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Tonight I was eating dinner with a friend who recently became a father. He was telling me of the joy and pain he has experienced in the last month. He and his wife are the parents of twin girls, and when they were born, the second daughter broke her arm Read More...

I am currently reading The Challenge of the Great Commission (Pinnacle, 2005) edited by Chuck Lawless and Thom Rainer. This book contains nineteen essays, each by a different author, on various topics concerning the Great Commission. Many of the authors Read More...

I must say that I have enjoyed the various features of the new missional network . Each day, I find something new to enjoy. Today, I took some time during a study break and watched one of the free videos offered on the home page . "Why Culture Matters" Read More...

The following video is an interview with Mark Driscoll in preparation for the Desiring God 2006 National Conference . Driscoll explains terms such as "emergent," "emerging," and "missional." It really helped me understand these terms, as well as how I Read More...

This week I attended the annual meeting of a “ Southern State ” Baptist Convention. During the business sessions, the southern gospel singing, and the man-centered preaching (if you can call it that, I prefer "yelling and story telling"), and while watching Read More...