Thanks a lot, Mark Driscoll… see what you started?

Thanks a lot, Mark Driscoll… see what you started?
Now that Mark Driscoll’s new book is out, it seems everyone has to weigh in on sensitive topics.  Please… CBN producers, don’t let Pat Robertson talk about oral sex again. Thanks, Mark. Todd    
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8 Things That Caught My Eye this Morning

8 Things That Caught My Eye this Morning
Here are 8 things that caught my eye this morning. Most notably:  Yesterday was the first Sunday since the split at the Crystal Cathedral.  Looks like about 100 people left the building to join Sheila Schuller Coleman and Jim Penner’s new church plant.  Attendance at the Cathedral (which changed back to their traditional worship service) rose to about 1,200 (over two services).  Take out all the media, out of town visitors and tourists, and they probably had about a hundred people as well. Anyway… here are some interesting things to get you started in your week…  I’d love...
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Basketball Fans Kill Two Birds with One Stone

Basketball Fans Kill Two Birds with One Stone
Wow… free basketball and pizza with your vasectomy… this month only. (And I like the fact that he said the surgery was ‘minimally invasive’.  Uh… let me go on record as saying… it was WAY invasive.  
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Old Guys Rule

Old Guys Rule
At Bethel Church we affirm our older generation as people we admire, look up to, and want to emulate. This video celebrates the culmination of a sermon series titled, Old Guys Rule:
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Ed Stetzer at The Gospel Project Webcast

Ed Stetzer at The Gospel Project Webcast
I had the opportunity on Wednesday to participate and live-blog The Gospel Project Webcast, live from the LifeWay headquarters in Nashville.  This event included Matt Chandler, J. D. Greear, Ed Stetzer, and Trevin Wax talking about the new Gospel Project that LifeWay is putting out.  There was a ton of great nuggets during the 2 hour webcast.  I’ll share some notes in three separate posts. Here are some of the raw notes I took on Ed Stetzer’s talk: Theology, Gospel and Mission and why they Matter YOU are the project… the gospel is constantly working in you. Theology matters deeply…...
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