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Videos
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Jim Palmer talks about his new book
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Is This Ad a Big Deal?
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It’s Over – Trends in Churchland by Dan Kimball
I have been liking the TV show “Portlandia“. I am probably more interested in the show because I lived in Portland for a year and I am up there a couple of times a year teaching. I also have family and friends there. I love Portland… apart from the misty…
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Alan Hirsch: Disciple-Making via Verge
Alan Hirsch: Disciple-Making [VERGE video] from Verge Network on Vimeo. Print PDF
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Alan Hirsch: Sparks and Seeds via Verge
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Alan Hirsch: Movements That Change the World via Verge
Alan Hirsch: Movements That Change The World [VERGE video clip] from Verge Network on Vimeo. Print PDF
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Alan Hirsch: God is Good But Not Safe via Verge
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Alan Hirsch: Every Believer a Church Planter via Verge
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Alan Hirsch – Building Movements on Disciples vs. Consumers via Verge
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Beyond Evangelicals by Frank Viola
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No Comments“All labels have their problems, and, to be sure, ‘evangelical’ is fraught with them. But I am not giving it up.” ~ Roger Olson As I pointed out in the first post of this series, the center of evangelicalism is collapsing. Countless evangelical Christians are moving to the left or to... -
Review: You Lost Me by David Kinnaman, a review by Bill Dahl
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsWelcome to a review of David Kinnaman’s most recent book (BakerBooks October 2011) entitled: You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church and Rethinking Faith: For any artist who produces an initial smash hit, the next work they produce is typically a yawner (few exceptions so noted). After releasing... -
The ‘Real’ Christmas Story—Stained…but Good by Alan B. Ward
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No CommentsI have been reading a book called Christmas is Not Your Birthday recently. One of the points that author Mike Slaughter makes is that we try so hard to sanitize Christmas. Every year, we engage in a futile quest to clean up and create the perfect Christmas. As I was... -
The Advent by Dan Schmidt
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[This article first appeared in the December 2006 issue of Next-Wave. You can browse the other articles from that issue here: http://www.the-next-wave.info/archives/issue96/index.cfm.html ] The standard celebration of Advent revolves around four themes: hope, love, joy and peace. These are addressed in different ways, as there is ample room in the... -
An Interview with George Barna by Bill Dahl
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsAn Interview with George Barna by Bill Dahl George Barna is a native New Yorker. He has filled executive roles in politics, marketing, advertising, media, research and ministry. He founded the Barna Research Group (now The Barna Group) in 1984 and helped it become the nation’s leading marketing research firm... -
Being Jesus in Oslo, Being Jesus in Nashville (but then again, why should you listen to me?) By Jim Palmer
Posted on August 20, 2011 | No CommentsThe reported spike in anti-Islamic attacks in the United States, including the burning of a mosque in my home state of Tennessee, leads me to believe that the Evangelical Christian machinery wrapped around Jesus today views him in a way that makes other religions a threat. That threat was tragically... -
Should the Church Accountant be the One Called the Worship Pastor? By Dan Kimball
Posted on August 19, 2011 | No CommentsThe title of this article and question that I ask is not one I am totally serious about – and not really suggesting we actually do call the accountant the worship pastor. But I do have the question of how we have overwhelmingly defined “worship” to primarily be music and... -
Preaching Without Words By Len Hjalmarson
Posted on August 19, 2011 | No Comments“Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary, use words.” This little dictum is attributed to Francis Bernadone, later known as St. Francis. And if you are like most, your first response is a rational one. “All very nice, Francis – but who will hear the message if there are... -
Lessons from Missional Church to Tea Party By Fred Peatross
Posted on August 19, 2011 | 1 CommentPeople by default are resistant to almost all change. I have friends who left their job because computers replaced manual systems. I know some who hate electronic readers and digital books. They would rather have a paperback in their hand. “It just feels better.” Borders understands all about electronic readers... -
Review: Erasing Hell By Francis Chan – An Important Book and Topic By Dan Kimball
Posted on July 11, 2011 | 1 CommentYesterday I got to hang out with Francis Chan as we are 1-hour-and-15-minute away neighbors now. He moved up to the San Francisco area and I am down in the small but wonderful village of Santa Cruz on the beach. It was good to catch up and we had a...
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