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Sunday, August 20, 2017
Are Christians Intolerant Haters? Lessons from the Church of the Second Century
As you now know, my book on the second century has just been released in the UK: Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church (SPCK, 2017). It will be released in the US with IVP Academic in the Spring.
Since it has been released, folks have been asking how this book connects to the modern church. In other words, can we learn anything from the Christians of the second century that may help us in our current cultural moment? Absolutely. Here are a few lessons to consider. Read More
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Is the Catholic Church a Christian Church?
When we talk about God we often need to talk about him in parts. Because God is so big and our brains are so small, we need to be able to talk about him in manageable chunks. That is why we sometimes talk about the doctrine of the Trinity, or of Christ, of the church, of creation, and so on. However, because God is one and presents himself to us as a person, Jesus Christ, he is not reducible to those different parts; all these parts impact on and affect each other. You can't change your doctrine about Jesus without it affecting your doctrine of the Trinity, for example. That is why when we learn and teach about God we study in a systematic way—so we can understand God best through an integrated and coherent system of truths, not isolated ideas.
Sometimes, as Evangelicals approaching Roman Catholicism, we look at various parts of Catholicism without considering how they relate to the whole Catholic system. For example, some might say Roman Catholics believe in the Trinity and the ancient creeds but that they have got the doctrine of Mary, Christ, salvation, the Bible and the church wrong at various key points. This atomization of Catholic teaching can lead us into saying things like, "The Roman Catholic Church is Trinitarian and creedal, and therefore more Christian than the Jehovah's Witnesses or the Mormons". One of the consequences of this error is to be less likely to be intentional in our evangelism of them. However, you cannot have a different teaching about Jesus and Mary and the church and salvation and the Bible without it profoundly affecting your teaching about the Trinity and your understanding of what the creeds mean.1
Gregg Allison and Leonardo De Chirico have done some very helpful work in critiquing the Roman Catholic system from a biblical perspective.2 In short, they suggest that the Roman Catholic system is best understood by the interaction of two key relationships. Firstly, there is the relationship of what they understand as the realms of Nature and of Grace. We might call them the physical world and the spiritual world. The second key relationship is the relationship between Christ and the Catholic Church. Catholics understand the Catholic Church to be the physical and spiritual continuation of Christ. The spiritual world is separated from the physical world and requires a mediator: Christ and the Catholic Church. Read More
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Walking Through It: A Family Violence Survivor's Reflection
I recently wrote a letter to ministers, entitled "Things I wish you understood: An open letter to ministers from a family violence survivor." The response has been humbling. I'm glad it resonated with the experience of many, because it reminds me that I'm not alone, and that nor am I crazy because sometimes I have to fight with my emotions and body to get control again. Thank you to the sisters and brothers who have said "that's me, too." May God bless, comfort and heal you also.
I'm also more glad than I can say for the people who said it would help them to love their flock better. That's what I was praying for. My experience won't speak to everyone, and won't be applicable to everyone, but if starts a conversation or raises awareness, then I thank God for that. If it means that I or someone else might have a better chance of hearing and understanding what the Bible says on some of those more difficult passages, so much the better. That was my heart—I want to hear and learn, and sometimes I can't because of what I've been through. I'm not alone in that.
I've been encouraged privately to reflect and share on the experience of coming forward in the church. I am profoundly grateful for the godly men and women who walked through it with me. My experiences were generally positive but there were moments that weren't so positive as well, and moments which might have gone much, much worse but for the grace of God. I am somewhat unusual, from what I can gather, in that I didn't meet with anyone (outside of my then-husband) who treated me with harshness or ungraciousness. Even those who weren't helpful still tried to treat me with love. My heart aches for those who have not been met with grace and love.
Here are some things that I've been reflecting on about my own experience.... Read More
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Weekend Edition: "Balancing the Tensions of Leading an Established Church" and Much, Much More
Balancing the Tensions of Leading an Established Church
As you lead an established church to greater health, you will have to demonstrate a great deal of balance. Being an established church pastor is an exercise in paradox. Look at a few of the tensions you must keep in balance. Read More
Grow Your Own Leaders
What if it wasn't necessary to look outside for leaders because you sufficiently discipled and grew leaders from within your congregation? Read More
10 Differences Between Confidence and Spiritual Arrogance
A cocky leader is not a leader with simply too much confidence; confidence and arrogance are very different traits. Read More
The Planter as Generalist: Delegation
...what if one of the most important things between your present reality and your ultimate goals is whether or not you become great at delegation? We tend to think that delegation doesn't sound all that spiritual. And yet, it was a key component for the leadership of Moses, Jesus and the first-century church. Read More
"This post is written for church planters, but every one of us can learn something about delegation. Its simple, clear suggestions helped me." - Chuck Lawless6 Words That Will Help the Dreaded Staff Meeting
...I take the approach that I am the mentor of the group. It's the posture of "walking alongside the team" to invest in and guide them so they have the best chance for success. If they succeed, I succeed! Read More
Five Problems With Church Committees
...too many committees become the "tail wagging the dog" in churches. Here are five of the most prominent problems.... Read More
Preaching Under Pressure
How do you faithfully preach under the pressure that arises against your leadership, ministry, or pulpit? Read More
The Value of Meditating Upon God's Word
An excerpt from Joel Beeke's contribution to Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for Preaching. Read More
Three Ways to Help Your Worship Leader
Over the twenty years that I have led worship for a local church, I have received thousands of post-service reactions. Sometimes the reactions have been wonderful — insightful, helpful, and encouraging. Other times, they have been . . . well, worse. People have tried to be encouraging, but for a number of reasons, their efforts have failed. Here are three ways to encourage the worship leader at your church this weekend. Read More
Suicide: Tragic Killer of Our Youth (and What You Can Do about It)
More teenagers die from suicide than from cancer, birth defects, heart disease, pneumonia, and influenza—combined. In fact, suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages 10-24 (2015 CDC WISQARS)... Hear are six things a parent can do.... Read More
Don't Waste Your Commute
Here are four very tangible things that we can work toward as we attempt to redeem the time on our commutes.... Read More
Satan Has a Forked Tongue
...whatever the lie, Satan's strategy is the same: to pull our focus away from Jesus. In temptation he'll distract us from Christ's beauty. When we sin, he'll distract us from Christ's mercy. His one goal is always to lead us away from Jesus. Read More
Why I kept Loving a Muslim Woman Who Didn't Want My Cookies
We know it's not just a welcome mat they need. As Christians, we desire to share Christ with others even if they have little to no desire to know more about him. Read More
Summer 2017 Issue of Oakhill College's Commentary Is Now Online [Portable Document Format]
Featured articles are Brad Bitner's "Authority without Arrogance," David Baldwin's "Migration and the Local Church," and Robin Ham's "Aim for Iceburgs." Read Online or Download PDF
Black and White Christian Leaders Lament Charlottesville
Conference call tries to turn 'pain and anger' into 'resolve and commitment.' Read More
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Friday, August 18, 2017
Four Paths for Church Revitalization - Rainer on Leadership #355 [Podcast]
Revitalization is needed in nearly two thirds of churches in America. Today ThomRainer and Jonathan Howe discuss four paths for revitalization and the challenges of each. Listen Now
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IF I Were a Spy at Your Church This Weekend - LINK NOW WORKING
If you read this blog regularly, you know that my church consulting company, the Lawless Group, sends "spies" to churches to give us a report of their experience. They generally look for basic things – e.g., Is there adequate signage? Are the people friendly? Is the music well done? Is the preaching biblical? If I were to visit your church this weekend, though, here are some other things I'd watch for.... Read More
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Christianity in the Modern World
"Teach a rat to expect punishment whenever a certain bell rings and a reward whenever a different bell rings; then ring both bells together. The rat will show confusion, timidity and indecision. In much the same way Christians today, confused by the ringing of many bells, are filled with indecision and a timid spirit."
