Keith & Kristyn Getty "The Power of the Cross"

At 211 degrees water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And steam can power a locomotive. 212 movie is an inspiring movie on how one degree of effort can mean all difference is success.

A Conversation with Tim Keller, DA Carson, & John Piper

Breaking Free From the Spirit of Control

This is an article from J Lee Grady's "Fire in My Bones" which deserves much attention.

Here are six ways to identify an unhealthy leadership style in a church or ministry.

My world was shaken 20 years ago this week. On Nov. 10, 1989, one day after German protesters tore down the Berlin Wall, a Christian ministry I had been a part of for 11 years also fell apart.

Maranatha Campus Ministries was a vibrant outreach to college campuses. It was founded in Kentucky during the Jesus movement by a passionate charismatic couple, Bob and Rose Weiner, who eventually started churches on more than 50 American universities. In its heyday in the Reagan era, students from Maranatha took the gospel around the world.

But with all our good intentions and youthful zeal for evangelism, the ministry did not survive. We had a flawed, authoritarian leadership model, which was made worse by a lack of mature advisers. When Maranatha's young pastors grew up and realized the ministry had an unhealthy and oppressive structure, they voted to disband. The churches either went independent, merged with other groups or closed. continue reading......

My Current Kindle Books that I am Reading

1. The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer that Changed the World - Stephen Mansfield

2. Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different - Tullian Tchividjian

3. Ignite: How to Spark Immediate Growth in Your Church by Nelson Searcy

4. Killing Cockroaches by Tony Morgan

5. Believing God: Twelve Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept by R.C. Sproul Jr.

6. The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World by David F. Wells

7. In Christ Alone: Living the Gospel Centered Life by Sinclair Ferguson

Abby Johnson, Fighting for Life (Foxnews Nov 7 2009)

Mike Huckabee talks to a former Planned Parenthood director who quit her position and became pro-life after assisting with an ultrasound abortion and watching the baby in the womb seeking to avoid death:

What Church ISN’T

There’s an ancient principle that says you can learn more about something by first defining what it’s NOT before you try to define what it IS. Let’s take a look at a few things that Church ISN’T. Click here to read more.....