Tag Archives: Out of Ur

Preaching: What’s Not a Myth

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We are continuing our consideration of an article by David Fitch, “3 Myths About Preaching Today,” posted in “Out of Ur.” The Kind of Preaching We Desperately Need The task of preaching is to proclaim truth. It is the moment … Continue reading →

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Preaching: Myth 3

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We are continuing our consideration of an article by David Fitch, “3 Myths About Preaching Today,” posted in “Out of Ur.” MYTH 3: The Goal of Preaching is to Make the Bible Relevant We pastors, who are at the end … Continue reading →

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Preaching: Myth 2

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We are continuing our consideration of an article by David Fitch, “3 Myths About Preaching Today,” posted in “Out of Ur.” MYTH 2: Who You Preach To is Who You Will Reach I have heard it said repeatedly “who you … Continue reading →

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Preaching: Myth 1

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Jay F Guin

This post and the next few like it are based on article by David Fitch, “3 Myths About Preaching Today,” posted in “Out of Ur,” the Christianity Today blog. Fitch is a pastor at Life on the Vine, in Long … Continue reading →

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Sex, the Church, and Miss California: Serving the Hurting

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Jay F Guin

The church should be a community that … loves and nurtures the hurting souls and bruised lost ones who seriously desire to be shown another way but are too consumed at this moment to see anything else. This is big. … Continue reading →

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Sex, the Church, and Miss California: Hyper-romantic Notions of Sexuality

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Jay F Guin

To try to get a sense of what David Fitch is saying in his article, I figure I should sort through the summary points he makes at the end — I believe we need to become the kind of community … Continue reading →

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Sex, the Church, and Miss California: The Question Posed

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Jay F Guin

A few days ago, David Fitch posted an article at “Out of Ur” (Christianity Today‘s blog) that takes such an unconventional view of the Miss California controversy that I had to talk about it. You see, he may be right, but … Continue reading →

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Church and State: A Lesson from a Muslim

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I came across a powerful article in the Out of Ur blog, part of the Christianity Today website, about how a Muslim professor was teaching Christian pastors about (now get this) Christianity. Here’s the key excerpt — When we arrived … Continue reading →

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Church Growth: Singles — the Missing Ministry

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Jay F Guin

How do we account for the dramatic doubling of the number of secular Americans over the last 18 years? And what are we to do about the exodus of young people from the church? Skye Jethani asks these questions in … Continue reading →

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