These are words with which Nels Ferre, the American theologian, begins his book "Return to Christianity", and they are words which bring sharply before us something of the result of the modern search for truth, and the confused situation it has created for very many. We have delighted in many bells, only to find after a time that they developed unpleasant cracks, so that their music was ruined. Read More
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The 8 Beliefs You Should Know about Mormons When They Knock at the Door
|A statue of the Angel Moroni whom Mormons believe led Joseph Smith to the golden plates upon which was inscribed the Book of Mormon. Mormons believe that Moroni was a prophet who became an angel when he died.
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Preaching Bigger Books in Shorter Series
Let's say you want to preach from a bigger book, but you like the idea of shorter series – is that possible? Here are a few suggestions.... Read More
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Are Evangelicals Donating Too Directly to Missions?
When helping hurts the professional helpers.
Long before Google Maps, a couple of guys in a garage in California figured out how to use personal computers to create a digital map of the global church.
It was 1983, and their two-year project—meant to help organizations see where to send missionaries and who still needed translations of the Bible—grew into an organization called Global Mapping International (GMI).
GMI spent the next 34 years supplying products such as missions maps and studies on how missionaries could thrive. It didn't charge missions agencies very much and supplemented by asking for donations.
In June, GMI closed its doors, unable to draw enough funding from today's givers.
"The attention span of the donor is much shorter, and their desire for tangible, immediate impact from their gift is much higher," said GMI president and CEO Jon Hirst. Read More
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The Centuries-Old Habits of the Heart
How our accomodation of sin found us out in Charlottesville.
The tragic events in Charlottesville have captivated the attention of the nation, plunging us, yet again, into another period of deep soul-searching over our anguished racial history. President Donald Trump drew criticism from both sides of the aisle for his reluctance to condemn white nationalism specifically in his initial remarks.
As a scholar of political rhetoric, I understand, yet strongly disagree with Trump's strategy in refusing to condemn white nationalism specifically. A vocal part of his base aligns with this philosophy, leaving him little incentive to risk alienating them. When former Klansman David Duke endorsed Trump during the campaign, the candidate expressed similar hesitancy in distancing himself from white nationalism.
Trump deserves strong criticism for his failure to specifically and clearly condemn white nationalism. The lure of power and votes do not justify his silence. Yet, to criticize an unpopular president is easy. Perhaps the harder, more difficult task we face in the wake of Charlottesville is to consider how we as citizens and Christians engage in a similar type of silence on a regular basis. Many of us mobilize in defense of ideals of equality every time an incident like Charlottesville occurs, but quickly retreat to our comfort zones when public attention dies down. Daily battles for equality in church, education, employment, and the criminal justice system are much harder to maintain.
Trump's silence on white supremacy was not an aberration, but a cultural norm. Our disgust with his statement threatens to blind us to the ways in which the American imagination has consistently made room for the ideas of white supremacy to exist alongside core values like freedom, justice, and equality. Accommodating racism is as American as apple pie. Read More
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
Adding A Second Church Service Without Killing Your Momentum
Taking an almost-full room and dividing into two less-than-half-full rooms can be a psychological blow. Here's how one church overcame it.
Has your church ever tried to add a second weekend worship service, only to have it flame out? This was the question that was asked on a small church pastors' discussion board recently.
Several of the responses were, understandably, along these two lines:
"That's a 'problem' I'd love to have."
"Going to two services killed our momentum. Never again."
So, yes, needing to add a service is a 'problem' many churches would love to face, but if you don't do it well, it can hurt more than it helps. So let me share with you how our church did it without killing our momentum. Read More
As Charles Arn and Leith Anderson point out in How to Start a New Service, when you start a new service, you are not providing the existing congregation with the option of an alternative time that they may attend church. You are starting a new congregation. The second congregation may take on an entirely different character from the first congregation and that is OK.
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The 11 Beliefs That You Should Know about the Jehovah's Witnesses When They Knock at the Door
The following is a brief overview of what Jehovah's Witnesses believe, along with what the Bible really teaches, printed among the many articles and resources in the back of the ESV Study Bible (posted by permission). Read More
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4 Bible Reading Strategies for Reading Plan Quitters
Do you sometimes find yourself being envious of the people who start a Bible reading plan, follow it faithfully, and stick through until the end? Then, they start the same Bible reading plan the next year and persevere to the end again. I'm sorry, I just struggle with doing that. Sometimes I find that I get halfway through a Bible reading plan, get bogged down, and cannot go any further.
This used to create a load of guilt in my heart because I would get stuck in the middle of really good Bible reading plans. It's happened to me with some great Bible reading plans– Robert Murray McCheyene, the Bible Eater, and Dr. Horner's Bible reading plan. All of these plans are built around solid strategies for reading the Bible, but in my personal weakness, I struggle to persevere.
I doubt that I am the only person who has this struggle. If you struggle like I do, here is the advice that I would offer– change it up. Instead of choosing one Bible reading plan, choose a strategy for reading the Bible and then change what you are doing when you find yourself getting stale. After all, what matters is not that we are sticking to a plan, but that we are reading the Bible and being changed by it.
Here are four strategies for changing up the way that you read the Bible. Read More
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Six Communications Blunders That Will Cost You Volunteers
If you're on staff at a church or a leader in any way, you likely interact with volunteers on a daily basis. And unfortunately, you're probably not sitting on an endless supply of volunteers. It's quite possible that you're looking for people every week to fill a hole left by a volunteer who's sick, out of town, or unreliable.
But is it possible that you could be running off volunteers? With some of the emails, letters, and communications I've seen from churches over the years, it's entirely possible. Poor communication can cost you volunteers and church members. That's why it's important to avoid these communications blunders. Read More
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Keeping the Faith in a Faithless Age
"The greatest question of our time," historian Will Durant offered, "is not communism versus individualism, not Europe versus America, not even East versus the West; it is whether men can live without God." That question, it now appears, will be answered in our own day.
For centuries, the Christian church has been the center of Western civilization. Western culture, government, law, and society were based on explicitly Christian principles. Concern for the individual, a commitment to human rights, and respect for the good, the beautiful, and the true—all of these grew out of Christian convictions and the influence of revealed religion.
All of these, we now hasten to add, are under serious attack. The very notion of right and wrong is now discarded by large sectors of American society. Where it is not discarded, it is often debased. Taking a page out of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, modern secularists simply declare wrong, right, and right, wrong. Read More
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Iceland Eliminates People with Down Syndrome
A casually worded CBS News article depicts a horrifying reality.
CBS News reported earlier this week that Iceland is leading the world in "eradicating Down syndrome births."
One might be forgiven for assuming that Iceland has developed an innovative treatment for the chromosomal disorder. It turns out Iceland's solution is much simpler, and much more sinister: using prenatal testing and abortion to systematically exterminate children with Down syndrome. This isn't progress; it's eugenics. Read More
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White Evangelicals Oppose Calls to Impeach Trump
President's faithful want him to stay in office, and trust him on Russia.
Even before the fallout over President Donald Trump's remarks on the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a growing number of Americans hoped to see the country's 45th leader impeached. However, white evangelicals—a group that largely voted for Trump—were among the most likely to want him to stay in the White House.
A PRRI poll conducted in early August found that 40 percent of Americans believe the President should be impeached, up from 30 percent who said so in February.
