Article Connected to Friday's Take5

For the article by John Ortberg that coincides with the Take5 for today, please click the link below:

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Resources for Daily Bible Reading!

Allowing God's Word to grow you daily is a vital part of living your life for Christ. Here are some resources for reading the Bible and thinking about it daily so it can change you!

Our Daily Bread (from Radio Bible Class)

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Read through the Bible in a Year (from Christianity Today)

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Resources mentioned in the Message Today.

Resources mentioned in the message about the Bible today.

Being the Church today! - Discuss it here! Replay!

Simply push the replay button in the middle of the window below and you will be able to review the discussion Pastor Drew and I had with 53 people in a live interactive blog Monday night about how the church can be the church today. Please note that I was on a live webcam, so you will not see many messages from me. Participants could see and hear me.

Being the Church today!

There are two opportunities to chat with Pastors Shawn and Drew (and others) in an interactive online discussion about what the church looks like when it is being the church. 

How will the Body of Christ live out Jesus in a world gripped by crisis and uncertainty? Are those who are not Christ-followers looking for Jesus in His church today? What influence can or should the church have on people in the current culture? Is the financial chaos of our times a window of opportunity for churches to re-calibrate to the core ideals of the early church as found in the Book of Acts, or has the evangelical church lost a voice of legitimacy altogether?

The online dialogue will follow Pastor Shawn's first message (Sunday, Feb 15th) in a series of seven messages addressing the church's need to be marked by authenticity, simplicity, and community. 

Join us Monday (Feb 16th) and Thursday (Feb 19th) between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. - right here at this blog site. A live blogging tool known as "Coveritlive" will be used to facilitate the chat-room-like interaction of the two host pastors with those who participate. 

It should be a great discussion! Sign up below to get a reminder for one or both events - or just show up here at either time.