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Family Integrated Churches

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The issue of family integrated churches (FICs) comes up for my wife and/or I every 2-3 months, it seems. Someone mentions a resource, or a common practice, or a conference, or a book, and asks our opinion. Having published a bit on singleness and marriage, and having taking the position that marriage is normative apart from a special gifting for celibacy, many have associated my thinking as being consistent with that of FICs. At the outset, one must acknowledge that FICs are by no means monolithic. But there are a few over-arching similarities, sufficient to warrant respectful use of the … [Read more...] about Family Integrated Churches

Steve Lawson in Fremont, CA this September

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Pastor Steve Lawson will be speaking at the topic of Expository Preaching this September 13-14 at a conference hosted by Mission Peak Baptist Church in Fremont, CA. Here's the schedule: Session 1 - The Power of Scripture in Expository Preaching Session 2 - What is Expository Preaching? Session 3 - Biblical Examples of Expository Preaching Session 4 - Question and Answer Session Session 5 - Ten Steps in Building an Expository Sermon Session 6 - The Church Built on Expository Preaching The registration fee is $60 from now until June 30. After that, it goes up to $75. … [Read more...] about Steve Lawson in Fremont, CA this September

Rescuing Ambition – Dave Harvey – $5 for 48 hrs

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This new book by Dave Harvey (with a foreword by C.J. Mahaney) sounds like a fantastic resource on a much-neglected topic: the role of ambition in the Christian life. For just the next 48 hours, WTS Books is offering this new book for only $5 (67% off). Just a few of the endorsements: “In Rescuing Ambition, Dave Harvey distinguishes ambition for the glory of God, which is good, from ambition for the glory of self, which is bad. But godly ambition doesn’t exist in a vacuum, so Harvey helps us see how it is intertwined with humility, contentment, faith, and above all, the gospel. Dave Harvey … [Read more...] about Rescuing Ambition – Dave Harvey – $5 for 48 hrs