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+ N. T. Wright - Justification In the opening pages of his response to John Piper’s critique, N. T. Wright tries to explain his perspective on the tenor of the dialogue between himself and his reformed critics.Wright describes a scene where we are attempting to explain to a man wh...

+ Armed with tears Tonight I went to a fundraiser for a campaign that Youth With A Mission is doing in Grandview MO this upcoming fall. Mark Anderson is one of my hero’s in the missions movement and I was so excited to hear him speak. Also I was excited for the desserts. Just being honest. I was expecting a [...] alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinastyles.wordpress.com&blog=2134680&post=551&subd=christinastyles&ref=&feed=1" />

+ denied I got word today that I did not receive a scholarship that I applied for last fall. Not that I was really counting on it, because you toss your application in with hundreds of others and never know how it will turn out. I thought I might have a pretty ...

+ Preparation I have been reading in the Old Testament of Exodus and Leviticus. One word that keeps popping out of the text is the word “prepare“. It is amazing not only how detailed the preparation was to get everything right, but the consequences of not taking this type of worship seriously. I’m absolutely convinced that during [...] "http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RevtimPortal/~4/yZM-w3VxdPo" height="1">

+ Represent Conference at Sonrise There is a powerful youth/young adults conference called "Represent" coming up at Sonrise Chapel, in South Everett, WA. Read below for more info! We are so stoked to be hosting our first youth and young adult conference at Sonrise Chapel. This...

+ Faith is not a gift – at least It is not often that I hear a clear exegetical error in a sermon in my church. But I heard one last night. The preacher at the evening service, not the pastor, claimed that faith was a gift of God, and appealed to Ephesians 2:8 for support: For it is by grace you have been saved, [...]

+ Another Winner 2010 BOOK GIVEAWAY: The second giveaway in the 2010 Book Giveaway Extravaganza is Rick Aldrich. Rick has won a copy of John Piper’s newest book, A Sweet and Bitter Providence. You can still enter the giveaway. DETAILS HERE.

+ Why Germans are so grumpy "http://lingamish.com/2010/02/why-germans-are-so-grumpy/"> width="150" height="150" src="http://lingamish.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/image3-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="She's not grumpy. She's German." /> They can’t help it. It’s in their vowels. According to work done by numerous researchers it has been shown that saying certain vowels can increase your facial temperature and worsen your mood. The happiest vowel is [i] as in “cheese!” and the unhappiest vowel is [ɯ], the close back unrounded vowel favored by Germans. If you feel [...]

+ Church is… Functional Community Also posted at www.aletheiaboston.com. If you haven’t been to the site, check it out! As Christians, we know that we have been reconciled to God and we are able to enjoy a relationship with Him. Sometimes we forget that God also reconciles us to each other. God design for the church is that all prejudices and [...] alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnyfisher.wordpress.com&blog=3606474&post=439&subd=donnyfisher&ref=&feed=1" />

+ ✚ A Job Should Also Be an This spring will mark the two-year anniversary of my tenure as the director of marketing for the International House of Prayer. And this post is my way of affirming that I think it’s okay to write about things in which I am not a thought leader. It has been two years since I worked as a [...]

+ Revival roles on… The IHOPU student awakening is still happening, with increases in power, healing, and manifestations. What started in November is now “common”, and I use that word loosely. What is striking me about this awakening is that it takes hunger to perpetuate the move of the Holy Spirit. At first glance that may sound somewhat unscrupulous alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nathanwood.wordpress.com&blog=804791&post=342&subd=nathanwood&ref=&feed=1" />

+ How many facebook friends is too Jason Clark How many facebook friends is too many? Great article: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol... 17 hours ago from Twitter - Comment - Like

+ THE UPRISING 2010-02-08 07:29:18 "A body you have prepared for me. Lo, I have...

+ How do you move from renewal to So with my post yesterday, that gave a summary of Caleb Maskells’ call to the association of vineyard churches, to understand it’s future as one moving from renewal of church into being a movement of disciple making churches, what are the immediate questions and responses to that, that I have? What do you have? 1. [...]

+ Every Name in the Book? “They called him every name in the book and he said nothing back. He suffered in silence, content to let God set things right.” (1 Peter 2:23, The Message). Like most anyone, I have been called a few names over the course of my journey — but I’m sure I’ve never been called “every name in [...]

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+ The kids are alright I have officially had enough of winter. I can feel it in my bones. This is the long stretch that makes me begin to doubt my sanity each and every year.This was the last of the PostSecret cards yesterday. I usually read them Sunday morning, but there...

+ ALERT! WE NEED YOUR HELP! Did I get your attention? All caps! Hey, any of you who (a) buy into the dream of a stage 4 revival in the secular west that we occasionally talk about here, and/or (b) feel directly impacted or helped by...

