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Bell’s Hells: A ‘Love Wins’ book review

March 31, 2011
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Bell’s Hells: A ‘Love Wins’ book review

Unless you have just returned from a Virgin Intergalactic flight, you are probably aware of the controversy surrounding the new book Love Wins by pastor Rob Bell of Mars Hill Church in Michigan. (Not to be confused with the Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington and its pastor Mark Driscoll who is probably plotting at this very moment how to get Rob Bell inside the octagon and beat him to a sniveling, bloody pulp.)...

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‘Pujols: More Than The Game,’ book review

March 7, 2011
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‘Pujols: More Than The Game,’ book review

There are baseball fans and then there are baseball FANS. Having read Scott Lamb and Tim Ellsworth’s new book, ‘Pujols: More Than The Game,’ I can say that this book is for both. The casual fan will be taken by the man that is Pujols-a devoted husband, faithful follower of Christ, user of his wealth to help others, and one who has never forgotten his roots. The diehard fan will revel in the depth...

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‘Finding True Freedom,’ book review

October 29, 2010
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‘Finding True Freedom,’ book review

A giant in Southern politics of a day gone by, Harry Dent ultimately found himself a giant in a different kingdom–the kingdom of God. Through the process, he come to understand which had the greatest importance. I met Ginny Dent Brant a few years ago when we shared a mutual interest in Southern Baptist Convention issues, especially related to its International Mission Board. I knew nothing of Harry Dent or the Southern Strategy; she...

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Download free the full introduction from ‘The Generous Soul’

October 27, 2010
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Download free the full introduction from ‘The Generous Soul’

Beginning today, anyone can download the full introduction from my latest book The Generous Soul: An Introduction to Missional Giving via the link below. There is no cost; it is absolutely free. There is no restriction on how many times it is downloaded, so please send everyone you know a link to this page. Use the buttons above to tweet via your Twitter account or post to your Facebook wall. The Generous Soul is...

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‘The Generous Soul: An Introduction to Missional Giving,’ available for pre-order now

September 15, 2010
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‘The Generous Soul: An Introduction to Missional Giving,’ available for pre-order now

I am happy to announce the pre-release availability of my second book, The Generous Soul: An Introduction to Missional Giving. The back cover description: Christians are inundated with books, messages, and larger-than-life personalities all positioned as experts on God’s will regarding finances. Countering the health-and-wealth attitude are those who abhor any suggestion of financial well-being arguing instead for a life of poverty, and the middle ground is dominated by financially passive churchgoers with little...

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‘Holy Rewired,’ book review

August 27, 2010
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‘Holy Rewired,’ book review

Dr. David Phillips has been a friend for several years. In the SBC blogosphere of yore, he usually went by the name “Tech Support” since he was the only one in our little group that understood the technology behind “Edit Post” and “Publish.” He saved my bacon many times along the way and gave me my first actual domain name to make my blog’s url more memorable. It was a welcome relief not needing...

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‘Flirting with Faith,’ book review

August 25, 2010
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‘Flirting with Faith,’ book review

At my wife’s suggestion, I recently read her copy of Flirting with Faith: My Spiritual Journey from Atheism to a Faith-Filled Life. Written by professor Joan Ball, it is the engaging, humorous and revealing story of how an affirmed atheist with no problems to speak of, searching for nothing and experience no spiritual doubts, was smacked down “Paul on the road to Damascus style” and, to paraphrase C.S. Lewis, became the most surprised convert...

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‘The Devil in Pew Number Seven,’ book review

August 23, 2010
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‘The Devil in Pew Number Seven,’ book review

Anyone who has ever pastored or attended a small town church can appreciate the reality of the “one who runs everything.” Those closed communities where the same folks have lived on the same land for generations are sometimes situated around those churches that I call “family owned and operated.” Everyone in the church is related, except the pastor of course, so even when they are fighting with each other blood is thicker than water....

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‘Green Like God,’ book review

April 10, 2010
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‘Green Like God,’ book review

The new book Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet, by Southern Baptist leader Jonathan Merritt, is likely to ruffle more feathers and garner both more praise and more criticism than any book by any other Southern Baptist author in 2010. That’s because Merritt holds the unusual position of being Southern Baptist and environmentally friendly, or “green” to use the popular term. Southern Baptists, long suspected of being the chaplaincy arm...

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Leadership library give away

March 30, 2010
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Leadership library give away

Up for grabs is a group of ten (10) leadership books to keep or give to leaders around you. Most of these are used having been picked up at various sales or thrift shops over the last few months (not everyone actually reads them, you know) or books that were given to me for attending conferences. Included are: Pour Your Heart Into It, by Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks, Credibility, by Kouzes and Posner,...

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