Archive for the ‘Reading’ Category
Reflections on preaching from Catapult
Friday, July 9th, 2010
A few highlights from catapult magazine’s current issue on preaching:
Tags: catapult, pastors, preaching, sermons
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Bookshelf: Christian Preaching: A Trinitarian Theology of Proclamation by Michael Pasquarello
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Christian Preaching: A Trinitarian Theology of ProclamationMichael PasquarelloBaker Academic, 2006; ISBN 0801027608 | | There are many books that give preachers hints about engaging speaking or methods for creating sermons. This homiletics primer focuses not on the “how to” of preaching but on the theological foundation of the very act of preaching itself, introducing students [...]
Tags: pasquarello, theology
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Alban Weekly on 'The Importance of Outcomes'
Friday, June 12th, 2009
From Alban Weekly: An old saying goes “If you don’t know where you are going, any path will get you there.” This suggests that if you are not clear about what you, your staff, and your congregation are to “produce” in ministry—what the clear outcomes of your work are to be—then it is okay for [...]
Tags: albanweekly, congregations
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Bookshelf: We Become What We Worship by G.K. Beale
Friday, June 12th, 2009
We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of IdolatryG. K. BealeIVP Academic, 2008; ISBN 083082877X | | | The heart of the Biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we become like what we worship. Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the whole [...]
Tags: beale, idolatry
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RNS on Churches using shuttered stores
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From Religion News Service: At Prime Outlets in Huntley, Ill., a former Mikasa fine china store will soon become the home of Christian Life Church. “This provided an opportunity, from moving from being kind of a homeless church, if you will, to find a home,” said Pastor Daryl Merrill, whose church had been renting space [...]
Tags: buildings, congregations, economy, News
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TribalChurch on raising money
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From ccblogs.org: Alright, we all know that this is not a good time to be raising money for anything. And… yet… people are still giving to the things that matter to them. I’m not a fundraiser, per say. Except in the fact that I am a pastor, and ministers are often worrying about the budget, [...]
Tags: congregations, fundraising, money, reflection
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Theolog on 'Preaching ethics in the recession'
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From Theolog: What is there to say to an economically stressed congregation these days? Here’s my answer: begin with biblical basics, and refuse to be intimidated by the complexities of the recession. continued…
Tags: ccent, economy, ethics, theology
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Alban Weekly on 'Increasing Resiliency to Hardship'
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
From Alban Weekly, excerpted from A Ready Hope: Effective Disaster Ministry for Congregations: Research with survivors of many types of calamities—including natural disasters, wars, domestic violence, severe illness, major accidents, and job-related losses—indicates variables that compassionate people can influence. Though an individual’s attitude, beliefs, and values are key factors in recovery, so too is the [...]
Tags: albanweekly, congregations, crisis, disaster
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