Among white evangelicals, 79 percent oppose the calls to impeach Trump—more so than white mainline Protestants (63%), white Catholics (61%), and nones (45%). Overall, about half of Americans say Trump does not deserve to be impeached. Read More
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Wednesday's Catch: "One-on-One with Scholar and Researcher Mark Silk on the Future of Religion, Especially Evangelicalism, in America (Part One)" and Much More
One-on-One with Scholar and Researcher Mark Silk on the Future of Religion, Especially Evangelicalism, in America (Part One)
Evangelicalism is now the normative form of non-Catholic Christianity in America. Read More
Please Stop Saying "Christianity Isn't a Religion, It's a Relationship."
I'm sure you've heard it or said it yourself: "Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship." Please stop. Read More
Seven Characteristics of Reactionary Pastors
Thom Rainer speaks to the most common mistakes of reactionary pastors. Read More
Pastoral Plagiarism: 10 Do's and Don'ts
What are the "rules" of plagiarism for communicators? Read More
10 Tips for Effective Leadership
In this day and age, everyone has their very own version of what it takes to be an effective leader. I'm no different. These are my 10. Read More
Protecting Children from Abuse: An Interview
Tim Challies recently interviewed Boz Tchividjian to ask him some key questions for every Christian and every church. Read More
Bruce Ammons on 500% More Second Time Guests Than The Average Church [Podcast]
Bruce Ammons from Sugar Creek Baptist Church talks with the Unseminary team about how to retain visitors to your church. Listen Now
Two-Thirds of Americans Admit They Are Sinners
Most agree with Romans 3:23, but disagree on what to do about it. Read More
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017
9 Signs You're Operating in Your Own Power
It's one of Satan's most subtle strategies. He's so sly that we don't even recognize it's happening. That strategy? To entice us to do ministry, whether as a pastor or a layperson, in our own power. He simply is not alarmed when we go through the motions and activities of church, but without the power of God on us.
Here are nine signs that you might be operating in your own power.... Read More
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10 Things You Should Know about Repentance
Repentance is a massively important spiritual issue that calls for careful study and clear articulation. Here are ten things to remember about what it means to repent of our sin. Read More
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3 Easy Ways To Know The Quality Of Your Leadership
One of the most difficult aspects of leadership is to know how you're doing as a leader.
Add a little insecurity into the mix, and it makes things even more complex.
Naturally, you'll get feedback from your peers and probably get an occasional 360 review (both great practices).
But beyond that, how can you tell how you're doing? The reality is your leadership is being judged daily. But how accurately do you judge and assess your own leadership?
There's a way to check that's much simpler than you might think. By asking yourself three simple questions, you can not only get an accurate gauge of how you're doing but where you need to improve. Read More
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Will Contemporary Worship Kill the Choir?
Will contemporary worship kill the choir?
And I say that with a great deal of confidence. I admit there are styles of music in the modern worship era more suited to choirs than others. I would add that the role of choirs in worship has also been a changing aspect of church practice through the years.
But, I'll also add that most church leaders would rather influence 60 people than 6 if given the choice. Choirs make sense for a lot of reasons. That's why our "tag line" for The Red Box (our choral preview club) proudly says that LifeWay Worship Resources is a "Proud Supporter of Choirs Everywhere!"
So, how do I know that choirs in worship will survive?
Simply stated, because choirs were God's idea – not ours. Read More
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Why Smaller Churches Can't Fly Under the Copyright Radar
"Why is it important for churches to honor copyrights?"
This is a vital question for church leaders who set policies and procedures regarding their copyright compliance. I'm always a little stunned to hear someone counter with, "How many churches have been sued for copyright infringement?" In other words, what's the chance of us getting caught and what are the risks?
Two recent lawsuits raised a major red flag for Christian leaders who have the illusion there is special immunity for churches when it comes to the U.S. Copyright Law, and smaller churches can no longer assume they operate under the radar. Read More
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Race, the Gospel, and the Moment
How should Christians, and especially those with an Anglo-white background, respond to last weekend's alt-right gathering in Charlottesville and its tragic aftermath?
Three brief things need to be said. Read More
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On Christians Unable to Critique President Trump: Loyalty and the Rorschach Test
If you are unable to critique a president, you've lost your prophetic witness.
This weekend was an important moment in our nation and, I think, for evangelical Christianity in America. Reflecting and responding to the events following Charlottesville is worth our time and energy.
Many issues are already being discussed, and it's important that we think deeply on issues of race, but I'd like to ask one additional question: Why are a subset of (often evangelical) Christians unable to see when President Trump has stumbled and feel they must defend everything he does—even after he obviously saw his error and sought to fix it today? Read More
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Monday, August 14, 2017
8 Reasons the Size of Your Church Does Matter
|old-fashioned weights
Last week, I posted on "7 Reasons the Size of Your Church Doesn't Matter." I trust that post was encouraging to many of you. At the same time, though, I want to offer a counter opinion today. I do think size matters, and here's why.... Read More
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Why Many of Our Churches Are Still One Color
What's wrong with our church?"
It was a sincere question. The elder wanted to know why there seems to be a steady erosion of attendance, discipleship, and evangelism at his church.
Then I showed him the demographics of the church's community. Over 40 percent of the area was non-white and growing, but the church was above 95 percent white. My response was simple. "You are not connecting with your community. The ethnic and racial diversity of the community is not reflected in the church.
" This church is one of tens of thousands of congregations that are one color, one race, or one group. Why? Why is this reality still taking place today? Let's look at seven reasons. Read More
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When Should Doctrine Divide?
For various reasons I've been thinking about how Christians should relate to each other around secondary doctrines. What partnerships and alliances are appropriate among Christians of different denominations, networks, or tribes? What kind of feelings and practices should characterize our attitude to those in the body of Christ with whom we have significant theological disagreements? What does it look like to handle—with integrity and transparency—personal differences of conviction that may arise with your church, boss, or institution?
These kinds of questions have been a significant part of my own denominational and theological journey over the last decade, and it is a practical issue that will always be with us. So I thought it might be helpful to share two convictions that have been brewing in me while I've struggled my way through it all.
At the broadest level I see two opposite dangers: doctrinal minimalism and doctrinal separatism. Read More
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Why You Don't Read Your Bible (and How to Start)
Over and over again, studies show the most important thing for spiritual growth is reading the Bible, yet most people in the church aren't doing it. Only 45% of those who regularly attend church read the Bible more than once a week. For each church attender who does read their Bible every day, there's someone else who doesn't read it at all.
Biblical illiteracy is an epidemic.
I say this as a pastor who talks to people every week, inside and outside the church, with next to no biblical knowledge. The most concerning thing is that there doesn't seem to be a distinction between those who are new to the faith and those who isave been Christians for several years, sometimes even a decade or more.
Why is it that despite the evidence, despite our sincere longing to grow spiritually, we don't do the one thing most capable of producing that growth?
In my experience, there are two main reasons people don't read their Bible. The first is that people honestly don't understand the Bible holds transformational power. Second, they don't read the Bible because they don't know how to find delight in reading it. Both issues are worth understanding in more detail. Read More
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Don't Confuse Spirituality with Righteousness
Over the years I've had many young Christians ask me how to be more spiritual or more pious. Rare has been the earnest student who said, "Teach me how to be righteous." Why, I wondered, does anybody want to be spiritual? What is the purpose of spirituality? What use is there in piety?
Spirituality and piety are not ends in themselves. In fact they are worthless unless they are means to a higher goal. The goal must go beyond spirituality to righteousness. Read More
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Albert Mohler: Letter from Berlin: The Lessons of History and the Heresy of Racial Superiority
The lessons of history are warning enough. The lessons of heresy are even more pressing. Brothers and sisters in Christ, we dare not miss the lessons of history and heresy. God will judge us. This we know.
Even a secular observer can see the lessons of history from Berlin. The evidence is pervasive, irrefutable, terrifying, and still visible.
