Showing posts with label ministry and resources. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ministry and resources. Show all posts
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Ask God For What You Want!
Bishop E. Earl Jenkins
"The reason you don't have what you want is...you don't ask God." James 4:2 TLB
Imagine walking into a restaurant on a whim and asking if your order is ready. "When did you call it in?" the server asks. "Oh I didn't," you reply, "I just thought perhaps you'd have something with my name on it." Sound ridiculous? No more so than expecting God to answer requests you haven't made - or made in faith believing.
James says, "The reason you don't have what you want is...you don't ask God." Does that mean He'll automatically give you everything you ask for? No. James adds, "Even when you do ask you don't get it because...you want only what will give you pleasure" (Jas 4:3 TLB). Your motives need to be in tune with what God knows is best for you. John says, "This is the confidence...we have in Him...if we ask anything...according to His will...He...hears" (1Jn 5:14 AMP).
Lamentations 3:25 says, "The Lord is good to those who wait...expectantly for Him" (AMP).
Expectant prayer demonstrates confidence in God's goodness. Instead of fretting and taking matters into your own hands, when you say, "Lord, I'm going to trust you with this, regardless of the outcome," He'll honor your faith. Paul says, "Pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks" (Ph 4:6 NCV). Do you need a job? Help overcoming a problem? Salvation for your loved ones? A deeper walk with God? Physical or emotional healing?
Jesus said, "It gives your Father great happiness to give you the [benefits of his] Kingdom" (Lk 12:32 NLT). God wants to be good to you, so tell Him the "desires of your heart" (Ps 37:4 NKJV). And thank Him that the answer will come - in His time!
Bishop Edward Earl Jenkins is the senior pastor and founder of the True Servant Worship & Praise Church located in Trenton, New Jersey. Bishop Jenkins earned his Bachelor of Theology degree from Eastern Bible College and has been preaching the unadulterated gospel for over twenty years. His unique method of preaching and teaching has opened many doors to allow him to touch the hearts of many lives near and far. Bishop Jenkins is the proud husband of Lady Sheila Jenkins and father of Travis, Jamal, Clarrisa and Dionna. Click here to purchase Don't Hate Your Enemies...Just Step On Them! by Bishop E.E. Jenkins!
"The reason you don't have what you want is...you don't ask God." James 4:2 TLB
Imagine walking into a restaurant on a whim and asking if your order is ready. "When did you call it in?" the server asks. "Oh I didn't," you reply, "I just thought perhaps you'd have something with my name on it." Sound ridiculous? No more so than expecting God to answer requests you haven't made - or made in faith believing.
James says, "The reason you don't have what you want is...you don't ask God." Does that mean He'll automatically give you everything you ask for? No. James adds, "Even when you do ask you don't get it because...you want only what will give you pleasure" (Jas 4:3 TLB). Your motives need to be in tune with what God knows is best for you. John says, "This is the confidence...we have in Him...if we ask anything...according to His will...He...hears" (1Jn 5:14 AMP).
Lamentations 3:25 says, "The Lord is good to those who wait...expectantly for Him" (AMP).
Expectant prayer demonstrates confidence in God's goodness. Instead of fretting and taking matters into your own hands, when you say, "Lord, I'm going to trust you with this, regardless of the outcome," He'll honor your faith. Paul says, "Pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks" (Ph 4:6 NCV). Do you need a job? Help overcoming a problem? Salvation for your loved ones? A deeper walk with God? Physical or emotional healing?
Jesus said, "It gives your Father great happiness to give you the [benefits of his] Kingdom" (Lk 12:32 NLT). God wants to be good to you, so tell Him the "desires of your heart" (Ps 37:4 NKJV). And thank Him that the answer will come - in His time!
Bishop Edward Earl Jenkins is the senior pastor and founder of the True Servant Worship & Praise Church located in Trenton, New Jersey. Bishop Jenkins earned his Bachelor of Theology degree from Eastern Bible College and has been preaching the unadulterated gospel for over twenty years. His unique method of preaching and teaching has opened many doors to allow him to touch the hearts of many lives near and far. Bishop Jenkins is the proud husband of Lady Sheila Jenkins and father of Travis, Jamal, Clarrisa and Dionna. Click here to purchase Don't Hate Your Enemies...Just Step On Them! by Bishop E.E. Jenkins!
