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N.T. Wright Speaking at Redeemer in NY April 20

March 10, 2010

On April 20, N.T. Wright will be speaking at Tim Keller’s church, Redeemer Presbyterian, in New York. He will be speaking at Redeemer’s Center for Faith and Work, “the cultural renewal arm of the Redeemer movement, founded to equip, connect, and mobilize our church community in their professional and industry spheres toward gospel-centered transformation for [...]

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HCSB Ranks Number 5 in Best Seller List

February 27, 2010

A reader alerted me this week that the HCSB has moved to the number 5 spot in unit sales and dollar sales according to the Christian Booksellers Association.
Congrats, HCSB!
On a related note: here’s a survey you need to take about Bible translations: http://bit.ly/9RxW93

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Get a Free Download from the 2010 Renew Conference

February 27, 2010

So I’ve been completely out of commission around here for a while. But it’s been for a really good reason: the 2010 Renew Conference.
We had Anthony Bradley, professor at The King’s College in New York, and Christian Smith, a sociologist from Notre Dame. They were fantastic!
Dr. Bradley and Dr. Smith helped us understand the religious [...]

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HCSB Giving Away iPhone Apps

February 5, 2010

Check out this news from HCSB:
Today we are giving away free HCSB iPhone apps! RT and make sure you follow @HCSB to enter to win.

I’ve used the HCSB iPhone app recently and really love it. It’s great to have a translation you like available and accessible like that. I would highly recommend you buy [...]

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Dorothy Sayers on the Church’s Approach to “Secular” Vocation

February 4, 2010

In Letters to a Diminished Church, Dorothy Sayers writes this:
The Church’s approach to an intelligent carpenter is usually confined to exhorting him not to be drunk and disorderly in his leisure hours, and to come to church on Sundays. What the Church should be telling him is this: that the very first demand that his [...]

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Microsoft Admits Windows 7 is Complicated

February 1, 2010

It is a little unusual for me to post something like this, so let’s just say it falls under the category of “Too good not to share!”
Here’s the story. My wife’s computer is broken, so we’re getting her a new one. She doesn’t do any hefty processing, so she wants a netbook. You know, one [...]

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Why Being Like God Means Persistent Interrupting

January 25, 2010

In one of the simplest, yet most profound articles I’ve read in a while, Toby Sumpter writes:
God meddles with history. He messes with human lives, and He breaks into situations virtually unannounced. He interrupts Noah’s life, interrupts Abram in Ur, interrupts Moses in Egypt. We serve the interrupting God.
He doesn’t raise His hand to speak; [...]

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Why Make the Bible Available on a Gaming System?

January 24, 2010
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Technology and Discipleship

In continuing the discussion about technology and discipleship, I want to consider the usefulness of BibleNavigator X, the new HCSB eReader for the XBox.
On his blog, Ed Stetzer wrote:
Why make the Bible available on a gaming system? The idea of making the Scripture readily available for the people in a language they understand and a [...]

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How Can the Church Bridge the Generation Gap Through the Use of New Technology?

January 18, 2010
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Technology and Discipleship

Do you use technology (websites, email, social networking sites, texting, blogging, etc.) to connect with people for discipleship? If so, how? What does it look like for the church to engage people across generations to make disciples?
Almost a year ago, the Barna Group conducted a survey to explore how technology drives the generation gap.
In their [...]

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Do You Use These Social Technology Tools?

January 16, 2010
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Technology and Discipleship

Next month I’m speaking at the Westminster Renew Conference about how to use technology in discipleship. As a part of my research, I want a little help from you. Take the poll below, then read on.
<div><a href=”http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpview/790870-228152″ mce_href=”http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpview/790870-228152″>Click Here for Poll</a><a href=”http://www.questionpro.com” mce_href=”http://www.questionpro.com” title=”online survey”>Online Survey</a><BR> | <a href=”http://www.micropoll.com” mce_href=”http://www.micropoll.com” title=”Website Polls”>Website Polls</a><BR> | [...]

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