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Links I Like

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Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing. Click here for past Links I Like.

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  1. Barnabas Piper for those who are tired of the same sex marriage debate.
  2. Mark Hampton on 8 tips for those taking summer missions trips.
  3. Charles Stone on 4 things pastors can do to prepare for the post-easter lull.
  4. Ed Stetzer on How to not waste your Easter spike.
  5. Lou Schuler on His favorite book about weightlifting. I’m pretty interested to read this book.

Links I Like

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Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing. Click here for past Links I Like. 

Links of the Week

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  1. Michael Hyatt on How to handle people who abuse trust.
  2. Can’t wait for this book to come out.
  3. Tim Keller on Politics and Culture. So many good insights in this piece, but what else would you expect from Tim Keller.
  4. Why Christians go postal over facebook, Jay-Z, Yoga, Avatar and culture in general. I think most Christians go crazy online because they can do it from the comfort of their home.
  5. Ed Stetzer on Trends in church planting.
  6. Growing generosity in kids at Christmas. As a parent, this was a really helpful article.
  7. Mark Driscoll on 10 ways the doctrine of suffering is mistaught. Great insights into how we should handle and think about suffering from a biblical perspective.
  8. Ron Edmondson on 5 do’s and don’ts of how to deal with pastors during the christmas season.
  9. Two reasons church planters often avoid big cities.
  10. Tony Morgan on 10 keys to creating a staff strategy. Great insights.
  11. Here is a great video interview with D.A. Carson. Definitely worth the time, so much wisdom.
  12. Baptisms at an Acts 29 church in Alaska. It was 10 degrees and snowing. These pictures are a beautiful picture of the gospel.
  13. Mark Driscoll on What we tell our kids about Santa Claus. Helpful piece for parents.
  14. Is it disrespectful to Jesus to call it Xmas?

Links of the Week

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  1. Steve Jobs on the branding of Apple. Branding is so important and churches miss the boat so many times. Branding can have to do with mission, your church name, logo, etc. Pastors need to think through branding more because it is how you can be easily remembered and identified in your city. This is why we named ourselves Revolution and use 3 dots for our logo.
  2. How Christians can be faithful and politically present in our culture. Interesting interview.
  3. John Piper spent 224 sermons preaching through the book of Romans, but you can listen to these 11 messages and get the big picture overview. You can download the 11 key messages here.
  4. Forbes on Nextflix killed Blockbuster, but Apple, Amazon and Microsoft won’t be so easy.
  5. Mark Galli on Insignificant is Beautiful.
  6. The next Acts 29 boot camp is in Phoenix next week. So excited about spending the week at it.
  7. Kevin DeYoung on What’s wrong with theistic evolution. This is an interesting interview with the editor of the new book God & Evolution.
  8. One year later: an interview with Matt Chandler and what having cancer has taught him.
  9. What pastors and business leaders can learn from each other.
  10. Al Mohler on What we know from the elections on Tuesday.
  11. Download the audio from Acts 29 Seattle Boot Camp. Great stuff.
  12. Have you bought coffee yet to support our adoption? You can do so here (it’s really good).
  13. Watch this video of Andy Stanley talking about momentum. Anything with Andy Stanley on leadership is worth listening to or reading.
  14. Will Mancini on The tyranny of more. He lists out the 6 myths that cause churches to try to do everything. Revolution is a simple church, which means we only do 5 things (worship, groups, mission, students and children’s ministry). It is this clarity that I believe is one of our strengths as a church. I just preached on it if you are interested.
  15. Changing a church culture. Cultures are hard to change because they are so natural in how they come about. You have to change thinking, not just what you do to change a church.
  16. Ed Stetzer’s thoughts on Jim Swilley (a Prominent megachurch pastor) who came out of the closet this week. Stetzer raises some great questions that churches and leaders have to wrestle through in terms of how we respond to homosexuality and what Scripture has to say. While Scripture is clear where God stands on it, we have often missed the boat in communicating that and all the layers to the discussion. We need to do better at communicating truth.

