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Southern Seminary’s Mohler recovering following surgery - (BP)

Pray for D. James Kennedy

Between Two Worlds: Pray for D. James Kennedy

Kelly and I returned from our trip to Texas late on Wednesday evening. The Lord was kind to give us a flawless trip there and back (around 2200 miles of driving). We had enjoyable visits with friends and family and a relaxing Christmas weekend.
It has been a year and a half since our [...]

Here is a good article reviewing tips on making the most of your time by making wise decisions those thing to which you will give your most attention.  The article sounds a lot like a portion of Covey’s 7 Habits. Good New Year’s Resolution reading.
Triage

Planning any changes in your church for the new year.  Aubrey Malphurs offers a few suggestions on making it a smooth transition.

Implementing Church Strategy - BuildingChurchLeaders.com

Steve Weaver is a faithful expositor and gives a good review of his own process of producing expository messages.  Excellent stuff, Steve.

Pastor Steve Weaver’s Blog: A Break in the Action, Footnotes, and Posting Schedule

Though the visits are never long enough, today Kelly and I did enjoy getting to see a number of friends from the church I served here in Amarillo.
Almost all of the adults in the following pictures came to know Christ at Fellowship Baptist Church in Amarillo. They are precious people to me and I [...]

There are a few CAPRANICA readers who are in the Amarillo area. If you are and are free from 3:00 p.m. to whenever (Saturday - Dec 23), drop by the Homewood Suites in the lobby area for an informal get together. Kelly and I are bringing some BBQ and would love to see [...]

Kelly and I are heading off to the great nation of Texas - in just a few hours.  We expect to spend Christmas with my parents and sisters in Amarillo, Texas, my hometown.  If our hotel has internet, I’ll check in and maybe post some pics and catch up on some material I’ve wanted to [...]

TIME.com: Person of the Year: You — Dec. 25, 2006 — Page 1
I am “Person of the Year.”  In fact, you are too.  How fun.  Obviously the people at TIME forgot to give much time to this topic, with all of the other really important things they do for the world.  Were sales down and [...]

I believe this is the final installment of the Warnock Grudem interview.  It is a good one with a leading evangelical scholar.  Even in some places where I would not agree with one or the other, I have much appreciated the candid conversation.

Adrian’s Blog: INTERVIEW - Wayne Grudem, Part Nine - Apostles, Theological Blind Spots [...]

Biblical Foundations » A Puritan Christmas
Adreas Kostenberger put together an intriguing article describing the 16th and 17th Century Puritans and their attempts to snuff out Christmas. I enjoy much of what I read from the English Puritans and have gleaned great spiritual benefit from them in my personal life over the past twenty years. [...]

Adrian Warnock’s eternal interview with Wayne Grudem continues.  Today: Feminism and the Church’s future.
Adrian’s Blog: INTERVIEW - Wayne Grudem, Part Eight - What Does the Future Hold for the Church?

Adrian’s Blog: Wayne Grudem Retracts His Agreement to the Use of the Word “Blasphemy” in Regard to Steve Chalke

Part 7 of the interview series:  why Grudem believes the cessationism issue is a dead one for cessationists (I disagree with his interpretation - but think his irenic attitude is healthy) and how he has rethought his view of baptism as a requirement for church membership.

Adrian’s Blog: INTERVIEW - Wayne Grudem, Part Seven - Things [...]

This has been a long interview series by Adrian, but a good one.  Today, Grudem on penal substitution and the church caving to culture.

Adrian’s Blog: INTERVIEW - Wayne Grudem, Part Six - Did Steve Chalke Blaspheme About the Atonement?

From Schreiner on Paul’s theology of righteousness:
Regarding Righteousness
“. . . justification should not be accepted as the center of Pauline theology . . . . The foundation of his theology is the glory of God in the work of Christ” (193)
“This righteous status with God is no fiction but a reality. Further, because believers [...]

On the revamping of the church by men such as George Barna
“The expectations of the postwar baby boomers have been shaped by such a therapeutic bounty and surfeit of on-demand entertainment that small, struggling, one-dimensional churches may well appear unattractive and uninviting however real and faithful their worship and service may be. In order [...]

Gay and Evangelical, Seeking Acceptance - New York Times
“Justin Lee believes that the Virgin birth was real, that there is a heaven and a hell, that salvation comes through Christ alone and that he, the 29-year-old son of Southern Baptists, is an evangelical Christian.
Just as he is certain about the tenets of his faith, Mr. [...]

Interesting concepts here about creating virtual work space for teams.

Get Spaces for Productivity - lifehack.org