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Persevere in Prayer

June 15, 2012 by mattperman

Here’s another cut from my book: 1. Persevere in Prayer Perseverance in prayer as a key means of overcoming obstacles. Don’t stop praying about something just because it hasn’t been answered within a few days or weeks. Keep pressing on. This is exactly what Jesus commands us to do: “And he told them a parable […]

Filed Under: Prayer

Get a Bible You Like to Use

June 13, 2012 by mattperman

This is a cut from my book that I’m not including so I can stay within my word count. This is from the chapter “The Role of Prayer and Scripture in Your Productivity”: Have a Bible you like to use. It’s true that what really matters is the Bible itself, not the particular format it’s […]

Filed Under: Reading Scripture

The Fruit of the Spirit and Your Work

May 20, 2012 by mattperman

So, in what areas of life are we to manifest the fruit of the Spirit? Just at church? We are to manifest the fruit of the Spirit in all areas of life. We so easily miss that. It’s easy to think of the fruit of the Spirit and other Christian virtues as applying to some […]

Filed Under: e Work and Vocation

Every Member … Mercy Ministry?

May 14, 2012 by mattperman

A good observation by Tim Keller in his book Ministries of Mercy: We have done a good job of teaching that every believer is a minister and to be a witness. But we haven’t done a good job of teaching that every Christian is to be engaged in mercy ministries. We have almost completely ceded this […]

Filed Under: Mercy Ministry

An Incredible Collection of Resources for Enjoying Narnia with Your Kids

April 25, 2012 by mattperman

Andy Naselli has done a great service by collecting together ten of the main resources he and his young daughter made use of for enjoying The Chronicles of Narnia to the fullest.

Filed Under: Parenting

5 (Other) Books I'm Looking Forward To

April 18, 2012 by mattperman

At T4G last week, I was actually restrained in the zero dollar bookstore. Yes, even in the bookstore where every book was free, I didn’t “buy” everything, because for the time being I’m seeking to reduce input in order to increase output (a strategy I’m testing — it’s not always good, but I’m trying to […]

Filed Under: b Church and Ministry

Subversive Kingdom: Rebelling Against the Rebellion

April 16, 2012 by mattperman

I’m very much looking forward to reading Ed Stetzer’s forthcoming book Subversive Kingdom: Living as Agents of Gospel Transformation. Here’s a quick summary, which is what gets me excited about the book (along with the fact that it is by Ed Stetzer): How would our culture change if the entire Christian community started actively, intentionally […]

Filed Under: Culture Change

David Murray on "Celebrity Pastors"

April 12, 2012 by mattperman

This is an excellent post by David Murray: I Met a Celebrity Pastor Yesterday. It is short, well said, and very much worth reading. And it won’t be what you expect.

Filed Under: b Church and Ministry

The Secret to Christian Community

April 4, 2012 by mattperman

I don’t know everything there is to know about Christian community. Far from it. But here are two things I know: First, too many Christians live their lives alone, or with insufficient Christian community. Second, the way to true Christian community is to focus first on God, not on having community. If your ultimate aim […]

Filed Under: Community

The Geography of Neglect

April 2, 2012 by mattperman

I just received in the mail the latest episode of Dispatches from the Front by Frontline Missions. Andy Naselli notes that this episode is excellent, just like the previous ones. I’m watching it right now and find it to be excellent as well. My only recommendation to Frontline Missions is to get these in to Netflix […]

Filed Under: Missions

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