Evangelism as Exiles: Life on Mission as Strangers in Our Own Land
- GUEST: Elliot Clark is the author of Evangelism as Exiles: Life on Mission as Strangers in Our Own Land. He served as a cross-cultural church planter in Central Asia, along with his wife and children. He is currently working to train local church leaders overseas with Training Leaders International.
NAE launches $1M campaign to help churches bless financially strapped pastors
- GUEST: Brian Kluth is the national director of NAE Financial Health, an initiative of the National Association of Evangelicals to provide solutions for pastors and churches facing economic challenges. Brian regularly travels across the country to speak at denominational, pastor, church and leadership events on pastor finances and church generosity. He also directs the national Bless Your Pastor campaign.
CNN: ‘Motors, mortgages and pizzas:’ Here’s why Detroit is on a rebound
Rod Dreher: Unfree at Liberty
- “… the atmosphere of paranoia infuses everything at Liberty.”
- “The difference between what the college says its mission is, and the way its president behaves, is growing. “
REDEEMER CHURCH AUDIO: Pastoral Thoughts on the Funeral and the Treatment of the Body After Death
Josh Harris: I Kissed Jesus Goodbye
- “By all the measurements that I have for defining a Christian, I am not a Christian.”
- DOCUMENTARY: I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye
- PATHEOS: Farewell, Joshua Harris
- “The volume of celebrity pastors, leaders, musicians, etc., departing from the faith or even falling away in incredibly devastating ways is an indication of the whole; think of how many unknown, small-town pastors are doing the exact same thing. How many men who have no genuine love for Christ are preaching each Sunday, only because they have no viable source of income that will stream in from the book deals, interviews, and so forth, when they depart from the faith? How many unknowns are doing much the same? Worship leaders, bible study leaders, community group leaders, etc. How many are serving–not the church, nor Christ, but their true father, Satan?”
- Get Ready for a Flood of Christian Defections
- “There will be a high price to be paid for those who remain faithful to Christ and the teachings of the Bible. People will lose their jobs, they’ll be denied professional credentials, they will be banned from popular social media platforms and essentially exiled from polite society.”
MSN: An Evangelical Megachurch Is Sued for More Than $1 Million in Child Sexual Abuse Case
NPR: Federal Government To Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly 20-Year Hiatus
NPR: A Warm Bedtime Bath Can Help You Cool Down And Sleep Better (Note from Paul: My mother knew this 50 years ago without the research)
NYT: Splitting Heirs: Neil Armstrong’s heirs divide over a lucrative legacy