Monthly Archives: December 2009

Off-the-Wall Christmas Music: Bob Dylan: “Little Drummer Boy”

Continuing the out of the ordinary – The video is genius!

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Replanting a Church: Leading Fearlessly

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. 7. Fearlessly Lead the Replanting Process (1 John 4:18). Prayerfully … Continue reading

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Off-the-Wall Christmas Songs: Bill Monroe

Frequently covered, but you’ve got to go with the original.

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Off-the-Wall Christmas Music: A Coca-Cola Christmas

Cool song. Crassly commercial, of course, but it was Coca-Cola that created the modern image of Santa Claus … and so it works! And, besides, I love Coca-Cola! (Diet Coke, of course. Hopelessly addicted.)

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Replanting a Church: Changing Your Church’s Name

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. Scott writes, Seriously explore a name change (Proverbs 22:1; Ecclesiastes … Continue reading

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U.S. Soldiers Repairing a Monastery

Fascinating story from the NY Times about St. Elijah’s monastery in Iraq. A few quotes of note – The sergeant is a nurse, the senior noncommissioned officer at the combat hospital here on Marez, but either by coincidence or higher … Continue reading

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Off-the-Wall Christmas Songs: “Banjos We Have Heard on High”

I really like this, but I’m not sure I’m supposed to … I mean, were there banjos in Bethlehem?

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Replanting a Church: The Mission Statement

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. Scott writes, Establish a Clear Mission (Proverbs 29:18). Write (and … Continue reading

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Off-the-Wall Christmas Music: Muppets: “Marley and Marley”

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Amazing Grace: The ICOC and Baptism, Part 2

You see, the baptism verses are there, and they are true, and we understand them largely correctly — so don’t waste your time citing Acts 2:38 etc. to me. I know them and agree with them. But all those faith-only … Continue reading

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