One Man’s Winding Path Back to Religion
(adapted from USA Today) Kyle Dodig, 38, began a year-long search after realizing the Catholic realized he wasn’t sure he believed in God. He read the Bible in search of ways to “bring faith back into his life.” Every weekend for 12 months he promised to visit a different place of worship. “I guess you
College Students and Church
(Outreach, January/February 2007) 52% Percentage of students who regularly attend religious services before going to college 29% Percentage of college juniors who regularly attend religious services 60% Percentage of college freshmen who report questioning their religious beliefs 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek
Do You Know?: George A. Buttrick
(Taken from American Preachers of To-Day by Edgar DeWitt Jones, 1933) Dr. Buttrick was born in Northumberland, England, and educated in Independent College, Manchester, and Victoria University. He began as a Congregationalist in Quincy, Illinois, going from there to First Congregational Church, Rutland, Vermont, and thence to First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, New York. In 1927
Who Gets to Narrate the World?
Contending for the Christian Story in an Age of Rival – Robert E. Webber. IVP Books. “Convinced that American evangelicals are facing the demise of their entire way of life and faith, Webber challenges his readers to rise up and engage both the external and internal challenges, confronting them today. This means that Christians must
Conversations with C. S. Lewis
Imaginative Discussions About Life, Christianity and God – Robert Velarde. IVP Books. The author “uses fiction to describe what it might be like to talk with and learn from C. S. Lewis in person, and in his own words.” Velarde said, “I’d hope readers would come away with a better understanding of how Lewis defended
SBCPC
This site provides all the information you need regarding the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference. Even if you won’t be attending, the site provides a valuable 40-day online prayer resource guide. www.sbcpc.net 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
Lesson from Children
by Vance Havner Children (Matthew 18:2)Childish (Matthew 11:16-19)Childlike (Matthew 18:3) 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
"I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead." - C. H. Spurgeon
The Godhead
"The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls Father." - J. I. Packer
God the Father
"The greatest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at any given time may say or do, but what he in the deep heart conceives God to be like. We tend, by a secret law of the soul, to move toward our mental image of God." - A. W. Tozer
God
Preaching by Faith and Sight
A 2007 Leadership journal survey of preachers shows the visual revolution is well underway. Leadership surveys 515 subscribers who, as lead pastors, preach regularly. Most have entered the visual fray–some signed on willingly, others feel conscripted–but almost all have felt the ground shift beneath their pulpits as technologies, audience expectations, and Game Boy learning styles make new demands on
How wired are teens and their parents?
(as seen in USA TODAY Snapshots) Parents Teens Cellphone 89% 63% Desktop Computer 83% 72% Laptop Computer 37% 25% iPod or MP3 Player 29% 51% PDA 13% 8% 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.