The oil spill in the gulf is horrible. Period. The ocean, wildlife, and coastline will be affected for years, maybe decades. Untold thousands are hurt, both financially and in terms of opportunities. Future plans are shattered. My heart goes out to these people, and I’m glad there is some financial assistance for them from British Petroleum.
A news story recently caught my attention. A church in Alabama has applied for $50,000 in financial disaster relief from BP. The pastor was quoted as saying, "We're fighting for our lives just like a business."
Another local church leader said that churches that abide by biblical stewardship principles don't need help from BP because they...
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Remember life before the smartphone? With the apps, e-mail access and web access I can easily forget it’s also a phone. Problem is, so did the makers of my Blackberry. Not a day goes by without someone saying, “Can you say that again? I can’t hear you?” Turns out the crummy mic on my phone makes me sound like a robot gargling mouthwash.
All this technology and I can’t have a simple phone conversation. Did Paul have smartphones in mind when he wrote to the Corinthians, “Unless you speak intelligible words, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air?”
It’s a great reminder of how many ministry organizations operate. Lots of fancy ringtones to captivate but the core message is getting distorted. Jack Welch said, “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” I would add that poor leaders create a vision but can’t articulate it, get distracted, splinter their energies and resources in a hundred noble affairs and end up with a shell of what could have been...
Our apologies... In the original posting there was an incorrect link. So, I'm re-posting this. I encourage you to read it and comment. It is well done and provocative.
Every media professional in the church world should wrestle daily with the moral implications of how we "market" the Gospel to our culture. Leave it to the always provocative and thoughtful John MacArthur to make us sweat a bit. Check out his recent post and feel free to comment.
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Every media professional in the church world should wrestle daily with the moral implications of how we "market" the Gospel to our culture. Leave it to the always provocative and thoughtful John MacArthur to make us sweat a bit. Check out his recent post and feel free to comment.
Click here to read.
Recently Vaughn Street was asked to produce an interactive media curriculum for best selling author Joyce Meyer's recent book, The Love Revolution, which was released at the JMM annual women's conference in St. Louis. The project features contributions from world-renowned guests John Maxwell, Martin Smith (Delirious?), Darlene Zschech (Hillsongs), and others. This is the latest project in our ongoing partnership with Joyce Meyer Ministries and we were thrilled to work with the ministry again, especially on this message. As a follow up, Holt Vaughn asked Joyce and her son, CEO Danny Meyer, to discuss their heart behind this latest project.
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And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.
-Hebrews 10:24