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// June 10th, 2009 // Uncategorized

Bible Overview

Great way to introduce a Bible overview:

 

How Technology Can Help Your Church

I’m a fan of cool technology. I like Twitter. I watch Lost on my laptop. I don’t have a landline. Seeing the church take advantage of new technologies to spread the gospel is pretty cool. It’s actually the latest rage (did you see the recent Time magazine article onusing Twitter in church?).

But for all the technology, what really matters is people. I like Twitter because it keeps me connected to people.

As cool as new technology is, what I really like about it is what people do with it to reach others. Online video isn’t what makesinvisiblepeople.tv cool, it’s the way Mark Horvath connects with homeless people and shares their story. An impressive use of social networking isn’t what made 5 Days in May work, it’s the way people gave up their Starbucks and Pepsi for plain old water and then donated to the tune of $3,400.

Technology is definitely cool. It makes so many things easier. But don’t get hung up on the technology. Get hung up on the idea. Get hung up on the people. That’s how technology can help your church.

 source : http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/archives/2009/06/how_technology.html

Why Our Current Education System Is Failing

Education is meant to help us find our passion, our purpose in life. Unfortunately, our current education system fails miserably.

We’ve been told:

You have to go to college to be successful. After that you have to go to grad-school. Make sure you get all A’s or you will fail.

read rest here http://www.aboundlessworld.com/why-our-current-education-system-is-failing/ 

 

 

Preach Dirty to Me

For a couple of years now, long-time pastor and theologian John MacArthur has been critical of Mark Driscoll’s use of crude language in the pulpit. In the end, MacArthur believes Driscoll has crossed a line, and it’s time for him to step down from ministry. MacArthur’s comments have ignited a heated debate in the blogosphere (as you might suspect).

read more here http://blog.christianitytoday.com/outofur/archives/2009/06/preach_dirty_to.html#more 

Don’t show off

Proverbs 16:18 (The Message)