Author Archives: morscher
Reflections on Earlier Readings: Lennox*
Now that the holidays are upon us and there is some time for reflection. I will take this opportunity to blog about some of the fine books I have read the last half a year or so. There are four … Continue reading →
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A History of Mars Hill Church
Just watched Mark Driscoll’s podcast of the history of Mars Hill church in Seattle WA: “God’s Work Our Witness” – 12/4/2011 http://marshill.com/media/gods-work-our-witness/gods-work-our-witness It is a very cool story of God’s movement from some very Pagan Christian beginnings. They definitely experienced … Continue reading →
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The origin of information … so much for science burying God.
This blog appears to have not been published back in 2009 when it was written for some reason — it’s a continuation of the review of Lennox’s book “God’s Undertaker” In the past, the design arguments have been critiqued … Continue reading →
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Church Planting Movements for Real. For us?
Church Planting Movements (CPM), ever hear of them? I just got through reading a recent article of Missions Frontiers magazine on the topic and was amazed at how God is working rapidly multiplying churches throughout the world (actually non-Western countries). … Continue reading →
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Have you chosen wisely?
I just finished reading Mark Mittelberg’s “Choosing Your Faith: In a world of spiritual options” (Tyndale: 2008). Mark had spoke at Xenos Summer Institute two years ago (http://www.xenos.org/xsi/index.htm – look in the 2008 archives for Mittelberg’s teachings) and I figured, … Continue reading →
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California Adventure: The Universities
After returning from our Oregon expedition, we set out to visit two more campuses. We went Wednesday to UC Santa Cruz, a most picturesque campus set in a grove of redwoods. The school is on the north side of Monterey … Continue reading →
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The California Adventure – Elaine et al
We were super psyched after meeting with the three JF’s (Jesus Freaks) the day before and we wanted to visit Elaine Stedman on Monday; however, the trip is a long one (over seven hours to Medford Oregon) and we were … Continue reading →
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The California Adventure: Berkeley
The five NEO Xenoids arrived Saturday afternoon to a sunny San Francisco to see what the Lord may have in store for us on the left coast. We got to our hotel on the bay and started putting together a … Continue reading →
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Are you or were you Already Gone?
I just read the book: Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it by Ken Ham and Britt Beemer, (Master Books, Green Forest, AK: 2009). In it, Young-Earth Creationist Ken Ham and marketing … Continue reading →
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You are richer than you think. Or are you?
What if you found out you are one of the richest persons in the world? Would that change your outlook on what you have and what you do with it? Maybe you don’t feel that rich, I know I don’t … Continue reading →
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What’s in a Polity?
A Review of Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity. ed. C.O. Brand and R. S. Norman (Broadman and Holman, Nashville TN: 2004) This book is about five different views of church polity written from proponents of each … Continue reading → Continue reading
XSI 2009 Revisited: Ajith Fernando – Simple, Spiritual, and Substantial
The Sri Lankan was the keynote speaker at this year’s Xenos Summer Institute … and what a treat. Ajith has been serving as the head of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka since 1976, a country plagued by civil war … Continue reading → Continue reading
Additional Thoughts on Reaching the Campus Tribes
Joel turned us on the the e-book by Benson Hines entitled: Reaching the Campus Tribes (www.reachingthecampustribes.com) and has been blogging about it (http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/2009/07/reaching-the-campus-tribes-review-part-2/). I just finished reading the book and thought it very worthwhile. Thanks Joel for searching this stuff out! … Continue reading → Continue reading
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