Category: Random Links

THE POLITICS OF JESUS : An Anabaptist Understanding Of The New Testament (via Prodigal Kiwi) a simplified summary of John H. Yoder’s classic book by Nathan Hobby with James Patton. I need to watch book spending … summaries help to delay the purchases for a short while 🙂 born again? we talked about the John…

I’ve been doing random links quite a bit partly because there’s a lot of catching up to do as far as life, family, and ministry is concerned. So before any Random Thoughts or more reflective posts are coming … I’ll just keep dropping some links with quick impressions – just for a short while (When…

I’ll need a cup of coffee to walk through these excellent pieces (Thanks JYG for linking me back to Christian Counter Culture). Welcoming but not affirming: Homosexuals & the Church. I heard that in the Chinese church scene in Malaysia there’s some controversy from a certain individual and a book he published and launched lately….

The Baby Name Wizard’s NameVoyager This ia a really cool Java site … of course when keying in the names Sivin or Gareth the following wors popped up, “No names starting with Sivin (or Gareth) were in the top 1000 names in any decade.” Random Name Generator If I were a stylish girl … Noe…

Two New Lists – Getting Rid of BAD Discipleship Paradigms This was so simple but very helpful – From a focus on “Do and Don’t Do” List –> what is “Constructive” or “Destructive” List. How come I didn’t think of that? Missional Leaders: Architects of the Imagination “Pastors are architects of the imagination. All that…

A Troika of Books for Taking on a New Role There’s a list of very useful and helpful questions that bring scattered minds into some focus. Search Institute Here’s what they say about themselves, “Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth,…

Brian Walsh – Transformation: Dynamic Worldview or Repressive Ideology? such loaded questions as i scroll down the post. Coulcn’t resist downloading the pdf. Todd Hunter’s Blog Reading it more again … good post on seeking balance. Today’s New International Version Online Bible (via Jason Clark) Never really followed the controversy. Glad to have it online…

A Brief Rule for Pastors and Other Servants This is good for me and anyone who want to pastor or serve. Free Bible Activity Sheets These have been extremely helpful as we try to integrate the children in our worship gathering. The Waiting Room It’s great to see the “BLC community blog” vibrating with pictures…

the 50 Most Influential Christians in America Ah … another list for our reference. I think many of us in Malaysia would recognize more names here than the Times list. I was definately surprised to see some names make it (“Oh, I didn’t know he was a Christian” kind of reaction). Brian McLaren was excluded…

CNN LARRY KING LIVE: America’s Most Influential Evangelicals After skimming through the transcript, I realized why I never bought a “Left Behind” book. I was suprised by TD Jakes and counldn’t help but resonate with the little that Brian McLaren had to say (or was given time to say). I was drawn to a comment…