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Issue #339
11/28/2007
12 Saddleback convictions about worship (Part One)
by Rick Warren
Debates over worship styles are usually personality clashes couched in theological terms. There is no one biblical style. If your worship is Christ-like, you will attract a crowd. You don’t need gimmicks. You don’t need to water down your message. In this issue and the next, we’ll take a look at 12 convictions that determine how we minister to the crowd at Saddleback. [more]
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Confessions of a driven pastor (Part One)
by Lance Witt

There are some toxins inherent to modern ministry that can slowly poison a person’s soul. In more than 25 years of full-time ministry, Pastor Lance Witt has learned some key ways to avoid spiritual drift. In this issue he offers insights from his experience to help pastors stay healthy on the ministry journey.

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Dangerous Surrender
Kay Warren (Zondervan, 2007)  

Think you know God’s plan for the rest of your life? So did Kay Warren. Then God changed everything through a simple magazine article about AIDS in Africa. Kay Warren was never the same again. God called her to spend the rest of her life trying to help AIDS sufferers. This book is about that journey, but more than anything else it’s about surrender. Her surrender – and yours.

  
   


“Golden Compass” creator admits to “anti-Christianity” themes -

The creator of the book trilogy that birthed the new movie "Golden Compass" says that he wants his books to undermine Christianity. "My books are about killing God," he told a newspaper a few years back.
12 mistakes of Christmas outreach -

You may be pretty far down the road on your church’s Christmas plans, but you may want to look through these mistakes to see if you can still avoid them.
Online Bibles -

This list of online Bibles is a great reference tool.
Kay Warren’s website -

Check out Kay’s new site! You’ll find a sample chapter from her new book and her blog.


The “Bella” movie site -

Pastor Rick is calling this "the movie of the year." Check out the trailer and get more info on this Toronto film festival winning movie.




Eight ideas for Christmas outreach - Tobin Perry

Christian filmmakers share message of hope through Bella - Manda Gibson

The case for the real Jesus, Part Two: the uncrucified Jesus - Lee Strobel

Four tips to help you budget on purpose - Tom Holladay

AIDS and orphans: why you should care, what you can do - Manda Gibson

Give thanks! - Mary Southerland


More than 1,500 deaths occur as the result of child abuse every year in the United States. - Associated Press, Nov. 17, 2007

The true object of all human life is play. - G.K. Chesterton, found in The Book of Positive Quotations by John Cook (Fairview Press, 1997)

So often in time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key. - The Eagles, “Already Gone”

People don’t come to work to earn money for themselves and their company. They come to work because the product does something worthwhile, and this is what gets people inspired. - Bill George, Medtronic, quoted in Peak: How Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow (Jossey-Bass, 2007)

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