Friday, March 28, 2008
Salt, Blind Boys of Alabama, Why go to Church?, the Apostles, Prayer, the Pope
Pushed to the Edge, 'Salt' Took Time for God and Herself
Hip hop star Cheryl James gave up her successful group, Salt N Pepa, to get in touch with her Christian faith.
'I'm Not Blind, I Just Can't See': A Chat with the Blind Boys' Ricky McKinnie
Ricky McKinnie has been playing with the gospel legends The Blind Boys of Alabama for more than three decades, and that makes him one of the new guys.
10 Reasons Why We Go To Church...
Life Purpose
"Who am I?" "Why am I here?" "What's the purpose of my life?" "How can I find meaning and fulfillment?" Who doesn't ask these searching questions about life's purpose at some point in their life? There is a place deep down inside every one of us that cries for significance. We look longingly at the lives of our heroes, who've made a difference in our world, and secretly want to be among them.
What Happened to the Twelve Apostles? How Their Deaths Evidence Easter
Parchment and Pen Theology blog: Reclaiming the Mind
A Price Control By Any Other Name
from Forbes.com
ChristianPeer
first ever Christian torrent site
Ten Creative Ways to Energize Your Prayer Life
from BeliefNet
Six Surprising Things About Benedict XVI, 'The Puzzling Pope'
David Gibson offers a handy guide for getting to know Pope Benedict XVI.
By David Gibson
Ledreborg Castle
from GoogleEarthHacks.com
If Only I Could Get the Fed's Help When I'm Bad: Ann Woolner
from Bloomberg.com
The Web's best free stuff
from InfoWorld: There's a wealth of downloadable software and online services, but free doesn't necessarily mean good. Here's some of the best of the bunch
Abston Church of Christ
Amy Hughes . . . and so the Abston Church of Christ was conceived as my first LEGO project in twenty years.
The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Misjudgment, part 1: Biases 1-6
blog,PMarca.com Mark Andreessen
Hip hop star Cheryl James gave up her successful group, Salt N Pepa, to get in touch with her Christian faith.
'I'm Not Blind, I Just Can't See': A Chat with the Blind Boys' Ricky McKinnie
Ricky McKinnie has been playing with the gospel legends The Blind Boys of Alabama for more than three decades, and that makes him one of the new guys.
10 Reasons Why We Go To Church...
Life Purpose
"Who am I?" "Why am I here?" "What's the purpose of my life?" "How can I find meaning and fulfillment?" Who doesn't ask these searching questions about life's purpose at some point in their life? There is a place deep down inside every one of us that cries for significance. We look longingly at the lives of our heroes, who've made a difference in our world, and secretly want to be among them.
What Happened to the Twelve Apostles? How Their Deaths Evidence Easter
Parchment and Pen Theology blog: Reclaiming the Mind
A Price Control By Any Other Name
from Forbes.com
ChristianPeer
first ever Christian torrent site
Ten Creative Ways to Energize Your Prayer Life
from BeliefNet
Six Surprising Things About Benedict XVI, 'The Puzzling Pope'
David Gibson offers a handy guide for getting to know Pope Benedict XVI.
By David Gibson
Ledreborg Castle
from GoogleEarthHacks.com
If Only I Could Get the Fed's Help When I'm Bad: Ann Woolner
from Bloomberg.com
The Web's best free stuff
from InfoWorld: There's a wealth of downloadable software and online services, but free doesn't necessarily mean good. Here's some of the best of the bunch
Abston Church of Christ
Amy Hughes . . . and so the Abston Church of Christ was conceived as my first LEGO project in twenty years.
The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Misjudgment, part 1: Biases 1-6
blog,PMarca.com Mark Andreessen
Monday, March 17, 2008
It's a Spirit Thing
Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 2:1-4: "When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."
I Corinthians 12:13: "For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body - whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free - and we were all given the one Spirit to drink."
I Corinthians 12:4-7: "There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good."
John 14:16-17: "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever - the Spirit of truth."
Romans 12:1: "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
Ephesians 5:18-20: "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 8:3-4: "For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit."
I Corinthians 14:12: "Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church."
