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Pentecost 2012: Hope in Relationship with God
'In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
A Rapture Sermon
Mark Ashton, lead pastor at Christ Community Church in Omaha, preached on the rapture on Sunday, October 23.
Tattoos
If you look up tattooing in an anthropology text book, you will find it covered under the area of "scarification."
The Grace of Church Shrinkage
Renovation of the Church by Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken (Downers Grove: IVP, 2011).
Do we need seminaries?
In Trust NOW email has an article this week on the future of seminaries. It starts out with a pretty pessimistic and cynical viewpoint; it ends with a more hopeful voice.
Faithful Presence
I began reading James Davison Hunter's book, To Change the World, during the summer.
To Change the World, by James Davison Hunter (installment 1)
Since I started making blog entries, seldom have I recommended a book before I am done with it. I am making an exception with this one.
Self Revelation and Ministry
In Fred Buechner's third volume of autobiography, Telling Secrets (1991), in a poignant and moving conclusion to his first chapter, he admonishes ministers to allow the love of God extended to them personally to penetrate into their messages and ministries more than they do.
Newspaper Response
Today's headline in our local paper screams "Employees fear for Seminary's future." What a nice way to start a day!
