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How To Memorize Entire Books of The Bible – There’s no magic to memorizing long passages of Scripture.  It takes hard work, but anyone can do it.

The Church Afraid of LeadershipWe find leadership throughout the Scriptures. You can’t miss it.

8 Causes of Spiritual Depression – Most of us go through real times of spiritual melancholy in the Christian life. They can be brief or entire seasons in which, as Gisbertus Voeitus said, a person “fails to feel his or her heart’s delight in God and divine things.”

How Christians Are Responding to the Noah Movie – It’s a movie that’s made waves among evangelicals (pun intended), but let’s be honest: we’re not all in the same boat here. In fact, I struggle to remember any film that has drawn so much praise and criticism from churchgoing Christians.

7 Things a Good Dad Says –  I have found myself thinking back to the many models of fatherhood I have seen and admired through the years. What made these fathers admirable? What set them apart? What was it that they said to their children? From these models I have drawn seven things a good father says.

Ways to Restore Zeal When Sharing Your Faith – Hundreds of Christians are martyred every day for their faith. Yet, today, most Christians in the western church will be silent, afraid, or unmoved by the lostness around them.

How Modern Evangelism Creates Consumers 

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3 Ways To Recognize Bad Stats – We need to be shrewd when it comes to statistics and reality: things are not always as they seem.

Are Young Christians “Embarrassingly Ignorant” of Their Faith? – A Christian professor is tackling the claim that young believers are “embarrassingly ignorant” of their faith in a new book intended to answer some of theology’s most asked questions.

The Daily Routine of Geniuses – For these geniuses, a routine was more than a luxury — it was essential to their work.

Ten Things To Do During Suffering – We will all suffer, of that there is no doubt. It is strange, then, that we are often unprepared for it. With that in mind, a useful exercise is to summarize Scripture and identify what words of God can guide us when things are hard. 

Why It Is So Easy To Doubt Christianity – Christianity is the easiest religion to doubt. In fact, I think I would go as far to say followers of Christ doubt their faith more than followers of any other God.

This could be the solution to our addiction to smart phones!

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Here’s some interesting and helpful stuff around the web this week…

All The “One Another” Passages in Scripture – “Love one another.” “Bear one another’s burdens.” “Forgive one another.” The New Testament gives Christians a lot of “one another” instructions: things we should  do on behalf of our family in Christ. 

Nine Practical Pointers for Plodders – Jon Bloom writes: Purpose to be a plodder. A plodder keeps moving. A plodder perseveres. A plodder presses on. A plodder knows the disappointment of unrealized ideals, feels the fear of failure and exposed deficiencies, and the ambiguity of too many demands, options, and tasks. But a plodder isn’t immobilized by them. He or she presses on in the faith that God will supply the needed strength (1 Peter 4:11), wisdom (James 1:5), and direction (Proverbs 3:6).

8 Ways to Get More Done This Week – Some helpful thoughts by Tim Challies on productivity.

The Most Dangerous Idol of The Next Generation –  Tyler McKenzie writes: The most dangerous idol of my generation is freedom. That’s why we stake claims to our own version of truth, because we want freedom. We don’t want anyone telling us how to live. That’s captivity! Accepting your version of truth means sacrificing my personal freedom. So in the name of freedom, subjectivity rules.

American Bible Reading Statistics – The number of people in America who do not identify with any religion may be at an all-time high, but the Bible still holds an important place in the lives of many Americans, a new report suggests.

God’s Not Dead – Is God dead? Not in academia. As someone who teaches philosophy at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, Vince Vitale is well placed to know what the top scholarship says about God. Vince shows how in the fields of philosophy and sociology, God is very much alive. If you think intellectual objections undermine belief in God, Vince suggests that you may be unaware of the arguments at the highest level. 

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Here are some articles, etc… I have found around the web this week that have been helpful…

I Have All The Time I Need – Tim Challies writes: There is a cost to busyness, but there is a more subtle cost to being perceived as busy. When people believe that I’m busy, they also believe that I am unapproachable.

When Things Get Complicated, Remember the Basics – Trevin Wax writes a great reminder to us that though our society becomes more complex in regards to technology and ethics, some things remain the same. Jesus saves. So love God. Love people. The basics never change.

Making Space for Hard Questions – This article here by Fuller Youth Institute has some helpful advice in providing space for teenagers to ask and struggle with the hard questions of the faith.  A lot of kids are wrestling with tough questions alone and in silence. This does not have to be. 

Avoiding Short Lived Ministry – A huge part of ministry is constantly training up others, releasing others, and empowering others, so that they can replicate what you do or replace you when you’re done. -Kevin DeYoung

Gone Fishin’ – A Forgotten Model of Ministry –  What is a minister of the Gospel? The most common answers include models like Shepherd, Servant, Preacher, Theologian, Teacher, Counselor, Leader, and so on. But one model that’s rarely thought about or spoken about today is the first model that Jesus used – Fisherman (Matt. 4:19). -David Murray

Something More. This video portrays how one man changed the course of history. Even without the mention of his name, you know who it is.

 

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A Look Around the Web will be a Thursday post of articles found throughout the Internet that hopefully you will find interesting and helpful. This is just another way for this site to be a resource.

9 Magazines Worth Subscribing To – Trevin Wax, an author, blogger and editor at Lifeway Christian Resources shares magazines that he has found helpful for him personally.

Toughest Leadership Roles – This is from Forbes magazine. Want to take a guess at what they see as the toughest leadership role?

The One Thing Christians Should Stop Saying – Some interesting thoughts on what it means to be blessed.

An Improvement-Proof Gospel – “If you know and speak the gospel, you are a channel for God’s destroying of strongholds and resurrecting of lives. Every Christian who can articulate the gospel has the launch code and access to the button.”

Dying to Disciple: How Far Are We Willing to Go in Our Pursuit of People -Great article in helping us think about what it really means to be involved in the lives of others.

What does it mean to work well? Matt Perman, the author of the brand new What’s Best Next: How The Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done, discusses this question and more with Colin Hansen

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