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Recently released by Peacemaker Ministries, this looks like a helpful tool for my gospel arsenal:

Seventeen years ago today,

It's difficult admitting I'm a whore. Derek Webb's song, The Wedding Dress, expalins why Christians walk a tight rope between loving God and prostituting ourselves:

if you could love me as a wife
and for my wedding gift, your life
should that be all i’ll ever need
or is there more i’m looking for

and should i read between the lines
and look for blessings in disguise
to make me handsome, rich, and wise
is that really what you want

(chorus)
i am a whore i do confess
but i put you on just like a wedding

What is a "missional" church? While the answers are many and varied, Tim Keller's thoughts cut through the moraise with compelling clarity. At the church where I serve as pastor, Keller's understanding (and subsiequenbt practice) of missional church is a model for what I pray will be a distinct reality among our people.

Here's the final session. Stay tuned for more upcoming new info. about developing communities on mission for Jesus centred around the gospel.

In this second session, Steve Timmis considers how we actually do the work of forming gospel communities.

Steve Timmis, co-author of Total Church and the new director of Acts 29 in Western Europe, recently spoke at Mars Hill Church in Seattle on developing community groups.

Here's the first of his three part lectures which I'll be posting throughout the week.

Collision, the upcoming movie about the behind the scenes relationship between professing atheist Christopher Hitchens and Christian Douglas Wilson, has released this 13 minute advance segment:

From Resurgence:

Robert Robinson (1735-1790) was an English minister. After the death of his father, a young Robinson lived a life of drunken recklessness and destructiveness. He changed his life course after hearing a sermon preached by George Whitefield, and at the age of 20, he reformed his ways and became a Methodist preacher, penning the well-known hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.

It was bound to happen sooner or later, so...turn it up!

Here's a new book for those who insist that Christians must be synonymous with "cool":

Here's one of my favorite songs from Fernando Ortega concerning the crucified Christ:

Here's an interesting short video about why Jesus died:

If you're a Christian and your church doesn't have a Good Friday service tomorrow, check out the following alternative: an online live service at Mars Hill Church in Seattle.

Mind you, the best case scenario is to be with people versus behind a screen! However, this live service can be a helpful occasion to gather your family, friends or small group tomorrow night.

Also, note the time change!