Notable Voices (January 5, 2012)
Six New Year's Resolutions for Church Leaders - Tony Morgan
Healthy churches are built around healthy leaders. It begins with you. If you're not healthy, your influence will be marginal at best. Are you ready for a fresh a start? Here are six resolutions to set you up for success. They're the foundation for helping you take your next steps in your leadership.
Book Reviews for Two New Marriage Books - Tim Challies and Denny Burk
In the last month, two new books on marriage have been released by well-known Christian authors. While the audiences for these books may admittedly be different in their makeup, it is interesting to see the contrast in the topics covered and the way in which they are presented.
The Meaning of Marriage | Real Marriage
Six Tips for Reading Your Bible - Ryan Whitley
So, how is it going with your Bible reading for 2012? I know many of you have made the commitment to read through God's Word this year, and I am proud of you for accepting the challenge. Today is day four. You are doing a great job. Stay the course. You only have 362 days (Leap Year) remaining. Here are a few tips for staying the course and completing the process of reading through God's Word.
Easy Like Friday Afternoon: A Manifesto on Hard-Believism - Jared C. Wilson
To have Jesus as Savior is to have him as Lord. It is not legalism to say the new birth begins a new life. Yes, we still battle the flesh -- crucifying it daily -- but this in itself is a change from the old life, in which we cared nothing about battling the flesh. We still have sin in us, but we are conscious of it, convicted about it, and concerned to be rid of it. This is not works salvation; this is the fruit of salvation.
30 Social Media Predictions for 2012 - Social Media Examiner
How will social media impact businesses in 2012? We sought expert opinions from a wide range of pros you're likely familiar with. To give you a glimpse of what we can expect in the next 12 months, we decided to tap their knowledge and expertise. Here are their predictions of where social media is headed in the next 12 months.
Free Audiobook Download of J.I. Packer's Knowing God - Christian Audio
What began as a number of consecutive articles angled for "honest, no-nonsense readers who were fed up with facile Christian verbiage" in 1973, Knowing God has become a contemporary classic by creating "small studies out of great subjects." Each chapter is so specific in focus (covering topics such as the trinity, election, God's wrath, and God's sovereignty), that each succeeding chapter's theology seems to rival the next, until one's mind is so expanded that one's entire view of God has changed.