+ Questions I Don’t Trouble Myself DT 29.29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. There are many profound and perplexing mysteries in life, like why could the Steelers win the Super Bowl [...]

+ Free and Open Source Bible "http://lingamish.com/2010/02/free-and-open-source-bible-resources-in-portuguese/"> width="150" src="http://lingamish.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/image.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="image" />For my New Testament class this year I’ve decided to try developing a core of study materials for my students using Open Source online resources. Our current curriculum is based on some pretty thin course materials including translations of study guides and illegal photocopies of books. Intro and outline For starters, I’m going to be using [...]

+ Come see a Christian triumphing We saw earlier how John Lancaster, a prisoner condemned to death in Newgate prison, had come to faith in Christ. Now we see him at his last moment and at his most triumphant. The year was 1748 and John Wesley recorded the events for future generations in his journals. As Lancaster was led out of his cell, [...] alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lexloiz.wordpress.com&blog=4895935&post=1282&subd=lexloiz&ref=&feed=1" />

+ The Dynamics of Kindness, or Why What kind of people are Christians? A common perception is of coldness, judgementalism, arrogance and hypocrisy. That is I think largely a stereotypical caricature that's often refuted by 'christians I know'. What I do know is that I can easily t...

+ Book Review: Sex, Lies & I just finished reading Randy Elrod’s new book, Sex, Lies & Religion today. I know Randy from attending the Recreate conference back in 2009 and recently along with a horde of other bloggers agreed to review the book prior to it’s release on February 14th. Let me first say it was extremely bold of Randy to [...] alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=snowjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=739211&post=2034&subd=snowjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />

+ 7 Dumb Things - Message 3 Download executive summary Download 3 - Skip the Basics XSum.

+ Things You Don’t Hear In Church We hear a lot of things in church on Sundays. Most of it is useless, to be honest. Imagine what it would be like if we heard useful things in church! Related posts:

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+ WEEKEND UPDATE (020710) Fantastic day at Crossroads today! Here's just a few of the things I noticed:GREAT crowd today! Tons of first-time attenders! Many people rededicated their lives to Christ this morning!The band ROCKED this morning! Loved opening...

+ app.itize.us An exhibition of iPhone apps which are hand picked as being the best designed and best produced. (Via Khoi.) [permalink]

+ The Christ Curriculum Here's the link to message I alluded to in my message this weekend. It's in a series we did in 2007 on Ephesians. I think it's one of the most significant messages I've given on spiritual growth and life transformation....

+ Vineyard Churches: 4 factors that Over the last week, we have had a lively discussion here with the post ‘is there any move left in the movement’, prompted by my reflections on a talk by Caleb Maskell. In that post I promised some follow up, one of which was to review Caleb’s analysis of the vineyard movement , and future possibilities [...]

+ N. T. Wright On Justification - NT Wright On Justification - Part 1 I am reading N. T. Wright’s book on justification and John Piper’s critique of N. T. Wright as well and John Owen’s original work on “Justification by Faith” (or here). My goal is actually personal in that...

+ The Lost Boys (Part 2 of 2) “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10) The five year old took heart and responded, “Yes, sir.” They had pushed the wrong button on the elevator and got off on the wrong floor. Unable to find their room – panic hit them hard and that’s [...]

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+ Pray for Food in Southern Sudan Bishop Tom Kokanyi of Southern Sudan wrote to ask for our concerted prayers for the hunger spreading throughout Southern Sudan. The UN’s World Food Program recently reported that the number of people needing food aid in Southern Sudan has quadrupled to 4.3 million. Tragically, Fathers Manase and Anderiko, two CEC priests who minister under Bishop [...]

+ The Willing Fools I was listening to Brannon Howse yesterday and he played a recording of a conversation from 1970 with a former KGB agent who fled to the west. The agent outlined how the KGB operated. He said that only 15% of their activities were spying while the rest were to subvert western society, especially Amercan society to a more socialist-friendly one. They used anyone who fell for their lure,

+ Video: “32 Hours” the Watch this powerful, one hour video below of the message and presentation of Mark Driscoll, pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, who was able to go to Haiti immediately in the aftermath of the tragic earthquake. Be moved by the stories and test...

+ Freedom of Religion and Its Limits As I mentioned in passing yesterday, there has been quite a row here in the UK about what the Pope said about British equal rights laws. Meanwhile from quite a different angle I was challenged about the limits of freedom of religion in a comment at Debunking Christianity, from Gandolf who is an atheist or [...]

+ Open Doors, Big News A popular metaphor emerges in the account of St. Paul’s life in the book of Acts. Time and time again the text says that, “a door opened” for Paul to share his faith or venture into a new territory. He also speaks that way about himself in his le...