Archive for May, 2008

Mark Driscoll on… Rick Warren

A quote from Driscoll’s blog:
“And, I learned a lot watching Rick Warren behind the scenes and over meals. Not being part of the Purpose Driven Network, I was humbled by how eager he was to bring in leaders from many networks and denominations to share ideas and help influence in his Purpose Driven Network pastors [...]

Celebrity Jesus

Popularity is overrated, it’s fleeting, and yet in one way or another we all desire it.
Fame is not a ticket to happiness – the body count of young actors and rock stars who found fame and success and ended up taking their own lives is proof of this. And yet many think fame would make [...]

Question and Answer with Mark Driscoll

via Resurgence featured audio
On Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at the Resurgence National Conference, Pastor Mark Driscoll spent sometime answering questions from audience. Please listen as Mark explains how he structures his schedule in order manage his role has father, husband and preacher including sermon preparation, how his role at Mars Hill has changed over [...]

ESV Study Bible

From Crossway books:
Download the Introduction to the Gospel of Luke from the ESV Study Bible. This new pre-release PDF file shares information about the author, date, purpose, literary features, and key themes of Luke. It also includes a timeline and an overview map, helping you situate Luke in its historical and geographic context. Finally, a [...]

Donald Miller’s “Blue Like Jazz” (3) – The Things We Want Most Will Kill Us

“And that’s the tricky thing about life, really, that the things we want most will kill us.” This statement follows 13 illustrated pages of a story about sexy carrots. You really need to look at the book to understand, but this is another good reason I never would have found this book in [...]

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Book Shopping – Day 1

These came from a book sale in a mall
Rob Bell – Velvet Elvis
Dan Kimball – Emerging Worship
Dan Kimball – The Emerging Church
Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones (editors) – An Emergent Manifesto of Hope
David F. Wells – Above All Earthly Powers

And these are from Baker Book House (round one!)
Scott M. Gibson – Preaching the Old [...]

Prophets and Pharisees

I started reading the bible from page one in January and I’m coming up on halfway now so I have some fresh thoughts about prophets.
Most seem hesitant to carry out what God tells them to do… probably because at various times they were sawed in half or killed some other way. Half the time they [...]