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Commentary on 1 Peter 4:6

Last Updated November 24, 2006 by Matt 1 Comment

I was listening to an interview with NT Wright, and very briefly he touched on 1 Peter 4:6, which people refer to when they talk about Jesus descending into hell and preaching to the people there.  Essentially, he said he doesn’t have a good exegetical explanation for what that verse means.  Well, if he can’t […]

Filed Under: Christianity, emerging church, Theology

Scot McKnight at JBU

Last Updated November 8, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

Being a recent graduate (May ’06) of John Brown University, as well as having a brother there who is a freshman, I still keep fairly informed about what happens on campus. One of my habits while a student was to skim over the list of chapel speakers for the upcoming semester as soon as it […]

Filed Under: Christianity, emerging church, Personal

Honestly…

Last Updated October 25, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

I just don’t get it.  Some anti-emergents are just puzzling.  This guy goes off on Driscoll and Bell and really gives no reason why.  I’m having trouble seeing how Bell is heretical in this sermon.  I’ve listened to it before.  Maybe it’s not ageeable to some, but to say that it put him outside of […]

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Best Youth Ministry Books

These are the books that will completely change the way you think about youth ministry, for the better. Links are to my reviews of each book.

Teen 2.0 by Robert Epstein

A psychologist makes you question every assumption you have about adolescence.

Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry by Andrew Root

Why build relationships? Root’s answer will surprise you.

Best Youth Ministry Books: Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher

Yesterday I finally read Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher, and since I’m one of the latecomers to the conversation I won’t summarize the book too much. Marko has linked to tons of reviews on his blog if you are interested in more in-depth summaries. If you are fairly in-tune with a lot of the […]

Best Youth Ministry Books: Postmodern Youth Ministry

Postmodern Youth Ministry by Tony Jones is the book I would recommend to youth ministers if they could just read one youth ministry book. I first read the book in my Foundations and Practices of Youth Ministry class at John Brown University. After the preface to the book there is a page titled, “The Day […]

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