200th Post

Approximately 6 months ago I made my first blog post ever. Now I have reached 200. It's been fun deciding what my content will be, writing out thoughts, and learning about the vast number of people that share incredible content throughout the blogosphere every day. Glad to be a part of it. Here's looking to post number 500...

Link Dump -- June 22nd

More interesting reads and some random stuff...

How to recruit your team NCC has tons of great resources!

Does putting the scriptures on the screen promote Biblical Illiteracy?

Wishing, Desiring, Intending

Marinated Flank Steak this one made me hungry, guess whats going on the grill ASAP?

How to keep from being so negative...

Isaac Newton predicted the Apocolypse

5 most common capital campaign mistakes

If Chuck Norris ran for President... BON is good for sevreal great posts every day!

make your own demotivational poster

What firearm are you?

You scored as Assault Rifle, You are soldier. Or you want to be a soldier. Or you just love military-type firearms. You need assault rifle. M16 or AK-47 will do good. Assault Rifle 88% Sniper Rifle 75% Revolver 75% Pistol 75% Shotgun 69% SMG 44% Machinegun 19% What Firearm Fits You Best? created with QuizFarm.com

What Marvel Superhero are you?

Been having fun with these quizzes from Quiz Farm.

You scored as Mister Fantastic, Mister Fantastic can shift his body (or portions of same) into a super-malleable state, enabling him to stretch, compress, expand, deform, elongate, contract or otherwise reshape his physical form at will. He can stretch his limbs, neck and torso to incredible lengths, though extending himself beyond approximately 1500 feet is a serious physical strain. Reed Richards is perhaps the greatest living genius of his time, proficient in almost all fields of science and technology, a visionary theoretician Mister Fantastic 60% Spider-Man 60% Blade 55% Captain America 50% The Hulk 50% Wolverine 35% Iron Man 35% The Thing 25% What Marvel Hero would you be (Version 2)? created with QuizFarm.com

Link Dump -- June 20th

A few more from around the blogosphere...

Cracked me up ... you'll appreciate this if you ever stepped on one of Barbie's little plastic shoes with bare feet.

The Gospel of manliness : this is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogs

Will you be going to see Evan Almighty?

Derry posted a link to some hilarious t-shirts; seriously pondering an order.

Why are Christians such dorks?

All you'll ever need to know about falafel

Mark Batterson shares 10 ways he hears from God.

What sport are you meant for ???

Did another quiz for fun (they're really quick!). The big surprise was how high socer scored. I have always enjoyed the game but never would have dreamed that it wold tie for the top spot. What was your sport?

You scored as Baseball, You should play baseball, the true American sport. There's lots of positions to choose from, but the most important are pitcher and catcher. Soccer 92% Baseball 92% Football 83% Softball 83% Volleyball 58% Tennis 58% Basketball 42% Golf 33% Ice Hockey 33% Swimming 33% Field hockey 25% Lacrosse 17% Track 0% What sport are you meant for?? created with QuizFarm.com

What Theologian are you???

Just for fun I ran through this quiz. Not sure I liked all of the questions wording but I think all in all I would probably agree with the results. I am glad I was not a 100% match to anyone as I have yet to find a theologian that I have agreed with 100% of the time. Go ahead and give it a whirl.

You scored as Jonathan Edwards, You're the original hellfire-and brimstone preacher and you take God's justice very seriously. You are passionate about preaching and an accomplished theologian. Charles Finney 73% Jonathan Edwards 73% John Calvin 73% Martin Luther 67% Karl Barth 60% Anselm 53% Friedrich Schleiermacher 53% Jürgen Moltmann 40% Augustine 27% Paul Tillich 13% Which theologian are you? created with QuizFarm.com

Book #10 - Breakout Churches by Thom Rainer

Seems like forever since I actually finished a book so I could post about it. This time of the year is always slow reading for me. I have little extra time and it seems that I start more books at the same time. Seems like the busier schedule kicks ADD into gear. I am confident that I can still reach my goal of 30 books in 2007. Just finishing my currently started ones will help put a major dent in my deficit.
I am wrapping up Thom Rainer's book, BREAKOUT CHURCHES . I think that this book should be added to the required reading list of every church staff member as well as every ministry student in school today. It is not a "magic formula" for a great church but the lessons provided could save many heart and head aches for it's readers.
The book is based on Jim Collins' GOOD TO GREAT (another book on my "to read" pile). It breaks down how 13 churches that Rainer's team compare to other churches that show basic similarities to them have achieved their breakout status. Stringent filtering guidelines were put into place to find these churches. The truths provided will keep me thinking about this book for some time I believe. It may well serve as a resource book as well. I am sure that I will be returning to selected chapters as the need arises.
I was surprised to understand how relevant this book is to where my church is at this time. I can easily see how we could go down the path to being a breakout church as well as how easily we could become distracted from what we have been called to do in our community and become a mediocre congregation. This book combine the principle of being an easy read along with a depth of information that is rare.

Lou Holtz Speech to Notre Dame - for dave and the nation

This man makes you want to run through a brick wall for him. Gets me fired up every time I hear it!

Friendly Atheist -- Atheists Hurting Atheism

The Friendly Atheist blog has a follow up post to the "Christians Hurting Christianity" post. This time he is looking at Atheists who hurt Atheism. Interesting read...