But Christians must see much more than the lessons of history, though we dare not miss them. We must see claims of racial superiority–and mainly that means claims of white superiority–as heresy.
That is not a word we use casually. Heresy leads to a denial of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the eclipse of the living God as revealed in the Bible. A claim of white superiority is not merely wrong, and not merely deadly. It is a denial of the glory of God in creating humanity—every single human being–in his own image. It is a rejection of God's glory in creating a humanity of different skin pigmentation. It is a misconstrual of God's judgment and glory in creating different ethnicities.
Most urgently, it is a rejection of the gospel of Christ–the great good news of God's saving purpose in the atonement accomplished by Christ. A claim of racial superiority denies our common humanity, our common sinfulness, our common salvation through faith in Christ, and God's purpose to create a common new humanity in Christ.
You cannot preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and hold to any notion of racial superiority. It is impossible. Read More
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Sunday, August 13, 2017
#Charlottesville, the Christian Response, and Your Church's Call
Silence on matters of hatred and bigotry is antithetical to the gospel.
I know I'm not the only one who has been keeping track of what is happening in Charlottesville, VA, and feeling both sadness and anger at the same time. I returned to the United States this morning, to a country that seems to be bursting at the seams with tension, hatred, and division.
As a Christian leader watching all that unfolded surrounding today's Unite the Right rally, which saw white nationalists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members (all making up what we sometimes call the alt-right) call for "taking America back," my heart is grieving. And seeing the violent turn things took this afternoon, I am crushed. Now, there are certainly bad people on all sides, but there are not "many sides" to this issue—this was a gathering of the alt-right and, whether you supported now-President Trump or not, there is no question they have been emboldened by his election (as I explain here).
So, as a white evangelical, part of a demographic category who disproportionally supported President Trump, let me start by saying this movement is antithetical to the gospel. It is an abomination to all that we stand for, and it must be condemned on every level of leadership in the Church. There is no room for waffling. We cannot sit in silence hoping this will pass.
As I've written before, there can be no question about where a denomination, or Christians in general, stand on this more polished form of racism.
Furthermore, if any evangelicals have influence on President Trump, they should call on him to have the specificity he has shown with numerous individuals, from Mitch McConnell to Mika Brzezinski, and do what he said President Obama would not do with radical Islamists—call out the evildoers.
They are the alt-right, Mr. President. It's easy to say there are "many sides," but only one side is claiming to be on your team. They need to hear—clearly—that they are not. Read More
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Saturday, August 12, 2017
How Much Grace? Reflecting on Conversion in Catholic and Reformed Christianity
Recently, with the anniversary of the Reformation, I've been thinking through some of the ways the Reformation changed the way we think about ourselves with regard to sin and righteousness. I've been trying in particular, particular to find a way to visualise how the reformation changed the way we think about conversion and what it means.
Here's my attempt to lay it out. Read More
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7 Reasons the Size of Your Church Doesn't Matter
If you know me, you know I think it's important to know the growth trends of a church and the community it's trying to reach. Here, though, are some of my thoughts about why the size of your church does not matter.... Read More
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Adapt, Adjust And Diversify: Some Of Our Differences Make The Church Stronger
As long as the center holds, our differences won't make the church weaker. They're an essential element for making us stronger.
Christians worship and serve Jesus in so many different ways. Sure, there's a foundation of correct theology and behavior that needs to exist for any group to legitimately call themselves a church. Among them are:
- The divinity of Jesus
- Salvation through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus
- Practicing the Great Commandment and the Great Commission
- The primacy of scripture
- And more
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Creating a "Whole Church" Hospitable Culture
There is a danger that lurks just beyond a healthy guest services team. You can invite the right volunteers to serve on the team, provide excellent training so they understand the why behind the what, and implement foolproof ways for your first time guests to know where to go and what to do. But even when you cover all of those steps, one crucial piece can still be missing. One danger still threatens to derail the guest experience.
Is your entire church hospitable, or is that just a job for the "professional team"?We fight this every weekend. First time guests consistently comment on the kindness of our volunteers, the ease in finding their way around our campuses, and the generosity of the gift bag. But their overall experience is marred once they get past the gauntlet of vols in name tags. In our follow up guest survey, comments like these are not uncommon.... Read More
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What Every Pastor Wishes His Worship Leader Knew
A few weeks ago, one of our leaders asked me to come speak to a group of worship interns, telling them "everything I thought pastors wanted worship leaders to know." When I agreed to do it, I thought it would be a stretch to come up with three or four things. That was a bit naïve. By the time I was done, it grew to a list of 14!
I'd love to see a corresponding list of "What Every Worship Leader Wishes His Pastor Knew," but for now, here is my advice for growing worship leaders.... Read More
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White Supremacy Is Spiritual Bondage [Podcast] - FURTHER UPDATES
A Special Episode of The Gospel Coalition Podcast
As I watched this weekend the reports coming out of Charlottesville, Virginia, I saw in color scenes that I had hoped would remain in black and white from America's past. Scenes of Nazi salutes and torch-lit marches in favor of white supremacy and in defense of long-dead Confederate leaders. Scenes of bodies mangled by an act of terror in response to peaceful counter-protest. Scenes of heavily armed white militias standing in the middle of one of the most famous and prestigious university towns in the United States.
As authorities declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville, I thought back with awe to the non-violent protests of the civil-rights movement in the 1960s. How could these men, women, and children have stood up against hostile authorities and violent crowds and responded in restraint and love? How could Martin Luther King Jr. have preached peace in a climate of hostility?
For this special episode of The Gospel Coalition Podcast, I spoke with Mika Edmondson, pastor of New City Fellowship OPC, a church plant in southeast Grand Rapids, Michigan. He recently earned a PhD in systematic theology from Calvin Seminary, where he wrote a dissertation on King's theology of suffering. We talked about how sin doesn't go away with time, but can only be healed by the gospel of Jesus Christ, and about the need to practice loving church discipline for unrepentant racists. Listen Now
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Saturday Lagniappe: "5 Signs You've Bought Into the Prosperity Gospel" and Much More
5 Signs You've Bought Into the Prosperity Gospel
... no one wants to admit that they have embraced the prosperity gospel, (even if it's more of a side-hug than an embrace). There's always a more extreme example to point to while we let ourselves off the hook.
But prosperity-teaching is sneaky. So, here for your reading pleasure are five sure-fire signs that the prosperity gospel has crept into your bed and snuggled up on the pillow beside you. Read More
Theology Learned in the Flames of Adversity
In 1527, Martin Luther experienced a trial so severe that church historian Philip Schaff described that year simply as "the disastrous year." It was the time of Luther's "severest spiritual and physical trials." As the leading figure of the Reformation, Luther paid a high price in the struggle for truth, and his physical condition deteriorated under the movement's mounting demands. Read More
The One Trait Every Leader MUST Possess
... while I believe there are many traits and qualities a great leader must possess, there's one that stands out among all others. In fact, the longer I think about it, I quickly realize that most every trait builds on this one trait!
A leader's most important trait is DISCIPLINE. Read More
3 Reasons to Be Thankful for Bad Sermons
Although I am an advocate for powerful, God-glorifying, excellent sermons, the reality is that not all sermons will be the best we've ever preached.
So here are three reasons you can take joy in the occasional bad sermon.... Read More
Children's Ministry is NOT a Game!
Since children's ministry is a serious endeavor, we must carefully consider how to minister to and reach children. As one pastor says, "what we win them with is what we win them to." Though there is much more that could be said, consider with me five ways to strengthen our children's ministries to better reflect a biblical view of parenting and of children. Read More
Answering Questions with Jesus
"I left the church because no one would answer my questions."
