Check out this great film about #35 and #36 out of the 100 People. Don’t know about the 100 People? Go here. #35 and #36 of 100 from The Austin Stone on Vimeo.
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Archive for the ‘General’ Category
September 25, 2010
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Pyromaniacs: An Open Letter to the Southern Baptist Convention
By Brian in GeneralFrank Turk, writing over at one of my favorites blogs – Pyromaniacs, has posted and open letter to the Southern Baptist Convention discussing why he and his family will not be joining an SBC church in their new hometown. Why should we care? Well, here is Frank’s answer: The reason you should care, I think, [...]
Tags: community, gospel, pyromaniacs, southern-baptist-convention
September 15, 2010
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Sometimes the Best Correction is Exhortation
By Brian in General12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:12-13 This was one of the passages in my regular readings [...]
Tags: community, correction, exhortation, Hebrews, rebuke
August 5, 2010
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The need for (and fear of) Biblical community
By Brian in GeneralLast Tuesday at my missional community gathering I was reminded why biblical community is so important… and why we can be so scared of it. First, why is community so important? Well, here’s what emphasized it to me. Last week we were covering Ephesians 6:10-24, the famous ‘armor of God’ passage. I’ll admit that this [...]
August 5, 2010
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Matt Carter to speak at The Nines online conference
By Brian in GeneralThe Leadership Network has announced that the Austin Stone’s own Matt Carter will be one of the speakers at The Nines online conference this year. Registration is free, so there is no excuse not to check him and all the other great speakers out. More info here.
Tags: Carter, conferences, leadership-network, the-nines
May 19, 2010
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‘The Connected Kingdom’ – A new podcast on the intersection of Christianity and the digital age
By Brian in GeneralTim Challies and David Murray have teamed up to produce a new podcast. The Connected Kingdom is going to be about living as a Christian in the digital age. I’m listening through the first 6 episodes, and it is pretty good so far. I wish them well, and you should check it out.
Tags: Challies, technology
May 6, 2010
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The Austin Stone announces the non-profit partners/tenants of the For The City Center
By Brian in GeneralTuesday night at the always moving First Tuesday prayer service, Matt Carter announced the 4 non-profits that have signed agreements to be the first tenants at the For The City Center that is a major part of the new Austin Stone Community Church campus in the St. John’s neighborhood. This is an exciting step in [...]
Tags: austin, austin-stone, for-the-city, st-johns
April 28, 2010
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Wayne Grudem and Adrian Warnock on Politics
By Brian in GeneralHere is a good interview that Adrian Warnock did with Wayne Grudem on politics and Christianity. While I have not given deep thought to it, I have been seen changes in the way I view the intersection of faith and politics. To that end, there are some interesting observations in the clip below. Wayne Grudem [...]
April 19, 2010
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Matt Carter speaking at Advance 2010
By Brian in GeneralI’m excited to hear that my senior Pastor Matt Carter will be speaking at the Advance 2010. His talk is titled Ecclessia Engaged: For the Joy of the City, which I assume is going to be an extension of our church’s philosophy of outreach to the city in order to make the gospel of Jesus [...]
Tags: Advance-10, austin-stone, Carter, for-the-city
April 2, 2010
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Struggling with Worship? 3 Questions to Think About
By Brian in GeneralAs we come to Easter Sunday and I am travelling home to visit my parents and celebrate with my family, the idea of worship and praise is on my mind. I have been re-thinking and in many ways re-learning about the worship of our Savior over the past several months. I used to think it [...]
