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Book Review of the Second Testament by Scot McKnight
The Second Testament: A New Translation By Scot McKnight IVP Press ISBN 978-0-8308-4699-3 Scot McKnight has produced a personal translation ...
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Book Discussion: The Shack Overview Questions If you were to rank the book: THE SHACK on a scale of 1-5, what would you rate it and why woul...
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Ok, so I am remiss on doing any real original posts leading up to this holiday season. With a job change and a new baby on the way, as well ...
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Good morning Clint, thanks for visiting my blog! I think you may have misread my title though; I said "Willow Creek in Business Week" not "Willow Creek in business!"
When one sees the operation of a church reduced to dollar signs like you do in this chart one can't help but get a little uncomfortable. But as long as a church, whether it's run by a bunch of MBAs or a bunch of seminary graduates, remembers that the money is to grow the people and not the other way around, the kingdom of God prevails.
In this case, the large numbers themselves are offensive to some people, but there is nothing vulgar about having an operating budget...every church has one. What we need to be on the lookout for, in big churches and little ones, is that the resources aren't being used for worldy pursuits, but for heavenly ones. That is why Willow makes it's books available to the congregation and I think that would be a great policy for any church.
Actually, it looks like I misread your title, lol...that's what happens when you're trying to surf the web in the middle of the night! I'm going to bed!
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