Links of the Week

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  1. Never make fun of your spouse. My wife Katie has been doing a series of blog posts on our relationship rules and this one is broken by so many spouses. This one change would make a world of difference in your marriage.
  2. All you need to know about church planting in 3 minutes.
  3. Ron Edmondson on Addressing a porn generation.
  4. 4 lessons from Martin Luther on Marriage. This is a great article.
  5. Dave Bruskas on What I’ve learned from raising daughters. Dave is a pastor in New Mexico and has raised 4 daughters so I’d take that as being an expert on the topic.
  6. Gabe Lyons on A third way for the ‘Christian nation’ debate.
  7. How to leave a church well. Sometimes people leave for good reasons and leave well, but often they leave for poor reasons and leave the church by throwing rocks. Love the example from the book of Acts, maybe that is why churches today don’t see the effectives they did in the book of Acts.
  8. Pastors who suffering from relational anorexia. Pastoring is one of the loneliest jobs on the planet, but there are some things you can do to fight it.
  9. Tony Morgan on Signs you have a vision that inspires. These are right on, the clarity at Revolution has inspired people and repelled people. Vision divides and that is okay.
  10. Who needs porn when you have MTV? This is crucial for parents to keep in mind as they raise kids and what they allow on TV. (Note: there is a semi-explicit photo accompanying the article).
  11. 10 easy bible verses for kids to memorize. We have a verse of the week at our house and it has been awesome to see the kids start memorizing scripture.
  12. Loving our Muslim neighbors. This is a great video panel discussion with J.D. Greear and Thabiti Anyabwile.
  13. Christopher Wright on The biggest obstacle for world missions is idolatry. This is a convicting article.
  14. J. Oswald Sanders on Are you ready to be a leader? These are great questions to work through if you want to enter into leadership or have a desire to take on more leadership in your church or business.

Links of the Week

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  1. Wayne Grudem released a book called Politics – According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture.
  2. Andrew Lisi on Burn couches not the Quran. I can appreciate the passion of this pastor who is planning to burn Quran’s, but if his point is to point Muslims to the truth of Jesus (as he has said is his point in multiple interviews), than I have to believe there is a better way to say, “Jesus is the only way to heaven.”
  3. What I would do differently if I were a new bride today. Mars Hill is doing a months of posts about being a Godly woman and this is a great list for any woman. Be a woman of character, dignity and your husband (or future husband) will honor you.
  4. Tim Challies on When I should leave my church.
  5. Why Christians get sex wrong.
  6. Darrin Patrick on A preacher and his bible. Great tips to preachers.

Saturday Night Mind Dump…

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  • Tonight was a night where I didn’t speak and got to attend church, a rare treat
  • Felt weird though
  • Dave did a great job preaching tonight
  • It’s nice to have guys who can preach to give me a night off
  • He talked about how Christians get so caught up in different ideas and agendas (not all of them bad or even unbiblical) but that in the process, we lose sight of the gospel
  • The message of 2 Timothy is fight for the gospel
  • The gospel is the answer, it is the only thing that changes lives, always fall back on that, always rest in that, always push that
  • The gospel should be our only agenda
  • I’ll get off my soapbox
  • :)
  • Equally cool is seeing our band step up and take the challenge of cover songs
  • We did a Skillet song a few weeks ago, but tonight they hit a home run with a Panic at the Disco song
  • Wow
  • Because I wasn’t preaching, I was bored before the service so I just walked around
  • It was amazing to see all the people who show up early to make Revolution happen each week
  • It is humbling to see everyone and how bought in they are and wanting to make Revolution great each and every week
  • We seriously have the best staff and volunteers on the planet
  • We shot a video after church tonight that we will use next Saturday during one of the worship songs that is going to be powerful
  • So ready for football season to be here
  • Even though my Steelers will probably have a rough start, any football is good football
  • Got 2 fantasy drafts tomorrow night, one with some guys from Revolution and one with a bunch of pastors in Tucson
  • Right now, I’m in this weird funk right now and I’m not sure why
  • I’d appreciate your prayers
  • Had a really hard week that left me feeling beat up
  • Which means God knew what he was doing by doing it before a holiday weekend so I can recover
  • Looking forward to 2 days with nothing but hanging out with Katie and the kids
  • Thinking about hiking one of those days
  • So cool seeing our fall small groups filling up
  • I think at least one of them is already full and a few are getting close, so don’t wait
  • For more info, check this out
  • One of the cool things that has been happening every week at Revolution is a bunch of first time guests
  • Love meeting them, hearing how they found Revolution and how much they like it
  • Sweet
  • The coolest part is almost all of them came with someone
  • Way to go Revolutionaries!
  • Speaking of tonight’s sermon, here are two great links on how Christians should live out their faith:  here is Russell Moore’s take and Chuck Colson’s take
  • You definitely don’t want to miss next week
  • I’ll be preaching about how to have freedom and fight the sin in your life
  • If you or someone you know would love to have freedom in their life from something but can never seem to find it, then you need to bring them next week
  • It will be powerful