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Issue #280
10/11/2006
Rick Warren: Don’t give up – look up
by Rick Warren
Pastor, I don't know what you're dealing with right now in ministry, but I do know that God is willing and able to help. I want to encourage you to keep on serving, to keep on praying, and to keep on expecting God to meet your every need. [more]
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Three ideas about preaching that will rock your world
by Alan Nelson

If you've been charged with communicating God's Word today, you need to ask yourself if you're as effective as you could be. The message of the Gospel is too important for us not to think critically about how we are communicating it. Here are three tips from Rev! Executive Editor Alan Nelson that he believes can change your preaching – for the better. [more]

The Invitation
Narrated by Rick Warren  

On this modern-day evangelistic tract on CD, Pastor Rick leads spiritual seekers through the process of accepting Christ as their personal Savior – from helping seekers see their need for God and how sin has separated them from him to an invitation prayer and what to do next. Interspersed between Pastor Rick's invitation are songs designed to reinforce what he has just shared. The CDs make great Christmas gifts or guest gifts for your church.

 
   


"Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purposes." - Rick Warren


"When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you." - Psalm 91:15 (GW)


All-in-one online Bible - On this site, you can search the Bible through a variety of online Bible programs and translations – all on one page.
Crazy Fads - So much has come and gone in popular culture over the past 80 years. On this site, you can find a list of all the great fads since 1920.
One-day Celebrate Recovery regional events - Want to find out more about starting a Celebrate Recovery program at your church? One-day Celebrate Recovery conferences are coming to Denver (Oct. 24), Charleston, S.C. (Nov. 4), and Dallas (Nov. 11) in the next few months.
Christianity Today's 50th Anniversary - This year marks the 50th anniversary of Christianity Today, founded in 1956 by Billy Graham. On this site, you'll find all sorts of retrospective articles on the last 50 years of evangelicalism. Take a look at their list of top 25 preachers, as well as articles looking into the next 50 years of youth ministry, missions, and more.


Are you shaped to be a senior or assistant pastor? - Martin E. Hawkins

Themed Web sites create buzz, drive attendance swell for two churches - Cory Miller

Developing an effective small group ministry - Bill Willits

Saddleback interns get hands-on training in ministry - Kristine Noelle

Rick Warren on outreach - Keri Wyatt Kent and Lindy Lowry

Pastor, you’ve been called to be a peacemaker - Alfred Poirier

C.S. Lewis’ last interview (Part 2) - Sherwood Eliot Wirt

The power of rest (Part 1) - Mary Southerland



"The question isn't whether God will provide for us, but in what form his provision will come." - Steve Sjogren, Changing the World Through Kindness

"It is easy to deceive yourself with beautiful thoughts of loving God. However you must prove your love for God by your love for your brother, that is the one standard by which God will judge your love for him. If the love of God is in your heart, you will undoubtedly love your brother." - Andrew Murray, The Spiritual Life

"... Sometimes, faith helps ordinary men and women do the humanly impossible: to forgive, to love, to heal, and to redeem. It makes no sense. It is the most sensible thing in the world. The Amish have turned this occasion of spectacular evil into a bright witness to hope. Despite everything, a light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it." - Rod Dreher, Dallas Morning News, writing about last week's Amish school shooting

Fifty-two percent of polled Americans admitted that they "re-gift" presents or say they will do so in the future. Four percent of those polled say they do this because they don't like the person they are giving the gift to. - Source: TIME magazine (Oct. 16, 2006)

"We think if we can disperse adequate information, people will be convinced that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and turn to him. Those methods don't work any longer. I'm not sure they ever did. People aren't looking for information about God. They want to experience God, himself. Information leaves them bored, uninterested. Experience, especially the ultimate experience any human being can ever have, leaves them breathless. And that's exactly what we have to offer." - Mark Tabb, Mission to Oz

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