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Purpose Driven Splits


Not that the Wall Street Journal is going to fairly represent Christianity or the church, but this report about the splits taking place in churches who are moving to the PD philosophy is the tip of an ice-berg story that needs to be further plumbed and told.

WSJ raises criticisms about ‘Purpose-Driven’ model - (BP)

The Monday Morning Church: A Review


Pastor Jerry Cook has a passion to see the church be more effective Monday through Saturday in the world in which she lives.  Such is the stated theme of his book, The Monday Morning Church.  Cook defines “the church on Monday” as “the body of Christ at work in the world” (3).  This work is [...]

The Worship Answer Book: A Review


Rick Muchow, the worship leader of the well-known Saddleback Church in Southern California, pastored by best selling author, Rick Warren, has written a short devotional book entitled The Worship Answer Book. The intention of The Worship Answer Book (WAB) is to “stimulate personal discovery and to help [the reader] consistently move into the presence [...]

Writeboards


I have only recently been made aware of “backpack.” I’m not sure how I can or will integrate it into my present system of work, but this writeboard feature interests me.

PastorHacks.Net: Writeboard…

Working From Home


I have two offices, one at church and one at home. I do all of my thinking and studying at home. Here are some good points about maintaining an effective work environment at home.

Working Efficiently From Home - lifehack.org

Taming Technology


Good advice here to not be overtaken by the opportunity to be wired 24/7.

Five Tricks to Tame Technology - On Balance

HT: Lifehack.org

Interesting Thoughts on Ligonier


Challies Dot Com: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Blog
A few days ago, a commenter noted some accusations about R.C. Sproul and Ligonier Ministries when I linked to Ligonier’s new site.  I had heard nothing about the accusations and assumed is was mere blog-gossip.  Tim Challies provides a bit more insight to some of [...]