This refrain, or similar rhetoric, scatters the blogs or social media posts of those who have distanced themselves from Christ's church. One question emerges when we observe the phenomenon of despairing and leaving question-askers: Does the church — can the church — answer the questions of those in the church asking questions amidst an increasingly skeptical world? Read More
Six Degrees of Separation: Why Our Witness Matters
Our lives reach farther than we can imagine.
It's amazing to look back through history and trace the events that eventually led to Billy Graham's conversion. It's incredibly inspirational and deserves to be remembered, but the problem with stories like this is that they often feel too grand to be re-lived. Because of that, we often don't realize that we're already in the midst of these same stories. Now, the people we influence may not have as large of an impact as Billy Graham, but the truth remains that the impact of our lives is more far reaching than we can imagine.
Here are three ways in which the story of Billy Graham's conversion and the principle of six degrees of separation can spur us on in our evangelism. Read More
The New/Old Way Our Culture Pressures Us To Conform
Every culture has certain standards that distinguish good and respectable people from the bad and disreputable people. Every culture has ways of compelling people to adhere to its standards. Some force adherence through guilt, some through fear, and some through shame. Read More
Risky drinking is rising rapidly in the US
Americans are drinking too much.
High-risk drinking among US adults increased about 30% between 2001-2002 and 2012-2013, according to a new study. The proportion Americans developing alcohol dependence, it said could be considered a "public health crisis." Read More
9 Things You Should Know About Alcohol Abuse in America
A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry this month finds that the rate of alcohol use disorder (i.e., alcoholism) rose by 49 percent in the first decade of the 2000s. One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S. population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder, according to the study.
Here are nine things you should know about the problem of alcohol abuse in America.... Read More
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Friday, August 11, 2017
The Use of Nuclear Weapons is Inherently Evil
No earthly leader gets the 'authority to do whatever.'
Much of the world has responded with "fire and fury" to President Donald Trump's message to North Korea that continued threats will "be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen"—an unmistakable allusion to using nuclear weapons. Given the gravity of this remark, it seems appropriate for onlookers to be unnerved by America's apparent stance.
Still, not everyone was troubled by it, with some evangelical Christians actually cheering the President on (more on that in a bit). So we have to acknowledge that Christians are divided on nuclear weapons. Read More
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Thursday, August 10, 2017
7 Ways We Put a Not Welcome Sign on Our Church
I was running once and saw this sign and the first word that popped in my head was "Closed". Anything which seems exclusive to the people already on the inside makes me as an outsider seem unwelcome. I'm sure that's not the intent this church has with this sign. It's probably a very welcoming church. I also know there are circumstances which make some churches have to limit their parking. Again, probably not the intent, but the sign seemed so harsh to me as someone unfamiliar with the church.
As I continued running I kept thinking about that sign and implications for those who saw it. It then brought to mind signs I've seen in store windows – which I don't completely understand. The signs say, "Closed for Business". How can you be closed "for" business? Seems more like you'd be closed "from" business. If you're closed you're closed.
Of course, none of us would intentionally place a "Closed for Business" sign on our church doors. But, it was a great way to jar my thoughts about some practices churches occasionally have, which, intentional or not, serve essentially the same purpose.
Over the years, Cheryl and I have visited dozens of churches. Whenever we travel we try to find a church. I've spoken at and consulted with a lot of churches in all types and sizes. From personal experience – here are some ways you can place a closed sign to visitors on your church. Read More
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Why Congregations Miss Obvious Church Facility Issues
It happens, and it still amazes me. The regular attenders at a church seldom see church facility issues, even if they stare them in the face. I've spent time with church folks who somehow fail to see the dirty carpet, the broken window, the weedy parking lot, the crowded children's room (and I could go on and on here).
As an outside consultant, I see things quickly when I walk through a building – but the regulars often miss them completely. Here are some reasons that this happens.... Read More
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The regular attenders at a church that belongs to a liturgical tradition will also overlook issues related to the ornaments of the church and the clergy. These issues include bent processional crosses; stained and torn hymnals and service books; faded, discolored, and worn vestments; and the like.
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Luther and His Most Important Impact
What follows is a slightly extended version of an address delivered at the opening of the Luther exhibition at St Andrews Cathedral, Sydney on Tuesday 8 August, 2017.
The Beginnings of the Luther Story
On 31 October 1517, in a small provincial university town, an Augustinian monk who served as a professor in the university, nailed a document to a church door. And it started a revolution. Today, 500 years later and on the other side of the world, that unexceptional act — there would have been lots of notices on that door, since it was the unofficial notice board for the university — still captures the imagination.
The story of Martin Luther is well known. More books are written about him every year than about any other figure in history save one — the master he served, the Lord Jesus Christ. He was born the son of a copper miner in the year 1483, just nine years before Columbus discovered America but a little over 300 years before tall ships arrived in Port Jackson to start the colony of New South Wales. He grew up in a quite typical German family, nothing really out of the ordinary. He was serious and studious and was soon preparing to enter a career in the law. Like most fathers, Luther's father had great plans for his son. Martin would not struggle the way he, Hans had struggled. He would make his mark in the world. Hans Luther had no idea the mark his son would make. Martin entered university, the University of Erfurt, in April 1501.
The younger Luther's life took a dramatic turn in July 1505. Martin had finished the first stage of his studies. The general arts program was finished and the more specifically legal studies were about to begin. He travelled home to visit his parents. But then, just outside the village of Stottenheim, he was caught in a violent thunderstorm. He was terrified. Here was the fearsome wrath of God, and if anyone deserved that wrath Luther did. He cried out for someone to save him. 'St Anne — the patron saint of miners — St Anne rescue me and I will become a monk!' And before long the storm subsided and Luther continued his journey home. He gathered his friends, who may have thought they were coming to celebrate Luther's achievements thus far and send him on his way back to the University of Erfurt, and he told them of his intention to keep his vow and enter the monastery of the Observant Augustinians. His father was furious — he kept muttering things about the fifth commandment. But Luther was determined. He had made a vow and he was duty bound to honour it. And so, on 17 July 1505 he entered the monastery at Erfurt.
Luther never thought he would leave that monastery. He expected that he would be a monk for the rest of his life. Not that it was always a pleasant place to be. Thanks to his own later reflections, we have some idea what life was like for Luther in those surroundings. He was a conscientious monk. 'It is true, I was a pious monk' Luther wrote, 'and so strictly did I observe the rules of my order that I may say: If ever a monk got to heaven through monkery, I too would have got there' (WA 38:143). Luther fulfilled all his duties. He confessed his sins over and over again. He prayed. He attended mass. He did all the menial tasks — cleaning the latrines, scrubbing the floors — all of it. Later he would say, 'This is the chief abomination: we had to deny the grace of God and put our trust and hope on our holy monkery and not on the pure mercy and grace of Christ…' (WA 38:159).
The next great transformation happened about five years later. Luther's father confessor, who had watched him, sought to mentor him, encouraged his undoubted intellectual gifts, announced that Luther would do more study in order to lecture at the new university in Wittenberg. Luther would spend the rest of his life in that provincial town, radically transforming the university curriculum, then the church, and eventually Europe. He began as a Professor of Bible in 1512. He only left that post when he died in 1546. And rather early on was 1517. 500 years ago this year. 1517, the year that sparked a revolution.Read More
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What We Mean When We Say 'Orthodox Christianity'
James K.A. Smith wants to focus on the creeds, not sexuality. But there's more to it than that.
Is affirming same-sex sexual relationships as righteous before God a heresy? Even if you believe it's un-Biblical, are heresy and orthodoxy even the right categories for addressing the problem?
