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Archive for December, 2007

Contextualizing

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Hey All,
I’m preparing to teach a class called, “The Church in Emerging Culture” starting this January. As such, I’m swimming in the blogosphere and swamping my way through a ream of new “emergent church” titles. So, it’s no surprise that the whole issue of “contextualizing” (i.e., speaking the Gospel in ways current culture can grasp) […]

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Do Not Miss This

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

I rarely place a resource in the “you cannot miss this” category. But I want to encourage/exhort you to take 1.5 hrs out of your day to check out this one. Recently, Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill church in Seattle, WA (not to be confused with Rob Bell’s “Mars Hill”) gave an incredible sermon/lecture […]

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Idolatry in America

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Greetings All. I ran across this analysis of Idolatry in America. One of my favorite preachers comments on how Americans are idolaters without even realizing it. What do you think?

One More Just for Fun:

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