I Corinthians 14:26: "What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening ("edification" N.A.S.B.) of the church."
Romans 12:4-6: "Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace give us."
Luke 11:20: "But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you."
I John 3:8b: "The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work." Ephesians 6:10-20: "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.... And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should."
John 14:12-13: "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father."
Romans 15:18-19: "I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done - by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit."
I Corinthians 4:20: "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power."
Romans 8:9-10: "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you."
John 16:7: "But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor ["Comforter, Advocate, Helper"] will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you."
John 14:26: "But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."
John 16:13-15: "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you."
Romans 8:14: "...those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
Luke 24:49: "I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."
Acts 4:31: "After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly."
Acts 8:18-19: "When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, ‘Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.’ "
Acts 19:1-2: "While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ They answered, ‘No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.’ "
I Corinthians 2:4-5: "My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power."
II Corinthians 4:7: "But we have this treasure [the gospel] in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us."
II Corinthians 6:4-7: "Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ... in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left...."
Joel 2:28-29: "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days."
Acts 2:15-17: "These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ‘In the last days, God, says, I will pour out my spirit on all people....’ "
I Corinthians 12:7-11: "Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.... All these [gifts] are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines."
I Corinthians 14:1: "Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy."
I Corinthians 14: 5: "I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy."
I Thessalonians 5:19-21: "Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good."
Acts 8:14-17: "When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit."
Acts 19:6: "When Paul placed his hands on them [new converts in Ephesus], the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied."
Mark 1:41: "Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man [a leper]. ‘I am willing [to heal you],’ he said, ‘Be clean!’ Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured."
Luke 6:18b-19: "Those troubled by evil spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all."
Mark 16:18: "...they [the evangelists] will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
Acts 13:1-3: "In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off."
I Timothy 4:14: "Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you."
II Timothy 1:6: "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands."
Acts 2:1-4: "When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."
I Corinthians 12:13: "For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body - whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free - and we were all given the one Spirit to drink."
I Corinthians 12:4-7: "There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good."
John 14:16-17: "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever - the Spirit of truth."
Romans 12:1: "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
Ephesians 5:18-20: "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 8:3-4: "For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit."
I Corinthians 14:12: "Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church."
I Corinthians 14:26: "What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening ("edification" N.A.S.B.) of the church."
Romans 12:4-6: "Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace give us."
Luke 11:20: "But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you."
I John 3:8b: "The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work." Ephesians 6:10-20: "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.... And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should."
John 14:12-13: "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father."
Romans 15:18-19: "I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done - by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit."
I Corinthians 4:20: "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power."
Romans 8:9-10: "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you."
John 16:7: "But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor ["Comforter, Advocate, Helper"] will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you."
John 14:26: "But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."
John 16:13-15: "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you."
Romans 8:14: "...those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
Luke 24:49: "I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."
Acts 4:31: "After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly."
Acts 8:18-19: "When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, ‘Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.’ "
Acts 19:1-2: "While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ They answered, ‘No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.’ "
I Corinthians 2:4-5: "My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power."
II Corinthians 4:7: "But we have this treasure [the gospel] in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us."
II Corinthians 6:4-7: "Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ... in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left...."
Joel 2:28-29: "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days."
Acts 2:15-17: "These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ‘In the last days, God, says, I will pour out my spirit on all people....’ "
I Corinthians 12:7-11: "Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.... All these [gifts] are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines."
I Corinthians 14:1: "Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy."
I Corinthians 14: 5: "I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy."
I Thessalonians 5:19-21: "Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good."
Acts 8:14-17: "When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit."
Acts 19:6: "When Paul placed his hands on them [new converts in Ephesus], the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied."
Mark 1:41: "Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man [a leper]. ‘I am willing [to heal you],’ he said, ‘Be clean!’ Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured."
Luke 6:18b-19: "Those troubled by evil spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all."
Mark 16:18: "...they [the evangelists] will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
Acts 13:1-3: "In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off."
I Timothy 4:14: "Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you."
II Timothy 1:6: "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands."
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Champion Factories, Rick Warren, Newspapers, Mainline and Franchised Churches, Hispanics and Churches, Leadership
Champion Factories
There is a school of thought that holds that champions like Super Bowl LXII quarterback and most valuable player Eli Manning are born, not made.
