Several bloggers have been musing over the observation that 20 percent of the average congregation does 80 percent of the work in a typical church. This observation was made real for Dan Edelen recently. Snow in an area that doesn’t get much tends to close everything down, but their church met in spite of the [...]
Another HT to Justin Taylor: There are too many ways to look at leadership, and too many books about it, most of which are quite bad. I generally skip posts about it, too, but I’m a Mark Driscoll fan, so I’ll pass on the recommendation to read about his 20 leadership questions derived from Nehemiah. [...]
Justin Taylor has several recent posts dealing with abortion that are worth your time. Sources to Help You Speak Against AbortionThis is Abortion (WARNING: Graphic Video – Not for the squeamish) (Personally, I don’t need to see this kind of video to be horrified by abortion. Still, I want to provide a complete list of [...]
It’s no secret that one of the hottest topics in the evangelical conversation is homosexuality. Labels are assigned, positions are taken, and battles are joined, and in the midst of it all, believers struggling with sexual purity are trampled underfoot. In the vast sea of debate and harsh words, Jamie at (e)mergent Voyageurs writes an [...]
This blog space has been too dark. I’m hoping to change that, perhaps as a discipline over the coming months. Blogging in a few other places makes it difficult, though. Still, that’s no excuse, so the least I can do is start keeping track of sites and posts that are interesting. Here are a few: [...]