday Round-Up: The Wise, the Foolish, and the Evil; What Did You Just Ask Me?; I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying! (10/18/17) →

How does a Jesus-centered movement start?  What does it look like?  What things must it constantly do in order to “get the ball downfield”?  Ed Stetzer recounts the story of John Wimber and the Vineyard movement here, and offers these 10 practices that distinguish a Jesus-centered movement from a movement by any other name. Doug Coe lived … Continue reading Wednesday Round-Up: A Jesus-Centered Movement; Evangelism as In-Reach. (10/11/17) →

Have you seen a few "R.I.P.'s" for Hugh Hefner?  Did he live a "successful life"?  Read this from Russell Moore : 'If you want to see “success,” look instead to the man faithful to the wife of his youth, caring for her through dementia.'  Also - for a stronger take - read this by Ross Douthat … Continue reading Wednesday Round-Up: Hefner, the E-Word, and “Freaky Specific” (10/4/17) →