Christian Book Expo will not happen in 2010
April 30, 2009
Watch the Gospel Coalition Conference sessions live
April 21, 2009
Thousands attend March for Life rally in DC
January 22, 2009
ECHO Church Media Conference
December 12, 2008
July 29-31, 2009, in Irving, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth area). Speakers include Phil Vischer, producer of VeggieTales. Official website here. From the conference promoters:
“Why you should go
To discover new forms of media
To be inspired to use media in new ways
To learn how to create original forms of media
To move beyond what’s been done and dream about what’s next
To turn ideas into a reality that impacts others for Christ”
(HT: Digital Sanctuary)
Audio: Dinesh D’Souza vs. Dan Barker
December 10, 2008
Audio from a Harvard debate between Christian apologist D’Souza and atheist Barker can be heard here.
Daniel at two or three . net has a summary.
On Protestants and division
December 10, 2008
At Emergent Village, Jonathan Brink reflects on the recent Great Emergence conference and some of the points made there by Phyllis Tickle, author of the book by the same name:
“The natural outcome of these theological conversations [that followed the Protestant Reformation] was inevitable: camps. Put two people in a room with a Bible and conflict is inevitable. Put ten people in a room with a Bible and you might just have a riot. Until the Great Reformation there were essentially four major “denominations”: Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and Anglicanism. But after the reformation, we saw the birth of more than 26,000 denominations. Why? Because the unintended side effect of the Protestant movement was the birth of divorce within the church.”
Read the entire post: “Children of Divorce.”
Free webinar on Thursday, Dec. 11: Top 10 Church Innovations
December 10, 2008
Courtesy of the Learnings @ Leadership Network:
“Join Leadership Network’s research director, Warren Bird, Ph.D., as he presents findings about innovation from a recent national study of America’s largest churches. This is the first public presentation of these discoveries, which are both stimulating and practical. You’ll gain new perspective on how to solve certain problems that your own church is facing.”
(HT: D. J. Chuang)
T4G Bedlam
December 5, 2008
Tim Challies posts a hilarious explanation for the lack of activity some have noted on the Together for the Gospel blog:
“You probably knew this already, that after the Together for the Gospel conference wrapped up, all of the speakers went back to Al Mohler’s place to relax and play some Dungeons & Dragons …”
Share your fiction at Storyblogging Carnival #94 …
November 25, 2008
Donald Crankshaw gives details at Back of the Envelope:
“If you use your blog to share your fiction, then the Storyblogging Carnival is your opportunity. Here we host any and all forms of storytelling in blog format.”
Together for Adoption Conference audio
November 25, 2008
- Jason Kovacs and Maridel Sandberg - “Conference Welcome and the Christian Alliance for Orphans’ Vision for Orphan Ministry“
- Dan Cruver - “Adoption in God’s Story of Redemption“
- Rick Phillips - “The Good News of Adoption“
- Carl Robbins - “Adoption and the Multi-Ethnic Family of God“
- Tullian Tchividjian - “Our Adoption and Visiting Orphans in Their Affliction“
Links at Jason Kovacs’ blog.
Being thankful: women 312, men 0
November 19, 2008
There seem to be a lot of posts by women on thankfulness, but not so many by the guys.
Just yesterday, Sue Bohlin posted on “Turning Thanksgiving Inside Out” at the Tapestry blog.
“It’s not too hard to come up with a list of reasons to grump about the Thanksgiving holiday:
• Lots of work in the kitchen
• Lots of cleaning to do
• Lots of cooking to do
• Lots of buying food to do
• Spending time with family where the worst in people easily spills out
• Crowds in the stores as we prepare
• The stores already have their Christmas decorations out—like since Halloween
• Too much football on TV
• Too much food
But to cultivate a biblical mindset, we can take this list and turn it inside out to reveal the embarrassment of riches and lavishment of blessings that are attached to each item by invoking our own personal thanksgiving:
Lots of work in the kitchen: Thank You, Lord, that I have a fully functioning kitchen! Thank You for my stove and my oven and my refrigerator and my sink and my counters and my storage of my many many kitchen items.”
And at Rebecca Writes, the womenfolk have been expressing their gratitude on a daily basis!
What’s up, fellas?
Weekend Walkabout: Nov. 15, 2008
November 15, 2008
26 posts from the week that escaped mention (almost!):
- Announcing Ligonier Academy
- Beautiful Earring Found in Jerusalem
- Church Marketing Podcast
- Desiring God Pastors Conference (2009)
- ETERNITY, EVOLUTION, AND EMERGENCE
- Female Christian Bloggers
- Gospel and Culture Project
- Have no Fear
- In Remembrance of Veterans
- Jessica Simpson’s gospel background
- Keeping a Promise In Spite Of Himself
- Let’s Go Christmas Shopping!
- Matisyahu on Music, Religion, and Charity
- Nollywood: The Nigerian film industry
- One Week After The Election …
- Picture of the year - bulls*#t or prophetic?
- A QUANTUM OF SOLACE– A QUOTIENT OF PAIN
- Reminded of the Power and Priority of the Word
- SC priest: Voted for Obama? No Eucharist for you!
- Ted Haggard Speaks on Scandal for First Time
- Ur 2.0: Get Farther Out of Ur
- Visit the Sick, A New Book from Brian Croft
- When the World Slanders, and Christians Follow
- X-Mas in Goa video (OK, not a Christian blog … but some great percussion)
- Young Adults Make Bad Jurors?
- Zealous Police Officer (again, not a Christian blog … but a decent joke)
[FYI: A sure way to get cited here is to write a post beginning with the letter X or Z. Those are especially hard to find. - HC]
Audio, video: Mars Hill parenting conference with Tedd Tripp
November 13, 2008
Available here (HT: Worship.com)
Tedd Tripp is the author of Shepherding a Child’s Heart.
Thank you, veterans
November 11, 2008
Gene Veith shares this link detailing ways to give thanks.
Mark Daniels tells about the time his son met a veteran who had fought in the Battle of the Bulge (WWII).
Conor Friedersdorf shares about his experience visiting the D-Day site:
“The Allied landing never seemed real. It was a movie, a history lesson — not real life. That is, until I stood on Omaha beach at the age of twenty-one.”
Weekend Walkabout: Nov. 8, 2008
November 8, 2008
26 posts from the week that escaped mention (almost!):
- Amway Evangelism
- Billy Clubs, Firehoses, and Attack Dogs for the New Civil Rights Movement
- C’mon Obama Voter, You Have To Admit This is Pretty Funny
- Dominican Republic - Ordinary Superheroes
- Errr…
- Fear Not!
- “Gross Food Related Youth Group Games” (Stuff Christians Like)
- “How Not to Raise a Pagan”
- I’m Saved! But From What? - Part 3
- James White - Debates in London
- King David’s Water Tunnel in Jerusalem
- Law and Gospel: Galatians - The practice of Christian liberty
- Missing your calling
- Nate Huss recognizes National Adoption Month with new song, video
- Obama and the Bishops
- Passion For The City
- Quote of the day
- Real Life Photoshop
- Still having a dream
- Two songs
- Urban Exile: Re-discovering Justice?
- Voting for our imaginations
- What Churches Can Learn from Election Marketing
- X-ray Crab (OK, not from a Christian blog, but it does start with an ‘X’!)
- You’re a Hyper-Calvinist
- ‘Zack and Miri’ Advertising Leaves Out the P-Word
