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My second Bible study from Threads, The Tough Sayings of Jesus II, has been out for about a year and a half. And we recently have gone back and reworked with the leader materials to produce a collegiate focused leader guide for the material.
If you’re leading a Bible study for college students this fall, consider [...]

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(Click here to read Part I and Part II of this children’s story. And now the conclusion…)
The boy with the board in his eye thought for a moment.  The doctor’s voice was clear and kind.  It made the little boy feel important and comfortable, and so he decided that he would indeed begin the treatment.  [...]

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Click here for Part 1 to this children’s story.
One day as the boy with the board in his eye was making his daily list of people to find and point out their “unnormalness”, he heard an ad on the radio:  “Have you ever felt out of place?  Have you ever thought that you don’t really [...]

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Here’s a children’s story in 3 parts I wrote a few years ago to go along with a sermon I preached from the Sermon on the Mount:
There once was a town called Normalville.  It was a good name for the town, since everything there was normal.  None of the people, or houses, or dogs were [...]

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An Interview with Jared Wilson

Yesterday I reviewed Jared Wilson’s new book, Your Jesus is Too Safe. I also had the chance to interview him. Inquiring minds want to know, Jared…
 
1. What is so “safe” about the images of Jesus prevalent in our culture right now? 
 
He is generally safe because he likes and dislikes all the things and people we do. [...]

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I’ll admit it – I’ve kind of blog-stalked Jared Wilson for a while. So I was excited to get a copy of his book, Your Jesus is Too Safe and review it.
In his book, Jared attempts to argue for an accurate historical and biblical picture of Jesus Christ. This, according to him, is sorely needed [...]

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I don’t like to camp that much. And I’ve only shot a gun once. I’ve seen Bravehart like everyone else in the country, but I don’t look at it as a “Life Montra.” For those reasons, I tend to shy away from books about “discovering my inner man” and stuff. You know, where you read [...]

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The Prodigal God

I love Tim Keller. I love him for alot of reasons, but here’s some: He’s a thinker and he leads people to think. When Christianity is being newly attacked from the ranks of atheism, Keller took up the mantle of C.S. Lewis and wrote The Reason for God in response to guys like Richard Dawkins. [...]

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One Word

I’m scheduled to publish something else with Threads next year that I’m in the beginning stages of working on, and I wondered if I could get some help. Here’s the working title: 
One Word: Rescuing the Vocabulary of Faith From the Christian Subculture
The idea behind the study is that so many words – great words; powerful words; “God” [...]

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Tough Sayings in 09

You may have seen the Bible studies I’ve written for Threads. I’ve been incredibly honored by the response the resources have gotten, and it’s really cool to think God might be using these resources to challenge people in their walks with Him. If you haven’t seen them, I’d love for you to check them out.
They’re [...]

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