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I first met Phil Cooke at a conference at Prestonwood Baptist Church a few years ago where he signed a copy of another of his books for me - Branding Faith. Listening to Phil speak to our breakout session about media and branding fed my …
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A few months ago I had the privilege of meeting Bob Roberts in his office in the Dallas area and he gave me a copy of his book, Real Time Connections: Linking Your Job with God's Global Work. He even signed it with the inscription "Change the world. Don't let people go to hell. ~ Bob Roberts." Simple task, …
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I've had this thought for a year now, I'd love to release a little book with some information on using Twitter for Ministry, but a hectic schedule has prevented me from doing so. But here it is - Twitter for Ministry.
I recount the story of how Twitter has affected my own life and a few of the unique …
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I don't mean to be insensitive, I promise, but I couldn't help but laugh when I saw this workbook in a local bookstore. The subtitle should read, "Just in case you weren't depressed enough already, let us remind you just how dumb you are."
The branding seems a bit... off. I mean, PHP/MySQL/Apache for …
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I won a book, Attention! This Book Will Make You Money!. It's a book about how to use attention-getting online marketing to increase your revenue, by Jim Kukral. I read it in a couple of hours and it held my attention throughout, which is a really good start for a book on this topic!
Jim tells a pretty neat …
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Disclaimer: I don’t know your Pastor (probably) and so I can’t say for sure he wants any of these things, much less that he wants these things exclusively, but I thought I’d take a stab at saying here’s what, in my estimation, many Pastors would love to have… if you’re looking for ideas.
A …
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Last week, I read The Summit: Faith Beyond Everest's Death Zone and I must say, it was a cliffhanger! Eric Alexander took a team of people to the peak of Mount Everest, including a blind man. Then, I got to interview Eric about his book (you'll hear that when we launch the Pastors.com podcast soon), and I …
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Disclaimer: I don't know your Pastor (probably) and so I can't say for sure he wants any of these things, much less that he wants these things exclusively, but I thought I'd take a stab at saying here's what, in my estimation, many Pastors would love to have... if you're looking for ideas.
A Kindle! …
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Bobby Gilstrap does a tremendous job of putting on live audio coferences for Pastors and church leaders. He recently hosted Shannon O'Dell of Brand New Church in Bergman, Arkansas on his broadcast. Shannon wrote the book on Transforming Rural Churches in America (which I've reviewed and recommended) and has …
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I'm madly in love with Angie Cox and my two kids. And I'm loved and forgiven by an infinitely gracious God! I'm a Pastor, Church Planter, Editor, and Community Facilitator.
When Love Comes to Town – Paul Louis Metzger on John's Gospel
I've preached through the gospel of John a couple of times in my ministry, and each time, I bought more commentaries. The Book of John is pure profundity wrapped in simplicity. It's deeply complex and linguistically simple at the same time. Very few commentaries dive deeper than the simplicity of the text …
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