Posted on February 12, 2008 7:38 pm by toddbumgarner
I attended the Acts 29 Quarterly Regional here in St. Louis today. There was a great turn-out, about 150 guys – their largest turnout for a regional event thus far (so I’m told). It was great to see so many people together interested in church planting. The event was held at The Journey Church on [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008 5:01 pm by toddbumgarner
Tim Challies has posted a review of Tim Keller’s soon-to-be released book that I ‘ve been anticipating. Notable from the review,
So many introductions to Christian beliefs were written many years ago and simply do not resonate with today’s skeptics. They assume too much and deliver too little. Keller’s volume seeks to fill that void, and [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008 4:52 pm by toddbumgarner
Steve McCoy offers a decent and brief list of books on evangelism here. It peaked my interest because he has Kinnaman and Lyons’, unChristian on this list which I bought a while back and will be reading soon.
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Posted on February 12, 2008 4:49 pm by toddbumgarner
Christianity Today has published their “2007 Readers’ Choice” selection of movies online. Amazing Grace took top honors, followed by Juno.
See the whole list here.
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Posted on February 12, 2008 7:44 am by toddbumgarner
John Piper provides some insight into the life of Abraham Lincoln here and draws out how his personal and national suffering drew him closer to God.
Piper concludes with:
I pray for all of you who suffer loss and injury and great sorrow that it will awaken for you, as it did for Lincoln, not an empty [...]
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