Month: March 2012

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“Sardis: Coasting on Tradition or Growing Spiritually?” by Dr. Jim Bradford

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In this video, Dr. Jim Bradford continues his devotional series on the Seven Letter to the Churches. Here, he focuses on the letter to the church at Sardis, asking this spiritual assessment question: “Are we coasting on our image and traditions, or are we authentically alive and growing spiritually?” “Sardis: Coasting on Tradition or Growing Spiri…, posted with vodpod Continue reading “Sardis: Coasting on Tradition or Growing Spiritually?” by Dr. Jim Bradford

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Review of Karl W. Giberson, The Wonder of the Universe: Hints of God in Our Fine-Tuned World

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Karl W. Giberson, The Wonder of the Universe: Hints of God in Our Fine-Tuned World (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2012). $16.00, 216 pages. Like many Christian ministers, I did not study science at the undergraduate or graduate level. Instead, I opted for philosophy and theology, academic disciplines which I felt would better prepare me for ministry. Thus, while I am not wholly ignorant of modern science, my understanding of it is admittedly thin. My conversations with ministerial colleagues indicate that this thin understanding is the rule among us, not the exception. Such a thin understanding of science is, it … Continue reading Review of Karl W. Giberson, The Wonder of the Universe: Hints of God in Our Fine-Tuned World

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Review of “Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work” by Tom Nelson

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Tom Nelson, Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011). $15.99, 224 pages. In the late 1990s, I took a two-year hiatus from pastoral ministry to work in corporate America. My experience there shaped the way I think about Christian vocation. It taught me that the pastoral vocation was but one of many Christian vocations. Its purpose was to help people respond to both their primary vocation (faith in Jesus Christ for salvation) and their secondary vocation (faithful presence in the workaday world). Tom Nelson’s Work Matters is an insightful treatment of how Christians’ primary vocation … Continue reading Review of “Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work” by Tom Nelson

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Thyatira: the danger of rationalizing sin

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In this video, Dr. Jim Bradford continues his devotional series on the Seven Letters to the Churches in Revelation 2-3. Here’s this week’s spiritual assessment question: Has our ministry fruitfulness caused us to rationalize either personal or corporate sin? Thyatira: the danger of rationalizing sin, posted with vodpod Continue reading Thyatira: the danger of rationalizing sin