Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last week, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:
- The Primacy of the Kingdom
Posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 in Feature Articles – Views: (89)“Seek first the Kingdom of God”, Jesus says in Matthew 6. When you do, all “these things” you need will be added to you. What kind of things? Food, shelter, clothes. The basic necessities of life.This tells us a lot about the Kingdom of God (aka the Kingdom of Heaven). The Kingdom is to be our primary focus. So what does that mean for us?
- The Time is Now for the Great Thinkers
Posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 in Quotes – Views: (85)
- [/caption]Wonderful quote from Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States.These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or in the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties.
- The Story of Ezra
Posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 in Video – Views: (73)Duration: 18:44Note: This video must be watched at the blog, it does not show up in the blog reader. Also, a word of caution, this video clip has some profanity.Born in Eastern Nigeria, Newton Aduaka and his family moved to Lagos in 1970 at the end of the Biafran War. In 1985 he left for England to study engineering, but discovered cinema.
- Momma’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to be Pastors
Posted on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 in Humor – Views: (73)If this weren’t so true, it would be funny…
- The Dissertation, and a blog issue resolved
Posted on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 in Doctoral Studies – Views: (62)
Dissertation
- Abigail Adams
Just a few moments ago, I finished up the major pieces of my dissertation. My parents provided some resources so I could come to Rehoboth Beach, DE and spend three nights in a hotel and finish this up. I have emailed everything to my professors and a professional editor I have been using.
- The Charter for Compassion
Posted on Friday, November 14th, 2008 in Video – Views: (47)Duration: 21:27Note: This video must be watched at the blog, it does not show up in the blog reader.Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events.A former nun, Armstrong has written two books about this experience: Through the Narrow Gate, Revised: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery, about her seven years in the convent, and The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness, about her subsequent spiritual awakening, when she developed her iconoclastic take on the major monotheistic religions — and on the strains of fundamentalism common to all.
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David is an entrepreneur, pastor, coach, and author. He has his doctorate from George Fox Seminary where he studied under Len Sweet, his M.Div. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and has done post graduate work in communications from the University of Alabama and the University of South Florida. He lives with his wife Brenna Phillips in Smyrna, DE. 
