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This is really cool. I got an email from a girl this week saying that I'm going to be featured in Wheaton's next Daily Events Calendar! Check this out. Dear Jeff, My name is Emily Louise Zimbrick '05 and I am writing to you from the Wheaton Alumni Association about a fun opportunity. …
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I noticed at this fellow's blog that there is some awareness among Christians that the BGC is "endorsing" open theism. Here's a quick link to the blog that clued me in. ... centuri0n: FBFI and Piper I just have to quickly respond to that. First of all, if you don't know what open theism is, you …
For the last two hours, I have been sitting here in my office pondering an issue that will form the basis for what I feel is going to be my most controversial message to date that I've given in my current church. That's right, I plan on Sunday to deal with the issue of women in ministry and the …
My wife and I are now officially recognized as church planters with Midwest Church Planting, a division of the Midwest Baptist Conference! Officially, our endeavor is now known as the Lafayette Initiative, and we have just mailed out our first round of fund-raising letters and proposals. If you …
The Inside Track Jan 05 - Leadership Connection This article describes a method that one church is using to mobilize their members into ministry. The article describes how they use a two-stage process to help people identifiy their passions and pursue them in the context of ministry. The article …
NWBC-027-03 The Bible is the single most accurate ancient document in existence today! Now that's a big claim! Nevertheless, it's true. The Bible is spiritually reliable, historically reliable, textually reliable, and reliable in many other ways too. In this message, I try to explain exactly why we …
NWBC-027-02 It's true. God really wants you to hear him. The Bible isn't an esoteric , spiritually difficult book like many have sometimes thought. Sure, there are some editions that have ancient Shakespeare-like language, but God doesn't speak King James English. God speaks to our hearts by …
For the past week, I've been here in Green Lake, Wisconsin, at a conference with many different pastors from all over the midwest. Now, this is a perfect opportunity for me because my son's school is currently doing a fundraiser where he (really his mother and I) is supposed to sell a box of …
NWBC-027-01 This is the first message of the series. It's just an introduction to the whole series, but in it I identify three important truths about the Bible: You can hear God's voice in your Bible. You can understand your Bible. You can live by your Bible. I also deal with this important …
NWBC-027 In this series of messages, I'm going to explore what it means to hear God's voice through the pages of your Bible. We'll talk about the specifics of how to read and understand the Bible better. We'll talk about how we got the Bible. We'll deal with difficult passages too. One of the key …
Here's the article I can't believe this church has a staff person who is officially the church's "Creative Director." It's a really cool idea, especially because this fellow has produced some really cool stuff. Check out the article for some links to more images. What's most cool about it is that …
I'm not even done with this article yet, but I can already sense that it's worth putting up here. You won't regret taking the time to read it. Detoxing from Church …
I recently read an article from "Brother Maynard" at Subversive Influence in which he identifies the 9 things he is looking for in a church. This list is interesting to me because Brother Maynard is a self-confessed member of the emerging church movement which really is just a term to refer to …
NWBC-026-05 To conclude this series of messages, I jumped into another profound biblical metaphor for the church ---that we are the bride of Christ---to show how our diversity and our unity together make us more beautiful to Jesus. Did you wonder why unity was so important in the church? It's …
NWBC-026-04 This message was preached at Northwest Baptist Church in Chicago by my friend Andy Tucker. It's a part of the larger series I've been doing on the body of Christ and it's an excellent message, so I'm including it here too. Download Listen Online …
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NWBC-026-03 There are four attitudes we can take to improve our relationships... Ok, really, there are four attitudes we have to take as part of the body of Christ. In this message I exploree the mystical reality of what it means to be part of the body of Christ and tie it into four practical …