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Issue #306
4/11/2007
Understanding unbelievers
by Rick Warren
Pastor, the longer you’re a believer, the less you think like an unbeliever. After you come to Christ, your interests and values change. If we want to reach the lost in our communities, we must learn to think like them. Here's how I did this before starting Saddleback Church. [more]
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Saddleback’s B.E.L.O.N.G. strategy
by Kerry Mackey

When people visit your church, many are looking for a place to belong – a place to call home. As ministers, we've been called to help people find a place to belong in the church. This article takes you through the six ways Saddleback does this for newcomers. [more]

Energy Zappers
Shaun Blakeney and Wallace Henley (Baker, 2007)  

We all have them in our lives – energy zappers. If we don't deal with them, they'll drain us of every drop of energy we have. This book looks at them one by one – foot draggers, critics, freeloaders, and more, and offers tips on how to deal with them before they drain us dry. Co-written by Saddleback's high school pastor, Shaun Blakeney, this book offers practical and biblical wisdom that is crucial for anyone in ministry.

 
   


"We’re not completely happy here because we’re not supposed to be!" - Rick Warren


"Don't waste time arguing over foolish ideas and silly myths and legends. Spend your time and energy in the exercise of keeping spiritually fit. Bodily exercise is all right, but spiritual exercise is much more important and is a tonic for all you do. So exercise yourself spiritually, and practice being a better Christian because that will help you not only now in this life, but in the next life too." - I Tim. 4:7-8 (TLB)


Rick Warren's Ministry Podcast - Pastor Rick has just launched a brand new Podcast (online radio show). Each episode contains insight from experienced pastors on topics of interest to anyone in ministry.
The Association of Church Sports and Recreation Ministers - If you are involved in recreation ministry at your local church, this association can help you network with others in similar positions.
Saddleback Blog for Ministry Pastors - Want to stay connected with what is going on through Saddleback's Ministry (3rd base) Team? Check out this blog.
Christian music on the Web - Listen to Christian music and preaching from around the globe from your own computer.
Purpose Driven Life Daily Devotions - Sign up for daily devotions based on The Purpose Driven Life. Former Toolbox Editor Jon Walker is now writing the devotionals.


New Mexico congregation finds ‘serving sweet spot’ through S.H.A.P.E. campaign - Allison Cox

How to reach a leisure-oriented culture with intentional sports ministry - John Garner

How to reach people who hunt and fish - Jason Cruise

Golf ministry yields witness opportunities - Chris Turner

How to learn from the ministry of other churches - Aubrey Malphurs

Study examines why adults switch churches - Libby Lovelace

Ask Rick Muchow: Young musicians & traditional church music - Rick Muchow

Your greatest ministry - Mary Southerland


According to a Gallup survey, 90 percent of Americans watch, read about, or participate in sports at least once a month – and 70 percent once a week. - Source: Recreation and Sports Ministry: Impacting Postmodern Culture (B&H, 2003)

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." - Plato

"Our formation is the continual process of the Christian life; our becoming is the defining character of our lives." - Kyle Strobel, Metamorpha (Baker, 2007)

"Bodily resurrection is what you get at the intersection point between the lines of God as the good and wise creator and God as the judge who will set everything right at last. Give up either, or both, and what you're left with isn't Christianity." - Nicholas T. Wright, Jesus Lives or Christianity Dies Washingtonpost.com, (April 4, 2007)

George Washington lost more battles than any victorious general in modern history – and his defeats were frequently the result of his own failures, yet he ranks as one of the most celebrated and effective military leaders in Western civilization, according to one of his biographers. - Source: Joseph Ellis, His Excellency (Faber & Faber Ltd., 2005)

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