The Evolution of English
This month’s issue of Wired carries an interesting article, How English is Evolving Into A Language We May Not Even Understand.
What The People Who Live In Your Backyard Think About Jesus
Update: I can’t figure out why the video is asking for a password. I’ll try to fix this. In the meantime, here’s the password: cpc
Last week I interviewed strangers at a shopping area about one mile away from our church campus. I asked them about Jesus: "Who is Jesus?" "What do you know about Jesus?" The answers were sometimes encouraging, but often saddening.
We showed part 1 of this video yesterday as we kicked off a new sermon series on Hebrews, Jesus for Beat-up People.
Check out the video. It’s less than 2 minutes long.
Saturday Shot
Some photos from our twenties retreat two weeks ago. We had a great time. My buddy Steve Hart, Acts 29 church planter in Spokane Washington, did a great job speaking at our retreat. Check out his blog.
John Meyer took these great photos. Check out his site, Meyer Photography.
Thomas Chalmers Biography?
I’m wanting to read a biography of Thomas Chalmers. I’m having a hard time tracking one down. Anyone know of a good biography of Chalmers?
Pre-order
Today I pre-ordered Tim Keller’s new book, The Prodigal God: Christianity Redefined Through the Parable of the Prodigal Sons. You might want to do the same.
Religion in America: Non-Dogmatic, Diverse, and Politically Relevant
Here’s the latest research from the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, Religion in America: Non-Dogmatic, Diverse, and Politically Relevant.
The most saddening piece of the research:
Most Americans agree with the statement that many religions – not just
their own – can lead to eternal life. Among those who are affiliated
with a religious tradition, seven-in-ten say many religions can lead to
eternal life. This view is shared by a majority of adherents in nearly
all religious traditions, including more than half of members of
evangelical Protestant churches (57%).
Jesus for Beat-up People
This Sunday I begin a sermon series on Hebrews, Jesus for Beat-up People.
Hebrews was written to 1st century urban Christians who were beat-up by life, discouraged and afraid, uncertain of their future–people who felt like their world was falling apart and were tempted to give up, people in desperate need of a fresh vision of who Jesus is and what Jesus has done.
This is a book for our times.
(image on left is of the San Francisco Peninsula)
Jerome Madigan
My buddy Jerome, the worship pastor here at CPC, has just launched a new website that I encourage you to check out. From the website you can learn more about Jerome’s new worship cd, Instructions for Deconstruction.
How the Apostle Paul Trained Men
"Paul…gives us an example of training other men. The New Testament record reveals that Paul took men wherever he went, and the implication becomes clear that he was training them: Silas (Acts 15:40), Timothy (Acts 16:3), Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:18), Erastus (Acts 19:22 and Romans 16:23), Sopater of Berea (Acts 20:4), Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica (Acts 20:4), Gaius from Derbe (Acts 20:4), Tychius and Trophemus from the province of Asia (Acts 20:4) and Luke the physician. Paul was a great preacher of the gospel and teacher of the Scriptures, but he was also a great trainer of men."
-Steve Martin, Dear Timothy, p. 312
