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Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 07:10pm

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Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 05:59pm

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Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 03:15pm

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:13pm

Friday, December 4Revelation 13:1-10: Up till now we have seen two beasts, one of them from the underworld (Chapter 11) and the other from the heavens (Chapters 12). Two more beasts will appear in the present chapter, one of them from the sea (verse 1), who also has seven heads and ten horns (cf. 12:3), and one from the land (verse 11). The present reading is concerned solely with the first of the[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:57am

Please pray for Matt Chandler who undergoes brain surgery any minute, scheduled for 10:45am (central time). He writes this morning... The last seven days have been some of the most interesting of my life. I have felt anxiety, fear, sadness and a deep and unmovable joy simultaneously and in deeper ways than I have felt before. I am grateful for this heightened sense of things. Today at 10:45 a.m. [...]

Tags: Prayer, Molly &amp, Chiari

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:24am

This morning’s post is another very poignant reminder that Advent is not necessarily an easy time especially for those who have lost loved ones.  This is the season when many of us remember the pains and griefs of the past years.  It is the season when we long to see the brokenness that is so much a part of our lives transformed into God’s wholeness through God&#8[...]

Tags: Rhythms of life, life, spiritual practices, Kingdom of God, Advent, Death &amp, Dying

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:16am

Weird post…I know. For those of us who follow Jesus, I think certain birthdays are milestones (12, 30, 33). As history teaches, Jesus began his ministry at 30 and died on the cross 3 years later. I turn 33 on Sunday so I am bit introspective about my life and the life of Jesus. As a result I am preaching about Jesus on Sunday. Here’s my question: Since Jesus died at 33 and app[...]

Tags: Jesus, heaven, Sermon, Randy Alcorn, 33 year old body

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:46am

Please take five minutes and read my friend Tom Austin's excellent update about conflict-gold in Congo, where arguably the most neglected humanitarian crisis on earth is still taking place. Another example where the power of ethical buying and fair trade needs to be brought to bear!

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:14am

Put your esoteric knowledge of holiday music to use: What rare(ish) Christmas songs should we check out? (Please include links. Self-promotion welcome.)

Tags: Music, Questions

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:10am

A 4 week series based on a paper called “DIGGING UP THE PAST: KARL BARTH AS FOE TO THE EMERGING CHURCH ON THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION.” Non-identified citations relate to Rollin’s How (Not) To Speak of God. CD equals Barth’s Church Dogmatics. “GOD SPEAKS” In How (Not) to Speak of God, Rollins operates from the assumption that, “That which we[...]

Tags: Emerging church, Theology, Emergent, doctrine of revelation, how (not) to speak of god, peter rollins

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:00am

Are you feeling dead and lifeless?  Do you feel a complete lack of energy?  Are you running on empty and ready to give up? Ask yourself this: Does your faith have a pulse?   Are you living what you believe?  Too often we, as believers, tend to run about our day to day life with only the occasional prayer thrown heavenward in the midst of a hectic day.  We pick up th[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 09:05am

Yesterday morning I was at Wheaton College to talk to English majors and writing students about editing and publishing work. Had a great time interacting with folks and answering questions about the writing and publishing process. One of the handouts I distributed contained the following quotes:“First of all, if you want to write, write. And second, don’t do it. It’s the lonelies[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 09:03am

Few things rob me of my… -joy -time with family -peace -dreams -God given calling like my terrible “people pleasing” disease. While I have no formula for success what I do know is this… trying to please everyone is guaranteed failure. Anyone else struggle with this disease? Subscribe to Without Wax Via RSS Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBu[...]

Tags: Leadership, people pleasing

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 08:07am

What “within reason” really means is… …without bothering the boss. …without taking a big risk. …without taking the blame if we fail. (from Seth Godin)

Tags: Constructive Criticism, Language

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 07:00am

My oldest daughter is 8-1/2. She watches PBS cartoons and a few others my wife and I haven’t censored. She’s enjoyed only a handful of full-length movies – with us, not too scary, and mostly G-rated. We didn’t finish Open Season because the characters were mean and crude. We skipped the dragon scene in Enchanted, and she hardly knows the ubiquitous Hannah Montana. Call us o[...]

