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Prayer for God’s Help Dear God, thank you for this season of Advent that helps us to prepare for the coming of Christ at Christmas.  As we read the Bible and light a candle, may excitement for Christ’s coming burn in our hearts.  Amen. Scripture Readings Psalm 126:1-6 This psalm celebrates God’s restoration of Israel…

Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

I posted this last week, but want to post it again for those who have not yet seen it. I’ve added the book on introverts below and Jim Belcher’s book. There are some books that have come across my desk this year that deserve special honor, so I want to award some books and authors…

Verlyn Verbrugge is known to many authors as their editor, but few know of his expertise in reading and interpreting the Bible, so I’m quite happy to recommend his brief meditation on Christmas, called A Not-So-Silent Night: The Unheard Story of Christmas and Why It Matters .  It is not unusual for pastors and parents…

What did you think of Obama’s speech? (First bit below…, but this is the sort of speech that reflects either “gravitation toward the [political] mean” once in office, or a form of political posturing in the presence of Europeans and the world. Only time will tell is this is the Obama Doctrine for international conflict.)…

Merry Christmas from Chicago! A must-read on the rising surge against Islam by Bob Smietana. A must-read on science and faith by Tim Stafford (HT: AC). A must-watch documentary? A must-read on Lesslie Newbigin. A must-read on spiritual gifts. A must-read on preaching. A new kind of Periodic Table. A new kind of Purim: Messianic…

Is this Paul McCartney’s greatest? If not, which is?

“She will give birth to a son,” the angel tells Joseph, “and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). One thinks here of Abraham and Sarah longing for a son, of Hannah longing for a son, and of Mary longing for a son…

Indeed, a church is not a building, but a church being “more” than the building may not tell the whole story. What is ministry like without a building? Dan Kimball, in a recent article explores this question. I clip a few of his lines and ask you to respond: If you had asked me eight…

Alan Roxburgh and M. Scott Boren are onto something: in their new book called Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One (Allelon Missional Series) ,  they avoid the “define it and then we know it (and can control it)” approach to the term “missional.”  To see what is going…
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