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Good reading and listening.

How important proper perspective is–you don’t work at  the worst place.

Andy Stanley and Louie Giglio discussing ministry and church.

Taking control of social media.

Michael Svigel is starting a set of posts on the church.  The pillers of the church: Marks–orthodoxy, order, ordinances; Works–exultation, edification, evangelism.

The pillar of essential Marks includes Orthodoxy, Order, andOrdinances. Orthodox believers are those who hold to the essential truths of the Christian faith—those fundamentals of the faith that have been believed everywhere, always, and by all. It corresponds with the Protestant emphasis on the “Word of God purely preached and heard” (1 Tim 3:14–15; 2 Tim 1:13–14; 3:13–4:5). Orderemphasizes the necessity of trained, trusted, and tested pastors, teachers, and shepherds of the church, to whom the orthodox faith has been entrusted to pass on to the next generation (Eph 4:11–12; 2 Tim 2:2; 1 Tim 3:1–13; Titus 1:5–9; Heb 13:17; 1 Pet 5:1–3). And the term Ordinances refers to the sacraments of the church, including baptism and the Lord’s Supper as closely associated with discipline and purity of the church’s members (Matt 28:18; 1 Cor 11:23–26; 1 Pet 3:21–22).

The pillar of essential Works includes Evangelism, Edification, andExultation. Evangelism is primarily world-focused, emphasizing local and global missions. It includes invitation and initiation into the church through the gospel of salvation by grace through faith in the person and work of Christ (Matt 28:18; Luke 24:46–49; John 20:30–31; Acts 1:8; Eph 2:8–9). Edification describes the church’s role of building up believers in love and good works through the participation of its various members in their Spirit-gifted ministries, resulting in unity and maturity (Matt 28:19–20; Rom 12:4–8; 1 Cor 3:10–17; Eph 2:19–22; 4:11–13; Heb 5:12–14; 10:23–25). Finally, Exultation refers to the purpose, goal, and focus of the church—to glorify God the Father, through the Son, and by the power of the Spirit. The church must exult God through corporate worship and prayer as well as by a God-glorifying presence in the world (Matt 5:16; 25:34–40; Rom 11:33–12:2; Gal 1:3–5; 1 Pet 4:8–11).

A few interesting things I read in blogosphere recently.

First–the difference between TV and High Def TV.

A woman’s take on “firestorm surrounding Carrie Prejean.”

Nice  website here set up by Westminster Theological Seminary–dealing with more than the movie “Angels and Demons.”

Post that led me to 6 sermons/lectures by D.A. Carson on Hebrews.

Worth reading

A brief history of Evangelicalism and its current situation: collapse and Calvinism.

An in depth analysis of Bart Ehrman’s latest book, Jesus, Interrupted.  Part 1, Part 2.

A nice response to Ehrman and others, watch this Day of Discovery 8 part video series–Jesus: Man, Messiah or more?  If nothing else, this Easter season, watch part 8, The Resurrection.

An a much lighter note:

How would you introduce Jesus to a room full of people?

My favorite tech blog, Lifehacker.