Issue #362
10/1/2008
How to slow your life down
by Rick Warren
Technology has made the world smaller, more complex, and faster. All the hurry and worry has some dramatic negative effects on our ministries. If you’re serious about slowing your life down to a more humane pace, you’re going to have to make five counter-cultural changes in your lifestyle. [more]
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Why can’t we stop! (part one)
by Pete Scazzero

As pastors, we’re often overscheduled, preoccupied, exhausted, and starved for time. We cram as much as possible into each day, battling to make use of every spare minute. If you’re struggling to keep a Sabbath, Pete Scazzero offers the encouragement and inspiration you need to make it a priority. [more]


The Relationship Principles of Jesus
Tom Holladay (Zondervan, 2008)  

No person in history is a better model for our relationships than Jesus. In this book, Saddleback pastor Tom Holladay shares 40 relationship-saving principles that Jesus demonstrated and taught while he walked the earth. Laid out in 40 chapters, The Relationship Principles of Jesus is a central component of Saddleback’s current 40 Days of Love campaign. Whether you’re reading the book as part of a spiritual growth campaign or for personal enrichment, it’ll be a life-changing experience.

 
   


"Some of the most cantankerous people I know are veritable storehouses of Bible knowledge. Paul says, ‘If I have not love, I’m a sounding brass or clanging cymbal.’ People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care." - Rick Warren



"There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience." - Hebrews 4:9-11 (NIV)



Alert! on Campus - Looking for Bible study curriculum designed for college guys? Here are three free missions-related Bible studies that’ll help college-age men in your community embrace their God-given mission in the world. Each of the four-week studies is available in podcast format as well.
Joe McKeever’s blog - This long-time pastor and current Baptist director of missions in New Orleans has terrific advice and wisdom for pastors on this site – and tons of posts to search through.
Rick Warren: Church needs larger role in solving world’s problems - Pastor Rick recently spoke at President Clinton’s global summit. He told summit attendees that the church has a larger role to play in “solving the world’s most pressing problem.”
Blue Letter Bible - This is one of the most helpful free biblical research sites on the net. You can take any verse in God’s Word and look up commentaries, interlinear Bibles, other translations, concordances – all for free.


God’s P.A.T.H. for parenting: part two - Tommy Hilliker

Growing groups by meeting developing needs - Tom Atkins

The 52 challenge - Diana Davis

Greed: gangrene of the soul - Mary Southerland



"Google co-founder Sergey Brin has created a program for the soon-to-be-released Google phone that measures how long it takes the phone to land when tossed in the air. According to a recent Associated Press article, Brin admits that the new program has “dubious” usefulness. The phone will retail at $179." - (Source: Associated Press, 9/23/08)

"The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not." - C.S. Lewis

"A Florida man recently called 911 twice because his Italian Subway was missing its sauce." - (Source: Newsweek, 8/18/08)

"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils." - Louis Hector Berlioz

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