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Archive for May, 2008

Institutionalism and Church Planting

Posted in Church Planting on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »

We see it everywhere across the Western hemisphere - in the cities, the older suburbs, towns large and small, and dotted across the rural landscape - churches that are stuck, stagnant and declining. All of these churches began as church plants 20, 50, 100, 200 years ago, but now they are just shells of their [...]

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Rick Warren - Our Global Mission

Posted in Conferences, Purpose Driven, Resources on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »

I was meeting about the new beta.pastors.com website during the final session - you can read some great notes at: Dave Ferguson’s Blog.  Here are his (abridged) highlights:
You don’t have an option - the great commission is your mission.  God wants to expand your vision and your mission.

GOD IS CALLING US TO A GLOBAL VISION
FIVE GLOBAL [...]

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Pre-Release Look at Pastors.com NEW-SITE

Posted in Conferences, Purpose Driven on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Here is a screen shot of pastors.com.  The new site will be going into bata soon.
Click it to enlarge:

Hey Pastor, Request a login here (beta testers will be sent a new logins in about 3 weeks).
 

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The Female Brain

Posted in Conferences, Purpose Driven, Resources on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »

 
The panel got into a great discussion about the book: The Female Brain.  It sounds like a “must read”.
Here is a description from Wikipedia:
The Female Brain is a book by Louann Brizendine, M.D., whose main thesis is that women’s behavior is radically different from that of men due to hormonal differences. Brizendine says that the human female brain is affected by the following hormones: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, (oxytocin), neurotransmitters (dopamine, serotonin), [...]

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Church Planting UStreamTV at PD Summit 2008

Posted in Conferences, Planting Churches throughout Central and Northern Minne, Purpose Driven on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »

I just finished another webblog at UStreamTV with Brian Stevens about our church planting experiences. You can see it here>>>

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Session 3 w/ Rick Warren

Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »

Preaching with Purpose – Manifesto for Renewal
I.               God’s Purpose for Man – Rom 8:29 (NIV)
God’s Purpose is to make me like Christ – Gen 1:26 (NIV), 2 Cor 3:18b (NLT), John 17:17 (NIV), James 1:24-25 (NIV)
When we get people to:
Convictions - Thinking like Jesus
Character  - Feeling like Jesus
Conduct – Acting like Jesus
      They are inevitably [...]

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Live Podcast/Videocast

Posted in Conferences, Purpose Driven on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »

You can check out some of the speakers and some behind the scenes stuff from the conference HERE>>>.
I had a the great privilege to join Tony Liston, Deb Hollis and Brian Stevens for a Summit Podcast.  See the pastors.com forum podcast HERE>>>

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Session 2 – Rick Warren

Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »

Relational Renew - Growing A Spiritually Mature Church
Eph 4:14 (PH), 1 Cor. 12:11 (NIV), James 3:17-18 (CEV), Romans 8:29 (nIV), 1 Peter 5:2 Amp), Pr. 27:23 (NIV), Matt 7:17-20 (NIV) , John 15:8 (NLT)
8 Laws of Spiritual Growth
1.     Spiritual Growth is Incarnational
Gal 2:20 (NIV)
1 Cor 3:6 (NIV)
Phil. 2:12-13 (NIV)
Fact: Spiritual Growth is Both
2.     Spiritual Growth is [...]

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2008 Purpose Driven Community Gathering - Live Feed

Posted in Conferences, Purpose Driven, Resources on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »

Hey - You can see the live feed of main sessions HERE>>>

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Session 1c –Rick W

Posted in Conferences, Purpose Driven on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »

2 Cor. 4ff

How to not parish in the parish.
Learn to enjoy the grace of God! (vrs.1)  The Devil keeps whispering in our ears, “Not good enough”.  Don’t believe it.  We are all a trophy of God’s grace.  God’s grace is good enough.  If you don’t get this you will get stuck in a performance trap [...]

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