Apr
27
2010
Worth a Look 4.27.10
The greatest theological lesson in seminary:
I believe all the lessons, both inside and outside the classroom pale in comparison, to the greatest lesson to be learned - humility. All other learning is fruitless without this. I am not talking about a contrived form of servanthood, but the reality of who we really are. All the seminary education should reinforce the conclusion that only by God’s grace and gifting, are we able to participate in the learning program. Only because he has made provisions. And only because he has opened blinded eyes to embrace the beauty of his truth. There by the grace of God go we.
Ten reasons to under-program your church:
We are inundated constantly with opportunities for activity from other churches (which we don’t want to turn down lest we appear uncooperative and standoffish), advertised “movements” local and national (which are good at getting people excited), and “good ideas” from our own community (which we are reluctant to deny lest we break someone’s heart). But what all this so often amounts to is a church that is merely busy, and busy does not always equal diligent or successful. Here, then, are 10 reasons to under-program a church…
Here are some details of Bush 43′s autobiography, soon to be released:
The memoir will “bring readers inside the Texas Governor’s Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on 9/11 in the gripping hours after America’s most devastating attack since Pearl Harbor; inside the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq; and behind the Oval Office desk for his historic and controversial decisions on the financial crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, Iran, and other issues that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century.
Brandon Smith interviews me about Holy Subversion and how a blog can be an extension of one’s ministry.