The Confessions of Augustine: A Theology Experienced – The Life of Augustine

September 9, 2010

The Life of Augustine Augustine experienced a great number of differing viewpoints throughout his life. From his birth to the time he was a bishop, he moved through several different systems of belief, including Platonism, Manichaeism, and astrology, until coming to Christ at the age of thirty-two. Many have claimed that he was the “greatest [...]

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The Confessions of Augustine: A Theology Experienced – Introduction

September 8, 2010

Thesis Statement Augustine was a prolific writer, theologian, and thinker in the early Christian church. Having come from a background of philosophy and Greek thought, he was able to experience the love and pull of God as few who are raised in the church do. While Augustine’s faith contained logic and depth, he also drew [...]

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Blatant shilling for Logos Bible Software

September 7, 2010

– Begin required ad– Logos Bible Software is giving away thousands of dollars of prizes to celebrate the launch of Logos Bible Software 4 Mac on October 1. Prizes include an iMac, a MacBook Pro, an iPad, an iPod Touch, and more than 100 other prizes! They’re also having a special limited-time sale on their [...]

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Critical Mass – The Radically Unchurched

September 4, 2010

Bibliographical Entry Reid, Alvin L. The Radically Unchurched. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2002. Author Information Alvin L. Reid is currently the Professor of Evangelism and Student Ministry and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He received his M.Div and Ph.D from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, majoring in evangelism. Reid is a prolific [...]

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Critical Mass – Concentric Circles of Concern

September 2, 2010

Bibliographical Entry Thompson Jr., W. Oscar. Concentric Circles of Concern: Seven Stages for Making Disciples. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999. Author Information W. Oscar Thompson pastored in various churches for 20 years becoming a faculty member at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth, Texas. He specialized in the study of evangelism. During [...]

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The slippery slope of morality

September 1, 2010

The journey from your mind into your hands is shorter than you’re thinking. Be careful if you think you stand, you just might be sinking. – “Slow Fade”, Casting Crowns The hard thing about trying to be a good, moral person is that you’re constantly being pulled towards those things you know you shouldn’t be [...]

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Critical Mass – Share Jesus Without Fear

August 28, 2010

Bibliographical Entry Fay, William. Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 1999. Author Information William (Bill) Fay provides his own background story in Appendix 5 to his book. He recounts his testimony of how he came to be a Christian out of a life of money, greed, gambling, and selfishness. He was raised into [...]

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A new(?) model for ministry

August 27, 2010

For so many years people who have been called to ministry did a few simple things. They attended some kind of training, be it seminary, berean learning, or something else. They graduated from that training. They then went off to practice their calling and only their calling, not needing to have other employment in order [...]

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Theology of the double rainbow guy

August 26, 2010

(Caution: There could be some language that might offend in the video. Really, the first minute is all you need, but consider yourself warned.) If you haven’t seen this video before, well, you don’t spend enough time on Facebook or YouTube. It made the rounds a couple months ago, even spawning a (surprisingly well made) [...]

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It’s been too long

July 27, 2010

I really do intend to write more on here, but life just gets in the way. Sure, you say, typical blogger. Gets the website set up then leaves it alone. Not really, I have legitimate reasons why i don’t seem to have time to write. Actually, i have been writing quite a bit, just not [...]

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