Book of the Week: Forgotten God

This week’s book of the week is by Francis Chan entitled Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit. Chan has been a mentor of mine from events, sermons, and writings.  I believe he has been placed by God in this generation to wake the church up and invite us back to walking intimately with God. In this …

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Book of the Week: Raising Dad

This week’s book of the week is Raising Dad by Thom S. Rainer and Art Rainer.  I am grateful to Chuck Lawless for recommending this book to me.  Lawless is the dean at the Billy Graham school at Southern Seminary.  His predecessor was Thom Rainer, now the president of LifeWay Christian Resources. In conversations with Dr. Lawless concerning being a …

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Book of the Week: Biblical Eldership

This week’s book of the week is Alexander Strauch’s Biblical Eldership.  Our elders at North Side have gone through this book as a study.  The book is a biblical exposition of the New Testament model of elders within a local church. While we studied it in groups going over different sections, I took this week to reread it and really …

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Book Reading Resolution (or is it a plan…)

I used to hate reading.  I mean, hate it.  It had to change in college.  It helped that I began to enjoy what I was reading.  When I had to read through a book on Jesus for class, I got more into reading. Through college, seminary, and doctoral work, my reading lists were mandated to me.  I acquired extra books …

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Book of the Week: Adopted for Life

This week’s book of the week is Russell Moore’s Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches. Dr. Moore is the dean of theology from my alma mater, Southern Seminary.  He has adopted two boys from Russia.  We got this book back when we were considering adoption.  The only problem was that Amanda was reading it …

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Joy to the World

Released: December 6, 2009 Joy to the World Angels We Have Heard on High Come Thou Long Expected Jesus Come Lord Jesus (Agnew original) The First Noel Infant Holy Infant Lowly Silent Night O Holy Night Go Tell It On the Mountain O Come All Ye Faithful What, Then, is Christmas? (Nivens original) The Arrival (Agnew loop meets scriptural bliss) …

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Hurry Home

Pastor Andy Stanley wrote a book entitled Choosing to Cheat which describes the tension between the demands of a family and the demands of a vocation. His premise is that you will have to choose to cheat in one area – either your family or your work will get the best you have to offer. Which one will you choose? …

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What’s Your Love Language?

In Gary Chapman’s helpful book, The Five Love Languages, he holds that every person has a specific love language that speaks to them most. Do you know yours? Words of Affirmation – You feel especially loved when people express how grateful they are for you, and for the simple, everyday things you do. Quality Time – You feel especially loved …

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Freshman 15 Update

Thanks for all of you who bought Freshman 15 – I don’t know who all of you are, but thanks!  I pray God uses it in your life! I had some questions about ordering the book from Create Space.  If you order it, it says that you might not get the book until a few weeks.  The reason why is …

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