Over the weekend, philosopher and Calvin College professor James K. A. Smith argued that recent use of the words orthodoxy and heresy in debates about sexual ethics surrounding same-sex marriage is a selective and illegitimate expansion of the terms. Instead, we should reserve the language of orthodoxy and heresy for those beliefs which are "conciliar," and "rooted in, and measured by, the ecumenical councils and creeds of the Church (Nicaea, Chalcedon)" because they refer to the fundamental truths of God's triunity, the resurrection, the virgin birth, and so forth.
In contrast to this ideal, Smith says these terms have been reduced from this creedal basis to a single issue: "a particular view of sexuality and marriage." He deems this development, "recent, innovative, and narrow," symptomatic of a modern tendency to reduce Christianity to its morality. Indeed, unless we're careful, the term orthodox will simply become the adjective we append to any issue we personally find important, thereby writing off "swaths of Christians who affirm conciliar orthodoxy" and closing down conversation in the church.
Predictably, this argument set off some discussion on the internet. Notable entries include Alastair Roberts's argument that Smith has truncated the notion of creedal orthodoxy, and Alan Jacobs's defense of Smith against Roberts and other critics, which Smith himself has commended. No doubt more entries will come.
Before proceeding with my own judgments, it's worth stating that I benefit greatly from Smith's work and respect him as a scholar and a Christian. Nor am I worried this is an attempt at moral revision or something on that order. I hope anyone reading this (including Smith himself) will read this article in that light. Read More
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The ABCs of Preaching: "6 Key Questions to Ask of Your Sermon Before You Preach It" and More
6 Key Questions to Ask of Your Sermon Before You Preach It
Before you preach your next sermon, take the time to answer these six questions. If you do, you'll have greater clarity for the content of the message and the congregation will have greater clarity for the expected action from the message.
So pastor, grab your sermon and ask God for wisdom as you dive into these questions. Read More
How to Structure a Sticky Sermon
If your sermon isn't sticky, it won't stay with those who hear it. If your sermon isn't sticky, it'll bounce off them and be lost forever. Read More
5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Preaching on the End Times
Eschatological preaching is needed. We do have a blessed hope. Christ promised to return. Part of our motivation for holiness is to be ready for his appearing. His re-appearance will usher in the cosmic renewal for which his followers have yearned for centuries, indeed all of creation is yearning.
But, let's get it right.
When we preach from Daniel, Revelation, the Olivet Discourse, the "man of sin," or other prophetic passages, here are a few pitfalls to avoid.... Read More
3 Lessons From A Well-Loved 80-Year-Old Preacher
As a preacher, I am a bit unusual because I like to go to church on vacation!!! Last month, I took a week off – a staycation – and on Sunday morning decided to go to one of our Sister churches just down the road from me. When I walked in the door the first person I saw was a friend from 27 years ago who was a blessing and encouragement to my wife and me during our days in Bible College. When I learned that they had a Special Speaker that morning, an 80-year-old well-loved and well-known pastor in our fellowship. While I have known this pastor for many years I had never heard him speak and was looking forward to his message. What I received was a great teaching from Psalm 121 and also a lesson in the art of preaching. Read More
Rhythms and Checkpoints in Your Sermon Prep: The Why and How
Your preaching context is different than mine. You have challenges I don't have and I have challenges you don't have. This is why it's important to develop rhythms and checkpoints in your sermon prep. Sure, it's valuable to hear how other people prepare their sermons, but the most important thing is to develop your own process that fits your present context.
No doubt, there have been times that you have read an article here at RP or somewhere else and thought, that won't work for me! There's no way around this being the case unless we were to have a 1 on 1 conversation about your context and processes. But what rhythms and checkpoints can do is to give you a framework to maximize your time so you can make your sermon prep more efficient. Read More
5 Pastors Share Their Weekly Sermon Prep Process
It's interesting how many different ways different pastors prepare their sermons. You may be someone who is trying to find a new way to do sermon prep or you may be someone who is trying to find just a way to do sermon prep.
Wherever you are in your experience in preaching, this article should be helpful to you. You'll get to see 5 different pastors share what a week of sermon prep looks like for them. Read More
Captivate Your Audience, Kill Bad Habits, and Master the Art of Sermon Delivery
Earlier this year, Brandon Hilgemann from ProPreacher.com released his second book on the topic of preaching and it is a treasure trove of practical help all centered around sermon delivery.
Brandon has this conviction that "most preaching fails not for lack of content, but deficient delivery." Sure, content is really really important. But if we fail at delivering that content well, we will create an unneeded barrier between the congregation and the content. Read More
How to Eliminate Distractions in Sermon Prep
The art of sermon prep is so important. We are all busy and many times this task can get pushed aside for a variety of other important things or even distractions that are less important.
It is not that hard to eliminate distractions from your sermon writing process though, and here are some practices to help you do so.... Read More
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- Harold's personality is similar to Johnny Test's father, Hugh Test from Johnny Test, although he doesn't possess the trait of being a top neat freak. In some ways, they are the exact opposite.
- Harold's personality is also similar to Arwin from The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as both characters are played by Brian Stepanek.
- Harold has an obsessive love for his car, which makes him go crazy from time to time. In fact, he keeps "Monique" a secret from his wife, which is similiar to the quirk shared by Timmy Turner's dad from The Fairly OddParents - who very much loves his car, the Striker Z (which, ironically, was a toy car he wanted as a kid), more than he loves his wife.
- He is so cautious that he once earned a trophy for being cautious.
- As shown in "Crumbs!" he loves his wife's home made cookies so much that he has developed a split personality that causes him to attack anyone who tries to keep them away from him.
- He is a very skilled ping pong player as shown in "Bad Table Manners".
- Harold's voice actor, Brian Stepanek, later went on to voice Lynn Loud Sr. in the Loud House, a show created by Chris Savino. Both Harold and Lynn Sr. have children voiced by Grey DeLisle: Harold has Brianna, while Lynn Sr. has Lana, Lola and Lily.
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Look at the problem below and think about how your students would respond to the two questions:
- What is the value of the 2?
- Why should we place a 0 in this space?
If your students answer the questions by saying, "the 2 is worth 2," or "I placed the 0 in that area because I was always told to move it down," consider the idea that the student(s) do not fully understand the concept of multiplying multi digit numbers.
According to John Van De Walle, "For multiplication, the ability to break numbers apart in flexible ways is even more important than in addition or subtraction. Your goal (as an educator) might be that each of your children has at least one or two methods that are reasonably efficient, mathematically correct, and useful with lots of different numbers."
In addition, the Standards of Mathematical Practice state that we should provide students opportunities to make choices and try out potential solution paths to answer problems.
When teaching, let's first question students to see how they solve a problem (student invented strategies). If a limited number of strategies arise do not be afraid to introduce one of the strategies below. These strategies develop deeper conceptual understanding while reinforcing the use of mental math.
Another strategy that reinforces mental math and base ten understanding is partial products.
For additional multiplication strategies, download the FREE multiplication strategies anchor chart by clicking on the picture below.
- What is the value of the 2?
- Answer: The 2 is worth 2 tens or 20.
- Why should we place a 0 in this space?
- Answer: We have a 0 in the second row because any multiple of ten or one hundred ends in a zero. With our base 10 number system a zero serves as a place holder. Using the example, 20 x 3 is 60 and 20 x 10 is 200. Combining both 60 and 200 yields 260. The 0 represents a place holder in the ones place and ultimately showing there are no ones in the 200 or 60.


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Civil Engineering Technician with UK Experience - Cardiff
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- Sector
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We are currently looking for a Civil Engineering technician to join a beskpoke consultancy based in Cardiff.
