January 2009
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Jan 29th
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“ Many in the new seeker-sensitive experiment in “doing church” have seen only...”
– [David F. Wells, Above all Earthly Powers: Christ in a Postmodern World (Eerdmans, Grand Rapid, MI, USA, 2005), 162-163. Emphases mine.]
Jan 28th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
A Comma & A Cross
Richard Dahlstrom recently wrote a thoughtful and articulate piece here on Conversant that I enjoyed reading. After reading Rick Warren’s prayer, I had thought about writing about the same thing - his use of the Hebrews passage - and I’m partially glad I didn’t yet because Richard’s is so well written. I say partially because I think he stopped short of the true power...
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Why We're Not Emergent: A Gift To The Church
I’m a little late posting about this book (it came out last year) because, well, Amazon doesn’t ship to M*ngolia. For all of 2008 I kept a running list of books I wanted to get when we came back to the States and Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be) by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck was near the top. I finally picked it up after Christmas and read it in about two...
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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“I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have...”
– Martin Luther
Jan 18th
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Jan 14th
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Mongolia 2009: The Year Ahead
If you are interested in what we will be working on for the next seven months, I am posting a run down of our different projects.  We will need some financial support for a few of the projects so if your church is looking for some overseas work to support, please forward our information on to them. Together: -Producing a ten episode series for national TV about people whose lives have been...
Jan 14th
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Culture & Natures
- I was reading the interestingly-titled and well-written “Why Are There Never Enough Parking Spaces at the Prostate Clinic” by Carl Trueman at Reformation 21 and a sentence in his last paragraph had an important conviction/reminder for me as a Christian who somewhat of a cultural commentator. - Trueman says, “Alternatively, I could try to move out of my own little world,...
Jan 12th
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Jan 9th