Inaugurating the New York Times Deathwatch
from blog.pmarca.com
Rick Warren: We Need to Be on the Same Team
Speaking at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. recently, Rick Warren suggested that mainline churches need to reconcile with evangelicals to counter their mounting problem of membership decline.
Why Aren’t Your People Inviting Other People to Attend Your Church?
Maybe people aren’t inviting people to your church because they aren’t that enthusiastic about it either.
Re-Thinking the “Franchised Church”
Franchising Church is not about being a “McChurch”, it’s about following a “McSystem”.
Switch by Hispanic Catholics Changes Face of U.S. Religion
In a huge cultural transformation that is changing the face of religion in the United States, millions of Hispanic Americans have left the Roman Catholic Church for evangelical Protestant denominations.
Mainline Churches: The Real Reason for Decline
from First Things
Mainline Protestants reeling
By GARY STERN THE JOURNAL NEWS
Mainline denominations losing impact on nation
By Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What Makes a Thriving Mainline Church When Many are Dying?
By Lillian Kwon Christian Post Reporter
Studies Say Biofuels Worse Than Gasoline
from WiredBlog network
You Know You’re Not Leading When…
from MondayMorningInsight.com
There is a school of thought that holds that champions like Super Bowl LXII quarterback and most valuable player Eli Manning are born, not made.
Inaugurating the New York Times Deathwatch
from blog.pmarca.com
Rick Warren: We Need to Be on the Same Team
Speaking at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. recently, Rick Warren suggested that mainline churches need to reconcile with evangelicals to counter their mounting problem of membership decline.
Why Aren’t Your People Inviting Other People to Attend Your Church?
Maybe people aren’t inviting people to your church because they aren’t that enthusiastic about it either.
Re-Thinking the “Franchised Church”
Franchising Church is not about being a “McChurch”, it’s about following a “McSystem”.
Switch by Hispanic Catholics Changes Face of U.S. Religion
In a huge cultural transformation that is changing the face of religion in the United States, millions of Hispanic Americans have left the Roman Catholic Church for evangelical Protestant denominations.
Mainline Churches: The Real Reason for Decline
from First Things
Mainline Protestants reeling
By GARY STERN THE JOURNAL NEWS
Mainline denominations losing impact on nation
By Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What Makes a Thriving Mainline Church When Many are Dying?
By Lillian Kwon Christian Post Reporter
Studies Say Biofuels Worse Than Gasoline
from WiredBlog network
You Know You’re Not Leading When…
from MondayMorningInsight.com
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Christian Hits, eHow, Retire?, Child Psychology and Celebrity Rehab
Top 40 Christian Hits of 2007
eHow
How To Do Just About Everything
The Next Big Christian Site?
To Retire or Note to Retire
That's the question for 2008, according to Tammy Erickson . . . BusinessWeek
It's The Economy, Stupid
from Forbes.com. . .The Croesus Chronicles
John Rosemond: 'Why Child Psychology Is Damaging'
from Beliefnet: He spoke with Wendy Schuman, Beliefnet's family editor, about why he believes Grandma's wisdom and the Bible are the best sources for parents.
The Gap In Google's Defenses
Sramana Mitra from Forbes.com
Ghost Towns and the History of the American West
Idol Chatter: Religion and Pop Culture Blog
from Belief Net: Scared Straight: Celebrity Rehab
Retirement With A Purpose
But, only months later, Otte actually started to feel bored. The life of retirement wasn’t challenging. She felt restless. "It was fun, but only for the first six months," Otte says. "Then I needed a reason to get up in the morning."
eHow
How To Do Just About Everything
The Next Big Christian Site?
To Retire or Note to Retire
That's the question for 2008, according to Tammy Erickson . . . BusinessWeek
It's The Economy, Stupid
from Forbes.com. . .The Croesus Chronicles
John Rosemond: 'Why Child Psychology Is Damaging'
from Beliefnet: He spoke with Wendy Schuman, Beliefnet's family editor, about why he believes Grandma's wisdom and the Bible are the best sources for parents.