Essential Criteria:
- Proficient knowledge and use of AutoCAD with respect to designing Highways and Drainage; Successful candidates will be asked to bring examples of work to the interview.
- The ideal candidate should be educated to HNC/HND level or have significant relevant/equivalent experience
- Previous experience conducting toporaphical surveys for highways.
- Experience with UK design principles and standards.
This exciting opportunity will allow candidates to start their career with a growing Engineering consultancy in Cardiff.
Some of the job roles will include:
- Preparation of drawings to reflect accurate and practical engineering solutions using AutoCAD/Civil 3D
- Assist with the preparation of technical and pre-planning reports
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- Liaison with Water Authorities, Highway Authorities and Planning Departments regarding technical issues and associated adoption agreements
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Most Dangerous Cookies in the World
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14 comments:
- Kayla Garcia said...
Wish I had allergies! Those look delicious! ;)
- January 31, 2012 at 11:02 AM
- The Freak Food Gourmet: Mrs. 'Rohmance' said...
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- January 31, 2012 at 12:41 PM
- Tiffany said...
Score! I am cooking up some of those bad boys tomorrow! I got pregnancy craving!
- February 1, 2012 at 4:26 PM
Just wanted to say a big "THANK YOU!" I love all the info on your blog! The egg free dairy free soy free mayo you wrote about, has changed my life :) We use it all the time (found it at the co-op). I can only imagine how much time this all takes but it has been such a blessing to our family and your experience with food allergies has inspired me!
And the peanut butter cookies look awesome! :)
- February 2, 2012 at 2:10 PM
- Tiffany said...
Um yeah.. these turned out great! I should have made more and how did I miss the part about the chocolate chips! Thanks for another recipe!
- February 3, 2012 at 3:16 PM
- The Freak Food Gourmet said...
Kayla - You can use 'normal' ingredients too! I give them in most of my recipes. They are usually interchangable with traditional ingredients. Bon appetite! =)
- February 7, 2012 at 9:01 PM
- The Freak Food Gourmet said...
Well, thank you!
- February 7, 2012 at 9:02 PM
- The Freak Food Gourmet said...
Score! Now you'll have to make them again with the chocolate chips. =)
- February 7, 2012 at 9:03 PM
- Tessa Domestic Diva said...
I love peanut butter cookies...and they are kind of like health food right! At least they have some protein..! Thanks for sharing with us again on AFW!
- March 3, 2012 at 7:25 AM
Can you clarify what Earth Balance to use please. The butter like product? So many products called Earth Balance :)
- March 8, 2012 at 11:50 AM
- The Freak Food Gourmet said...
It is the Earth Balance Spread (like the butter). Thanks for letting me know - I figured there was just one Earth Balance brand. I will clarify in other posts.=)
- March 8, 2012 at 2:50 PM
- The Freak Food Gourmet said...
Absolutely, they are like health food! =D So glad you stopped by. I love the link-up - what a great way to find new recipes.
- March 8, 2012 at 2:51 PM
All the same brand but many different products. I assumed it was the butter like spread but wanted to be sure. Thank you for getting back to me so quickly.
- March 8, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Have all the ingredients and making a batch today. Can not wait to try them!
- March 9, 2012 at 1:23 PM


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Heart Conditions
Hearts pounded.
That can be said for the roaring crowd, screaming and on their feet.
It can be said for the anxious coach, watching the seconds tick down on the clock with the game still tied at 55.
It can even be said for the basketball team, desperate to get the win that would cap off their undefeated season.
Unfortunately, the same can be said for Wes Leonard, whose last second layup won that final game for Fennville High. As the buzzer sounded and his teammates hoisted him up on their shoulders, Leonard's heart began to beat faster and faster. Then, just as swiftly as he was lifted up, Wes Leonard collapsed to the floor.
The final medical report listed the cause of death as cardiac arrest due to dilated cardiomyopathy, more commonly known as an enlarged heart. But whatever you call it, a teenager died last year from a heart condition he never even knew the name of. And when cases of sudden cardiac death are occurring all over America, and even in our very community, what are we doing to keep our athletes safe?
Leonard, a junior from Fennville, Michigan, had not undergone a heart screening that year, but it's likely that his condition wouldn't have even been detected. In the days prior to that fatal game, Leonard was recovering from the flu. Although sounding harmless, the flu can cause inflammation of the heart and weaken the muscle walls. Within two weeks, you can go from high fever to heart failure.
The severity of serious health conditions like Leonard's have recently been glimpsed by the Lahser community. On September 14th, while attending a varsity football game, Lahser freshman Brandon Till started to feel dizzy and cold. While leaving the game with two friends to get picked up at halftime, he felt pain ripping at his chest. Coughing violently, he collapsed to the pavement, his mind numb. Later that night he found himself in the emergency room, fearing for the worst. After a long night of pain and prayers, Brandon was discharged from the hospital, his health stable. He was diagnosed with a condition called costochondritis, an inflammation of cartilage in the chest, whose symptoms feel like that of a heart attack. Luckily, this can be helped with various medications and treatments.
Although Till is unsure about his return to sports, he is thankful his was a more fortunate fate than that of Leonard and many before him. "I'm glad I go to Lahser," Till reflects. "And I'm glad everyone just cared so much. It really does help. Support is the best thing you can have at a serious time like that. I'm just glad it's over with, and hopefully now things will get better."
The tragic deaths of Wes Leonard and so many other young athletes have created global controversy over the safety of high school and collegiate sports. From politicians to Pop Warner coaches, there has been outcry over what precautions should be taken in detecting serious cardiac conditions. Who is responsible for the safety of these athletes? Is it safe for an athlete to participate in a sport without being screened for a heart condition? Will heart screenings ever become mandatory?
Many people believe that heart screenings, particularly ECGs, or electrocardiograms that test the electrical activity of the heart, would prevent the majority of cardiac deaths. "Heart screenings help to find any indication of hidden heart defects that may not be causing symptoms," says Monique Brand, Manager of ECG and the Ernst Cardiovascular Center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. "We are primarily looking for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an abnormal thickening of the heart."
Although the chances of finding a heart problem through a screening are about 1 in 500, the results of having such a problem can be devastating. Which leads to the question that if Wes Leonard or other late athletes had undergone a screening that was mandatory as a part of their standard physical, would the outcome have been any different? "I don't know if mandatory screenings are the answer, but I am an advocate for the testing," Brand continues. "I just don't think the infrastructure is there to support all kids getting an ECG at a physical at this point."
It had been nearly fifteen months since her son's death that Jocelyn Leonard found herself standing at a graduation. Not for her youngest child, who was still a freshman. Instead the cap she held in her hands would've belonged to her eldest son, Wes. And the graduation she was attending was held on the very court Wes played his final game on. While some thought back to the tragic night when Wes Leonard's heart beat for the final time, others looked to the future. The Wes Leonard Heart Team is working to put AEDs, machines that are critical to saving the lives of people in sudden cardiac arrest, in every school across the state. The night was indeed about the legacy of Wes, but was also the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of the 99 students graduating from Fennville High. The gymnasium didn't feel so different from the night where Wes Leonard scored that winning layup in overtime.
The crowd cheered.
Caps soared.
Hearts pounded.
One Response to Heart Conditions
Aerobic exercise (also known as cardio) is physical exercise of relatively low intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process.Aerobic exercise and fitness can be contrasted with anaerobic exercise, of which strength training and short-distance running are the most salient examples. The two types of exercise differ by the duration and intensity of muscular contractions involved, as well as by how energy is generated within the muscle.-
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Vicente Iborra spoke to club media after the defeat at the Vicente Calderón on Sunday.
"Nothing has gone well recently," said the 29-year-old. "We've got to lift ourselves, work hard and start to see everything differently.
