June 30, 2008

Transformation

Click for more information on Transformation "Worship takes on a completely new expression on the other side of the world. No sound systems, no calculated transitions, just sweaty believers crammed together into small rooms, weeping as the Holy Spirit oozes out among them."
Bob Roberts Jr., Transformation (website)

June 20, 2008

When Answers Aren't Enough

Click for more information on When Answers Aren't Enough "Embracing mystery brings peace."
Matt Rogers, When Answers Aren't Enough (website)

June 19, 2008

Take the Risk

Click for more information on Take the Risk "Anyone who refuses to test his limits, anyone unwilling to move out of her comfort zone, is destined to live life inside the envelope. The most important developments in science, history, technology, and the arts came from taking risks."
Ben Carson MD, Take the Risk (website)

June 18, 2008

The Myth of Happiness

Click for more information on The Myth of Happiness "The pursuit of happiness has become the Zeitgeist of the postmodern world."
Rich Wagner, The Myth of Happiness (website)

June 17, 2008

Seismic Shifts

Click for more information on Seismic Shifts "If you are soul-fatigued and long for rest, God wants you to know that he has established a way for you to order your life so there is always space for play, worship, refreshment, and community with those you love."
Kevin G. Harney, Seismic Shifts

June 16, 2008

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Church

Click for more information on Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Church "As God looks down from the vastness of heaven at this third planet from the sun, what is he seeing? What is he thinking? What is he saying to the angels about the goings-on here? What is he applauding, and what is he reproaching? What does he wish his people to do -- and not do?"
Dean Merrill, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Church

June 13, 2008

Father and Son

Click for more information on Father and Son "Matthew smiled and whispered in an easy creed, 'I love you, dad.' I was an old man young in the love of his son."
Walter Wangerin Jr., Father and Son (website)

June 12, 2008

Honey for a Child's Heart

Click for more information on Honey for a Child's Heart "Take all the words available in the human vocabulary and read them from the dictionary, and you have only a list of words. But with the creativity and imagination God has given human beings, let these words flow together in the right order and they give wings to the spirit. Every child ought to know the pleasure of words so well chosen that they awaken sensibility, great emotions, and understanding of truth."
Gladys Hunt, Honey for a Child's Heart

June 11, 2008

Freedom of Simplicity

Click for more information on Freedom of Simplicity? "The pace of the modern world accentuates our sense of being fractured and fragmented. The complexity of rushing to achieve and accumulate more and more threatens frequently to overwhelm us."
Richard J. Foster, Freedom of Simplicity

June 10, 2008

How Jewish Is Christianity?

Click for more information on How Jewish Is Christianity? "The history of Jewish believers in Jesus is a fascinating one, but life for Messianic Jews has been difficult ever since the Greek contextualization of the Christian message and lifestyle."
Louis Goldberg, How Jewish Is Christianity?

June 9, 2008

An Agenda for Change

Click for more information on An Agenda for Change "A knowledge of the real Jesus is essential, not just for Christians but for wider society, because his influence is so wide. The reality of an individual who has set the western calendar, permeated human thought and history for over 2,000 years, and influenced the culture of the dominant nations for a millennium demands to be taken seriously."
Joel Edwards, An Agenda for Change (website)

June 6, 2008

Unmasking the Cults

Click for more information on Unmasking the Cults "A cult of Christianity is a group of people who claim to be Christian, yet embrace a particular doctrinal system taught by an individual leader, group of leaders, or organization, which (system) denies (either explicitly or implicitly) one or more of the central doctrines of the Christian faith as taught in the 66 books of the Bible."
Alan W. Gomes, Unmasking the Cults

June 5, 2008

Boundaries with Teens

Click for more information on Boundaries with Teens "Be soft on preferences and style, and hard on disrespect and selfishness."
Dr. John Townsend, Boundaries with Teens

June 4, 2008

In His Image

Click for more information on In His Image "The image of God -- the first man on earth received it, and in some refracted way each one of us possesses this quality wondrous strange."
Paul Brand MD, In His Image

June 3, 2008

Ready for Responsibility

Click for more information on Ready for Responsibility "Just as the school sees it as part of their job to set up a practice opportunity for teenagers with the SAT exams, it's a parent's job to set up practice opportunities with as many of the expected adult competencies as possible."
Robert G. Barnes, Ready for Responsibility

June 2, 2008

Character Makeover

Click for more information on Character Makeover "God cares more about the character we bring to our life mission than he does about our ministry's strategic plan."
Katie Brazelton & Shelley Leith, Character Makeover