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Thoughts for the New Year

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Welcome! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe via e-mail and stay up to date with new posts. Thanks for visiting!Did you make any New Year resolutions? I’d like to suggest one: A Love Resolution.
Listen to this sermon from Dec 30 to find out what I’m talking [...]

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Book Review: Invitation to a Journey

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In his book Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation M. Robert Mulholland, Jr. presents an extensive look at what Christian spiritual formation is and how we go about it.
This book has theological depth and offers a very good look at the nature and practice of spiritual formation. Mulholland manages to make [...]

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Advent

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The Christian season of Advent begins this Sunday December 2. To help us make the most of this season, I’ve put together a small devotional that could be used in personal or family devotions or even small groups. You can download it here. You can also go over to www.faith-journey.com/advent and share what you learn [...]

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Alpha Course Talks Online

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Holy Trinity Brompton, home of the Alpha Course, is posting their weekly talks online here . If you’ve never attended Alpha or if you have and would like a little brush up then check it out. Also, if you plan to attend the upcoming (January 2008) Alpha Course at Calvary Assembly you can get a [...]

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Stop Trying, Start Training Series: Discipline of Simplicity

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“No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” - Luke 16:13
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance [...]

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Video

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As you watch this touching video about Ben Comen, an 18 year old high school cross country runner who is afflicted with cerebral palsy, consider the various discipleship analogies that it contains. Perhaps the most compelling analogy is the role of the church and fellow believers coming alongside others in the discipleship process.  via discipleship.ag.org
Thoughts?

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Prayer Exercise

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Our friends over at Metamorpha.com have posted a great little prayer exercise that I recommend.  You can click here for the “hidden heart” prayer exercise.

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Good Blog Post

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Here is a good, short blog post from the Discipleship Pastor at National Community Church:
How to Shorten the Discipleship Process

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Sermon: A Fresh Vision for the Great Commission

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Here’s the audio for the sermon from 3/25/07 pm service

Here are a few relevant books I recommend:
The Great Omission - Dallas Willard

Growing True Disciples - George Barna
Intentional Disciplemaking: Cultivating Spiritual Maturity in the Local Church - Ron Bennett
Becoming a Healthy Disciple: Ten Traits of a Vital Christian - Stephen Macchia
Please feel [...]

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Do You Like to Read?

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If you like to read, check out our library of books.
If you live locally and would like to borrow a book, just e-mail us.

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