The Gap In Google's Defenses
Sramana Mitra from Forbes.com
Ghost Towns and the History of the American West
Idol Chatter: Religion and Pop Culture Blog
from Belief Net: Scared Straight: Celebrity Rehab
Retirement With A Purpose
But, only months later, Otte actually started to feel bored. The life of retirement wasn’t challenging. She felt restless. "It was fun, but only for the first six months," Otte says. "Then I needed a reason to get up in the morning."
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Christian Podcasts
BattleCry
battlecry.com is an online community and resource for Christian teens, churches, youth groups, and leaders
New Christian Music PodCast
International House of Prayer: One Thing
Radian Magazine
life from the inside out
LifeWay: Biblical Solutions for Life
God's iPod
God's iPod™ brings Christian Podcasts, audio Bibles, sermons, teaching, apologetics, music, books, podcasts (godcasts), and more for downloading to your computer, Apple iPod or other MP3 player, and all for free.
You don't need an iPod to listen to Christian podcasts! Just iTunes (free)!
battlecry.com is an online community and resource for Christian teens, churches, youth groups, and leaders
New Christian Music PodCast
International House of Prayer: One Thing
Radian Magazine
life from the inside out
LifeWay: Biblical Solutions for Life
God's iPod
God's iPod™ brings Christian Podcasts, audio Bibles, sermons, teaching, apologetics, music, books, podcasts (godcasts), and more for downloading to your computer, Apple iPod or other MP3 player, and all for free.
You don't need an iPod to listen to Christian podcasts! Just iTunes (free)!
Saturday, December 8, 2007
The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr
The Serenity Prayer
by Reinhold Niebuhr
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen.
by Reinhold Niebuhr
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Pie and Your Name and the Last Supper
American Pie
McLean Keeps Serving `American Pie' That Made Career, Fortune
What's In a Name?
Students whose names begin with C or D get lower grades than those whose names begin with A or B; major league baseball players whose first or last names began with K (the strikeout-signifying letter) are significantly more likely to strike out, according to the report published in the December issue of Psychological Science.
St. Thomas University
Shock therapy for freshmen at St. Thomas shockingly trite
The Last Supper in Detail
Kathy Smith's Spiritual Walking
McLean Keeps Serving `American Pie' That Made Career, Fortune
What's In a Name?
Students whose names begin with C or D get lower grades than those whose names begin with A or B; major league baseball players whose first or last names began with K (the strikeout-signifying letter) are significantly more likely to strike out, according to the report published in the December issue of Psychological Science.
St. Thomas University
Shock therapy for freshmen at St. Thomas shockingly trite
The Last Supper in Detail
Kathy Smith's Spiritual Walking
Sunday, November 4, 2007
More Stuff: Heresies, Junk Mail, BeliefNet, Health, GodTube and Warming
Heresies?
ProQuo Will Kill Junk Mail
BeliefNet Community In Beta
The Opiate of the Morally Corrupt
Fitness Health Benchmarks
Christians tuning into thriving GodTube.com
Video-sharing site drew more than 4 million unique visitors in October
More Open Social
It's a Fat World After All
The Funniest Guy You May Never Have Heard of Yet
List of Christian Rock Bands
Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Takes Shot at Global Warming Alarmists
ProQuo Will Kill Junk Mail
BeliefNet Community In Beta
The Opiate of the Morally Corrupt
Fitness Health Benchmarks
Christians tuning into thriving GodTube.com
Video-sharing site drew more than 4 million unique visitors in October
More Open Social
It's a Fat World After All
The Funniest Guy You May Never Have Heard of Yet
List of Christian Rock Bands
Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Takes Shot at Global Warming Alarmists
Friday, October 12, 2007
God Online, Dirty Jobs, Strengths and Crossway Church
God Goes Online
But no single video by any of these user-generated superstars has ever attracted as many viewings as a clip of a little girl wearing a "Princess" T-shirt, reciting the Bible's Psalm 23. That video has been viewed more than 3.7 million times--not on Google's YouTube but on Godtube.com, the site's upstart competitor.
A dirty job, but someone has to get rich doing it
USAToday.com
Debunking Strengths Myths #1
Gallup Management Journal . . . Adopting a strengths-based approach doesn't mean you can ignore your weaknesses
Crossway Church Victoria Australia
Good Church Website
Life's Toughest Questions
Crossway Baptist Church is located in Burwood East, Victoria, Australia. They created this blog to open up a forum so that people can discuss their life's toughest questions. Ask any question you like! No question is too tough!
