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The New (Youth Ministry) Pragmatism

Time Magazine ran a story this week on youth ministry titled, “In Touch With Jesus” about how “sugarcoated, MTV-style youth ministry is so over. Bible-based worship is packing teens in pews now.” Albert Mohler responded by writing, maybe these kids are hungry for biblical substance and something more than entertainment and pizza. Well, they probably […]

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40,000 Starbucks Stores Puts a Smile On My Face

My considerate sister emailed me this morning with a link to the following story about getting a Starbucks on every corner. Launi Skinner, a senior vice president in charge of Starbucks’ store development, revealed part of the reason for their recently announced goal of having 40,000 stores worldwide: Going to the other side of the street […]

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Google Will Find You

Blogs are changing journalism. Sure. Therefore colleges that desire to train the next generation of reporters and columnists should include teaching on responsible blogging. I follow that. But I’m most interested in the following advice to teachers: Help (students) understand that there is nowhere to hide this material in the world of Google. […]

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A Five-Point Ministry Strategy for Nobodies

I’m rereading John MacArthur’s book Hard to Believe with a few ministry leader friends. The following is found in chapter three and is a great summary of the apostle Paul’s ministry strategy from 2 Corinthians 4. The gospel is hard to believe, and the people who bring it to the world are nobodies. The plan […]

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Sola Scriptura, or, Whatever You Can Get in 100 Minutes

I should know better than to be surprised by The 100-Minute Bible. This is the latest offering to busy Christian and non-Christian readers who are interested but intimidated by the Bible (HT: Al Mohler). This is not a joke. From Mohler’s site: Len Budd, publisher of the slimmed-down Bible, admitted that much had been lost in the […]

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Chopra Broccoli

One of my favorite 90’s ballads is Choppin’ Broccoli written and performed by Dana Carvey. This euphonic masterpiece is an epic tale about a woman who overcomes obscurity and culinary catastrophe. she’s cold as ice paradise and the feeling was nice there’s a lady I know if […]

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The Mac Wonderful Time of the Year

Okay. This blog will deviate a bit from the typical, more theologically oriented themes you’re used to from me. But seriously, stink! If you’ve never visited the apple.com web site you’ve got to do it now. The annual Macworld Conference kicked off today in San Fransisco with Apple CEO Steve Jobs leading off with […]

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