January 2009 Blog Posts (10)

Must Watch! Serving Our Community (Harvest Sunday Video)

Harvest Sunday Video - Serving Our Community from James Nored on Vimeo.

Here is one of our Harvest Sunday videos highlighting some of our outreach ministries, including our food pantry, clothes closet, and ministry to get people back on their feet. I worked on this video with the very talented Clint Loveness. Check out his work on Vimeo or… Continue

Added by James Nored on January 26, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Should churches create their own social networking sites or use ones already formed?

Should churches concentrate on creating their own social networking sites, or join in ones that have already formed such as Facebook? Here is a quote from the book Marketing to the Social Web by Larry Weber.

"How can you and your… Continue

Added by James Nored on January 23, 2009 at 2:56pm — 1 Comment

realizations (Myspace/FaceBook Blog; Trusting Truth)

Here we go.

God has finally knocked me on the head hard enough to get my attention.

I know that I've done things, said things, thought things that would make any decent person vomit. I know that I've always struggled with the idea that "God" was more than just a name to be prayed to, a name to be feared. This "God" figure seemed to be drawn up as a mixture of Santa Claus and the Bogeyman. And from encounters with "Christians," (you know the type,) I had pretty much signed… Continue

Added by Deanna Christine Skiles on January 22, 2009 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Are you translating God's message? A word to orthodox evangelicals.

In this article originally given in the context of a church sermon in some very conservative churches, I want to consider how the principles underlying Bible Translation can be applied to the way we communicate God's truth.

Consider the similarities between these two passages:

2 Timothy 3:15-17

... from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is… Continue

Added by Paul Shaddick on January 19, 2009 at 4:48am — 2 Comments

Focusing on the External is often not valued - President Bush and Africa

I just read an article by Sen. Bill Frist, a medical doctor, in which he highlights President Bush's foreign aid efforts. By committing $15 billion to combat AIDS in Africa and other foreign initiatives, Frist says that Bush saved ten million lives around the world.… Continue

Added by James Nored on January 16, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

We may be the ones to plant,water or harvest

Jen and I are so glad that our friends are searching for peace and direction. One of our friends took their family to our church Sunday night. Some of our other friends have visited a mormon church (we have a mormon family in the neighborhood that does a great job of building relationships and getting peple to visit their church). Our friends have not attended church in years. They have a daughter who is in our oldest daughter's kindegarten class. They told my wife how nice the mormon church… Continue

Added by Matt Brunk on January 14, 2009 at 6:13pm — 1 Comment

Real of Counterfeit- How can you tell?

Which one is real?? (answer at bottom of post)

The other day I was visiting with a business colleague of mine. While we talked about

business, our plans for 2009, the economy, taxes- we ended up talking about our past experiences. We discussed interesting stories about ourselves that showed the individualistic qualities we possess. Both she and I are seen by others as conservative, non-risk… Continue

Added by Matt Brunk on January 8, 2009 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

Book on House Churches

This is a book on house churches that was recommended to me by Alan Hirsch. I have it on order, and I am looking forward to reading it.

One thing to note about house churches in the NT. The household was not a single nuclear family, as it is in suburbia today. Households were complex networks of… Continue

Added by James Nored on January 6, 2009 at 6:34pm — 3 Comments

Is our God a God or order?

Yes- I believe that our God is a God of order. Many times I hear people say that they got an idea "from God" and are going head-first towards taking action. Now, I am not saying that God doesn't prompt people through various means (people, the Holy Spirit, praying), but as we are to worship and use our heart and strength- we are also to use our mind.

Before Esther approached her husband, the King, she and her servants fasted for 3 days. Now, I haven't fasted that much, and I'm not… Continue

Added by Matt Brunk on January 4, 2009 at 3:48pm — 4 Comments

The book of Esther- a deeper look

I reread the book of Esther, using the NASB. My dad ( a preacher for 20+yrs and a Bible college graduate) always told me that the NASB was the most accurate translation. Now that we are in the "holiday" season (have to be careful to not offend so we all say "holiday"), many people have a focus on God, Jesus and maybe even about going to church more often. This ties into new year's resolutions We all want to be more spiritual probably, because we feel better about ourselves. I am willing to do… Continue

Added by Matt Brunk on January 2, 2009 at 6:02pm — No Comments

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