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Theolog on 'the idolatry of church-jumping'

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From Theolog: Sometimes institutions are truly intractable, and exodus may be the only way to free their slaves. Still, there is something nefarious at work here. Eugene Peterson notes that when the heart’s proclivity to idol-making is combined with North American consumerism, the sad result is a soul-numbing, market-based smorgasbord that impels people to jump [...]

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Charles Spurgeon on 'the Laodicean church'

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I felt convicted by this Spurgeon sermon on Revelation 3:14-21 as I read it at ccel.org: [T]hey were what the world calls “Moderates,” they were of the Broad-church school, they were neither bigots nor Puritans, they were prudent and avoided fanaticism, respectable and averse to excitement. Good things were maintained among them, but they did [...]

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Getting good digital audio of sermons without spending a fortune

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I’ve been included in, or told about, conversations in several churches lately about getting digital audio recordings of sermons, and a common theme is the fear that it’s too expensive. At the risk of sounding like a commercial, I can say that in our experience here at CICW, we’ve become huge fans of these little [...]

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WCC on Creative Commons licensing for churches: ‘Love to Share’

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From the World Council of Churches: * Churches are struggling with the complexity of copyright laws and the restrictions they face when they want to use liturgical resources in a worship setting or publish non-profit worship material. * It is difficult to find resources that can be freely shared through the Internet. * It is [...]

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