Mark Altrogge, from The Blazing Center (sic), has written a post comparing two men who both died at the age of 28. Heath Ledger (1979-2008) and Jim Elliot (1927-1956).
Here’s an extract:
Medical Testimony Against Abortion
“There is abundant medical evidence that life begins at fertilization, so much so that even the abortion industry cannot deny the claim…” WATCH THIS VIDEO – it isn’t graphic – it simply shows some statistics and quotes to back up the above claim. My abhorrence of abortion is increasing.
“Every abortion kills one of the most helpless members of the human community.” Will you help the helpless?
(h/t Abe Piper)
Youth Ministry Vision Talk
Casting vision is an important aspect of leading a youth ministry. The following are 6 tips I sent to a friend who asked for some advice in writing a vision talk for his youth group kick-off talk. (I’m guessing they are applicable in any ministry).
- Keep it big. Help people see the size of the vision.
- Keep it small. Help people see how they can be part of it in their own way.
- Don’t tackle too much. You might refer to each purpose, but you wouldn’t want to explain each in length.
- Remember your audience. Have something younger have something older. eg “if you’re in yr 7 it might look like this”, “if you’re in yr 12…”
- Remind people of the gospel. The cross of Jesus ought to drive all of our preaching and ministry.
- Get people pumped!
1 warm fuzzy to the first person to name the location of the Thai Restaurant in the above picture…
Larry Norman Tribute
Larry Norman “the father of Christian rock” died last week. Here’s some coverage from blogs I read: Challies, Marko, JT, Doxologist, Steve and now saturdayEV. In the vid below Jon Baldwin from saturdayEV performs a tribute.
ps – here’s a longer version of the same vid
Web Watch Wrap #3
Welcome to Autumn! 3 Random Autumn decisions follow. 1) I decided yesterday that Autumn is my favourite season. Spring came a close 2nd. The decisive factor was that Autumn leads into winter and Spring leads into Summer. I like Winter better than Summer… You can always put more clothes on – but there’s only so many you can take off!! I like the leaves too. 2) I also decided to finish my first week of Bible Skool by filing all of my paperwork. Good start. 3) I also decided to write more book reviews on this blog this year. I read lots of books – I think I’ll read even more this year. Stay tuned.
WEB WATCH WRAP: my bookmarks through del.icio.us. You can subscribe to them via RSS or just keep an eye out on the left sidebar. Here are the latest 10: