Liberating you from bad ideas about God
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I am nearing the end of my chapter on Preaching from the book I am writing: Close Your Church for Good. I think it will conclude Wednesday.
So I want to ask you which blog series you would like to see me continue next? Here is your chance to let me know what you want to hear about next.
I have three I am currently rotating through.
First, I could continue on to the next chapter in Close Your Church for Good., in which I will challenge the use of Doctrinal Statements. Does your church have a Doctrinal Statement? Why? Have you ever thought about discarding it? Maybe you should.
Second, we could return to my series in which I blog through my Seminary Notes. The next section I would look at is Theology Proper, which is the study of God. I am actually quite nervous about this, because part of this series requires me to challenge and question what I have been taught. I am not sure I am ready (or courageous enough) to ask the hard questions about what I was taught about God. It almost feels like I would be questioning God Himself!
Third, I could return to my Commentary on Luke. The next section we would look at is Luke 6:12-16, where Jesus selects His twelve apostles. We would look briefly at the various apostles, and also discuss why Jesus chose these twelve, and what we can learn about discipleship today.
If you are sick and tired of all three of these series, you can always suggest something else, such as whether or not there is life on mars, or how Mickey Mouse influenced the career of Donald Duck. Just let me know!
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Some of us are going to start a Blogging book Club, and you are invited to join.
We will select a book (usually about some aspect of Scripture or Theology), and announce the book about 3-4 weeks in advance, so we can all obtain the book and start reading it. We will also invite our blog readers to buy the book.
Then, on a particular date, we will all start writing posts about the book, linking to each other’s blogs, and interacting with each other about the content of the book. It will be somewhat like a Synchroblog, but one where there are several posts over the course of a couple weeks in which we interact not only with the ideas of the book, but also the ideas in other blog posts.
A website is currently under development which will serve as a landing page for the various books we read and links from your blog. More on that in the future.
If you are a blogger, this is a great way to get to know other bloggers, and to introduce yourself to the readers of other blogs. Also, since every post in the series will include links to all the other bloggers who are participating, this will be a great way for all of us to get backlinks for your blog. It’s a win-win situation for everybody.
If you are a blog reader, this is a great way to read a book which may challenge your thinking, while interacting about the ideas of the book with other people around the world.
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I don’t blog much about blogging here on Till He Comes, even though blogging and website development is a big interest of mine.
Why not?
Because I have GraceBlogger for that! I don’t update the site often, but when I do, I try to provide good blogging tips and tricks.
The only reason I am bringing this up is because I am pretty excited about getting into the new Google Plus social networking site. I have always been a big fan of Google and what they are doing for the internet.
So, are you in Google Plus yet? Click on the little G+ social button at the top to add me to a circle. If you are not already in one of my circles, I will add you right back.
If you are not on Google Plus yet, click here to get started, and make sure you add me to one of your first circles.
If you use Standard Theme like I do, and want to add the Google Plus social networking icon to your navigation bar, just follow the short guide I posted at GraceBlogger.
And if you wouldn’t mind, do me a favor every now and then by clicking that +1 button and Tweeting a few of my posts. Thanks!
Did you know I have a secret identity? Well, I do.
And I’m about to let you get a glimpse of who I really am.
No, it is not that I have an alias, or am a top-secret spy from a government agency.
Instead, my secret identity is the part of me that most people don’t know. The part of me that I am often ashamed of. The part of me that is scared to come out. The part of me that stays hidden and locked away.
I cannot share everything, since that is too painful, and too terrifying.
So a small glimpse will have to suffice for now.