"In recent games we've not felt great and we need to start winning to change that."
The Sevilla captain insists that there is hope for the season's run in despite the recent dip in form that the team has suffered.
"An exciting run in awaits us, it's up to ourselves to reach our goals and we now have two weeks to prepare well for the Sporting game and return to winning ways."


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I've eaten plenty of pâté in my life, but I had never actually eaten any unprocessed liver. That is if you don't count foie gras, which is highly fattened. Normal liver always is much redder in color. I'd seen it cooked on TV where the chef would leave it slightly pink in the middle. At a traditional Polish restaurant in Warsaw called Polska, I ordered some goose liver.
The small livers came in a pan with apples and a very sweet, sticky sauce. The liver wasn't pink at all. In fact it was so well cooked through it had almost turned gray. I don't think liver is normally cooked like that, but I honestly didn't mind. At least this way there was none of that peculiar texture one associates with organ meat.
I'm not going to lie and say I loved it, but I didn't mind it either. It was better than expected. The texture was like a fine meat loaf, and the flavor was, surprise, slightly coppery due to the blood pumping through the livers. The combination with the apples worked well, but I did feel the sauce was too sweet for my taste. Perhaps a more traditional side of onions would have been more appropriate.
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- ISO/IEC 10918-1 Standard Baseline and Extended Decoder (Sequential DCT modes)
- Single-frame JPEG images and Motion JPEG payloads
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- Achieves maximum throughput when decoding streams produced by JPEG-EX-F
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JPEG-DX-F Ultra-Fast Baseline and Extended JPEG Decoder
This JPEG decompression IP core supports the Baseline Sequential DCT and Extended Sequential DCT modes of the ISO/IEC 10918-1 standard. It implements a scalable, ultra-high-performance, ASIC or FPGA, hardware JPEG decoder that handles extremely high pixel rates.
The JPEG-DX-F Decoder decompresses JPEG images and the video payload for Motion-JPEG container formats. It accepts compressed streams of images with 8- or 12-bit color samples and up to four color components, in all widely-used color subsampling formats.
Depending on its configuration, the decoder processes from two to 32 color samples per clock cycle. Its high throughput capabilities are best exploited when decompressing streams produced by the JPEG-EX-F Encoder Core. This Encoder-Decoder pair provide an extremely cost effective solution for streaming or archiving UHD (4K/8K) video, or very high frame rates at lower resolutions.
Once programmed, the easy-to-use decoder operates on a standalone basis, parsing marker segments and decompressing coded data with no assistance from a host processor. The decoder reports the image format (i.e., resolution, subsampling format, and color sample-depth) to the system, so that the decoded images are properly further processed and/or displayed.
SoC integration is straightforward thanks to standardized AMBA® interfaces: AXI Streaming for pixel and decompressed data, and a 32-bit APB slave interface for registers access.
Customers with a short time to market requirements can use CAST's IP Integration Services to receive complete JPEG subsystems. These integrate the JPEG encoder with video interface controllers, Hardware UDPIP or Transport Stream networking stacks, or other IP cores available from CAST.
The core is designed with industry best practices, and its reliability and low risk have been proven through both rigorous verification and customer production. Its deliverables include a complete verification environment and a bit-accurate software model.
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The JPEG-DX-F core's great throughput makes it suitable for systems supporting ultra-high frame resolutions and/or frame rates, such as:
Corporate, airborne, and other security or surveillance systems.
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Medical imaging systems.
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Silicon Resources Utilization
The silicon resources requirements for the JPEG-DX-F en-coder core depend on its configuration. A two samples per cycle configuration synthesizes to approximately 110K gates and requires 50k-bits of memory.
The core has been verified through extensive synthesis, place and route and simulation runs. It has also been embedded in several products, and is proven in both ASIC and FPGA technologies.
The core as delivered is warranted against defects for ninety days from purchase. Thirty days of phone and email technical support are included, starting with the first interaction. Additional maintenance and support options are available.
The core is available in ASIC (synthesizable HDL) and FPGA (netlist) forms, and includes everything required for successful implementation:
- Verilog RTL source code
- Sophisticated self-checking Testbench
- Software (C++) Bit-Accurate Model
- Sample simulation and synthesis scripts
- Comprehensive user documentation
JPEG Cores available from CAST
The JPEG-DX-F is a member of the JPEG family of cores that CAST offers. The following table summarizes the family members and highlights their basic features.
|Baseline JPEG
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|Motion JPEG Payload
|Sub-sampling Formats
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|Image Resolution
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|Raster Conversion
|Included – Optionally Instantiated
|Color Samples/Cycle
|1 to 32
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|ASIC Area (eq. Gates)
|Available in RTL Source Code
|Available as targeted netlist
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Through the drive are you meant to push away with the whole foot? When I drive I tend to just drive with the front part of the foot. I've tried using my whole foot but it feels really strange.
When you get to the catch, the only part of the foot that should be on the stretchers are your toes and the top part of the foot. If your whole foot is on the stretcher it means you aren't fully compressed, which means your stroke is going to be short and not as powerful. If you have really good hamstring flexibility then sometimes you can be fully compressed while still having your feet flat against the stretchers but that's not a super common thing.
Related: Question about the foot plates on the ergs – what number do you find it's best to keep them on? Is there a standard it's "supposed to" be at or is it best for each girl to change them for herself? What do those numbers even mean?
You want to feel your heels come up as you come into the catch so that when you start the drive you can push them down and against the stretcher – hence why rowing is more of a "pushing" sport than a "pulling" one. This is also why coxswains tell you to "stomp", "feel the connection", "connect and press with the toes", etc. The only time you should have your whole foot against the stretcher is when you finish the leg drive (when the slide stops) and start the recovery (before the slide starts).


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On Wednesday, I wrote about using Three Strikes to keep myself moving forward to the end of my first draft. It worked. In fact, I met all my writing goals this week.
I'm not going to belabor the point too much. In a horse race, there are appropriate times to keep the horse from giving everything he's got too soon. At the end of the race, however, the horse needs to run at top speed, holding nothing back. I feel like I'm on the last quarter and the finish line is just around the bend. Go full speed ahead, get down and dirty, and make a strong finish. That's the plan.
How do you keep yourself moving through the first draft?
I'm on a Monday to Sunday work week, and I only post accumulated word count on Sunday evening.
*Sunday only – Word count as of today is 75,587 (as of 10/14/2012)
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At this juncture in our fight, we see three key strategies for putting a full stop to these anchorages:
- Our approach to date has been to conduct and explore independent research and analysis of this anchorage proposal and to carefully review any documents we can get our hands on that the proponents are using to justify going ahead with their plan. While much of this work is being done by volunteers and we do receive pro bono legal support, there are still many costs for legal research and advice, access to information requests etc.
- Spreading the word and enlisting concerned citizens on and off Gabriola Island to support our cause costs money too. We are employing everything from lawn signs and vehicle stickers to social media and conventional media campaigns.
- GAFA executive members continue to pursue and partake in meetings with government and industry officials to learn what we can and to press our case that the shores of Gabriola are not the right place for freighter anchorages. This at times involves travel expenses.
- Click on the Donate button above or follow this link.
- Go to any Coastal Credit Union office and make a donation to the Gabriolans Against Freighter Anchorages Society account.
- Write a cheque to Gabriolans Against Freighter Anchorages Society and mail it to the following address:
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This is what the internet is for! To MAKE MPs disclose how much of, like, OUR MONEY they've, like, TOTALLY WASTED on POTPLANTS!!?!?!?!
I mean ... I couldn't have, like TOTALLY put it better myself!!?!?!?
If they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear!! A bit like 42 days detention, eh? Eh??!?!?!