Digital Rules: the blog
from Forbes: The American Dream And The Gospel of Success
But no single video by any of these user-generated superstars has ever attracted as many viewings as a clip of a little girl wearing a "Princess" T-shirt, reciting the Bible's Psalm 23. That video has been viewed more than 3.7 million times--not on Google's YouTube but on Godtube.com, the site's upstart competitor.
A dirty job, but someone has to get rich doing it
USAToday.com
Debunking Strengths Myths #1
Gallup Management Journal . . . Adopting a strengths-based approach doesn't mean you can ignore your weaknesses
Crossway Church Victoria Australia
Good Church Website
Life's Toughest Questions
Crossway Baptist Church is located in Burwood East, Victoria, Australia. They created this blog to open up a forum so that people can discuss their life's toughest questions. Ask any question you like! No question is too tough!
Digital Rules: the blog
from Forbes: The American Dream And The Gospel of Success
Friday, September 28, 2007
Ministers of Faith, Churchless Christians
Business is Sacred at North Point
They have 17,000 ministers at North Point Ministries. Most of them are businesspeople . . . BusinessAsMissionNetwork.com
Churchless Christians
exiledpreacher.blogspot.com: The thoughts of an Evangelical and Reformed Welsh Preacher living in Wiltshire, England.
They have 17,000 ministers at North Point Ministries. Most of them are businesspeople . . . BusinessAsMissionNetwork.com
Churchless Christians
exiledpreacher.blogspot.com: The thoughts of an Evangelical and Reformed Welsh Preacher living in Wiltshire, England.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
More God, Inclusiveness, Apostolic Authority
How to Get More God
How the 7 Virtues Will Transform Your Life
Christian Inclusiveness
from the website of Mark D. Roberts
Roman and Protestant Models of Apostolic Authority
Heart, Mind, Soul and Strength from Weekend Fisher blog
A New Convert Answers the Top Ten List
from Alpha and Omega Ministries blog
Salvation and Justification
Steve Camp and CampOnThis
How the 7 Virtues Will Transform Your Life
Christian Inclusiveness
from the website of Mark D. Roberts
Roman and Protestant Models of Apostolic Authority
Heart, Mind, Soul and Strength from Weekend Fisher blog
A New Convert Answers the Top Ten List
from Alpha and Omega Ministries blog
Salvation and Justification
Steve Camp and CampOnThis
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Another Day, More Places: Spiritual Health, Ipod.net, StumbleUpon, Church and Web and George Will
Spiritual Health Analyzer
Check your spiritual well being. Take these easy quizzes to help determine your
spiritual health.
Christian Ipod.net
The ways today's generation finds God
StumbleUpon:
Channel surf the internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations
Marc Andreessen discovers StumbleUpon.
Elevens Lessons Learned About Blogging, So Far
Church on the Web
A Place to Explore Christianity
Google Maps: Tour de France Live Tracker 2007
Hale - Yeah! Nice Site
from the BBC: Most Expensive Home for sale in the US
Quite Interesting
Quite Interesting: Have you ever wondered what you should be doing with your life? What it's all about? We have too. And that's why QI exists - to satisfy our curiosity about... well, everything.
Groopik
Easily manage your small group ministry online
MyChurch
The best way for a church to build an online community
George Will
George F. Will: Unwinding Brown vs. Board of Education
Check your spiritual well being. Take these easy quizzes to help determine your
spiritual health.
Christian Ipod.net
The ways today's generation finds God
StumbleUpon:
Channel surf the internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations
Marc Andreessen discovers StumbleUpon.
Elevens Lessons Learned About Blogging, So Far
Church on the Web
A Place to Explore Christianity
Google Maps: Tour de France Live Tracker 2007
Hale - Yeah! Nice Site
from the BBC: Most Expensive Home for sale in the US
Quite Interesting
Quite Interesting: Have you ever wondered what you should be doing with your life? What it's all about? We have too. And that's why QI exists - to satisfy our curiosity about... well, everything.
Groopik
Easily manage your small group ministry online
MyChurch
The best way for a church to build an online community
George Will
George F. Will: Unwinding Brown vs. Board of Education
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