Tags: General, Featured, Culture, Roger Ebert, The Exorcist, parental filters

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 07:00am

Care to know the best things to make this Christmas? Please read me over at Christmas Change today...Photos: Making hereShare your thoughts?...Would you like Holy Experience delivered to you quietly via email?...

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 06:40am

by R.C. Sproul, Jr. How quick are you to repent? If you're anything like me, you've just this moment added several more things to repent of. First, pride. I suspect that you, if you are like me, think yourself a pretty decent repenter. You likely wish that others would learn from your wonderful example, and do likewise. Indeed, now that I mention it, you can think of several people tha[...]

Tags: Articles, forgiveness, Repentance

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 06:00am

Chances are, you don’t know any 6 year olds in the Hoang Then Village. More than likely, you’ve never kicked it in the Phong Tho district. Until three weeks ago, the word “Vietnam” had never even been mentioned on this site. We’re in the middle of one of the worst economic crises in decades. It’s the holidays, a time when money gets stretched thin. “Stuff [...]

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Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 03:02am

Click here to see today’s Advent calendar entry ShareThis

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Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 03:01am

Check out this story from Reuters: “Competitive Britons send nativity costs soaring.” Here’s a cheery excerpt: Gone are the days of shepherds in tea towels and tinsel-clad angels. Britain’s competitive parents are forking out on luxury pashmina shawls and velour dressing gowns to make their child the star of the annual nativity play. The rise in so-called &a[...]

Tags: Christmas

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:02am

Tony, Richmond, Michelle and Jimmy share some tips on what you should include in the letters you write to your sponsored children. You can also view the letter writing ideas video on YouTube. My Account l Sponsor a Child l Help Babies and Moms l Crisis Updates

Tags: East Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Philippines, Richmond Wandera, Dominican Republic

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:01am

Welcome everyone. It’s time for the quarterly blog open mic and a chance to express yourself, advertise whatever, your find a date ad, etc. Yo Yo. Microphone Check. One Two. What is a blog open mic? It’s simply a digital version of an OPEN MIC. In the comments section on this post, you can share [almost] [...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:01am

Sorry for the mixup on yesterday's post day ... I'm on the road with limited internet access. Yesterday I spent several hours filming group study introductions for the book, and feel more excited than ever for the book to be released - in just 67 days! Youth workers began feeling the pain first, and soon so did faculty and staff at Christian colleges and universities, as did workers in p[...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 10:56pm

In reply to Turtles all the Way Down Update: Hey Gordon I bought my copy today. YAY !!! Merry Ho Ho . Jeremy

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 10:43pm

How different would our ministries be if we disconnected our legitimacies from the outcomes of our ministries and instead rooted our identity in the fact the we are sons and daughter of the Living God. Los

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 09:50pm

So the other night we’re reading Psalm 106.  You know that one.  The one where the Israelites are reminded of all the times they screwed up as a nation.   The times they forgot their God.    Then it suddenly occurs to me.    This is a PSALM.   They SANG THIS.   This was one of their WORSHIP SONGS.   As in, &a[...]

Tags: Faith, Christianity, Music, worship, Christian Music, old testament

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 09:50pm

So the other night we’re reading Psalm 106.  You know that one.  The one where the Israelites are reminded of all the times they screwed up as a nation.   The times they forgot their God.    Then it suddenly occurs to me.    This is a PSALM.   They SANG THIS.   This was one of their WORSHIP SONGS.   As in, &a[...]

Tags: Faith, Christianity, Music, worship music, Psalms, Jewish history

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 09:21pm

Guest post today by Chaplain Mike Mercer… Since I am a guest-blogger here at Internet Monk, and since the audience is huge and made up of many different sorts of folks, I thought we might have some “getting to know you” time today. As your genial guest host, I hope you’ll bear with me and that we will all have a little fun. (Sorry to those of you who, like me, always look [...]

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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 09:11pm

In reply to Mysterious Paper Crane: After read this story i remember my promise to make 1000 cranes for my friend. Now i have made 736 cranes... -Indonesia

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 07:40pm

In reply to The last time: Giving my boys baths in the kitchen sink. I hated when they moved to the tub, knew it was an ending. When, a little later, we rented a vacation cottage and the tub didn't work, it was a gift.