7 fascinating books [for your summer reading list]
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Summer is a great time to catch up on your reading. And I love to read! With a few other things in my life slowing down temporarily I’m starting to work on my summer reading list. I know that the books in this list will make me laugh, cry, think, create, and challenge me in [...]
be ready [compassion and christian ethics]
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I recently posted some questions that seemed to hit a sensitive spot for lots of people. See it here: can you give me a ride? [a question in christian ethics] While I wanted to generate some discussion around this question, I never expected it to spark as much interest as it did. But that was [...]
[devotional strategy #10] be ready for spiritual battles
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by Andy Deane Satan will fight you tooth and nail to keep you from your daily meeting with the Lord. He hates nothing more than seeing a Christian getting down to business with God, because he knows that such believers are dangerous to his kingdom of darkness. Watch out for these problems: The Battle [...]
[devotional strategy #9] favorite verse study method
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by Andy Deane Studying the Bible should be fun. On way to study the Bible is to use the “Favorite Verse” approach. This Bible study method works well if you start using it with a brand new Bible. Let me explain it to you. First you simply read a chapter of the Bible. Then pause [...]
[devotional strategy #6] have a plan
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by Andy Deane It’s been said, “lf you aim at nothing, you are sure to hit it!” To have a meaningful daily devotion, you will need a plan or some kind of general outline to follow for your quiet time. It could be something as simple as this: Briefly Pray Invite Jesus to be with [...]
[study method #22] thirty day method
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by Andy Deane This Bible study method is almost self-explanatory – but also worth explaining or you might not use it! Personally, I feel that this Bible study method is one of the most exciting—it is also one of the simplest! In short, it consists of choosing a New Testament book and reading it every [...]
[study method #1] the daily bread method
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by Andy Deane The Lord sustained His people for forty years in the wilderness by miraculously providing fresh manna each morning. Regardless of how much manna they collected, it was always enough nourishment for that day. Similarly, the Lord wants to sustain us, every day, with fresh “spiritual manna” from His Word. The Daily Bread [...]
learn to study the bible
If you know me, then you probably know that I believe that one of the greatest problems facing Christianity today is the epidemic level of biblical illiteracy. According to several studies most Christians have never read the entire Bible, and fail to read it regularly. This lack of knowledge of the Word of God puts [...]
interview: kristeen hudson, founder of missionmixup.com
A very wise man once told me to, ‘make your vacation your vocation.’ In other words, you should be doing something with your life that you are passionate about. I think that this is some of the best advice that I have ever gotten! So I love to see when people pursue things that they [...]
book review: it by craig groeschel
by Michele Borntreger Have you ever visited a church and when you walked in, you just felt something? You could feel the electricity, the aliveness…and you just knew that whatever those people had, you wanted it too! I recently had the opportunity to read the book titled It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It [...]
free stuff: halftime
I love giving away free stuff to BibleDude.net readers! And I just got a couple of new books that I would like to pass on to one lucky reader! Both books are by Bob Buford. Bob is an entrepreneur who in the first half of his life grew a successful cable television company. In his [...]
got mad church disease yet?
Note: There is an offer for a free copy of an important resource mentioned in this article. Read on to find out how to get something for free! I’ve been really looking forward to sharing this one! The more that I get to know the readers of this blog through the Facebook group, the more [...]
book review: for these tough times (max lucado)
For those that know me, then you know that my son was diagnosed at a very early age with juvenile diabetes. The good news is that while we are still praying and fighting for a cure, he is in good health and leads a very normal life. But I share this to let you know [...]
how to get out of debt
Adria Lambert over at Sea of Adria posted this a little while back, but I was just watching it and thought that it was absolutely hilarious! It is a really good illustration regarding how twisted the American mindset about money has gotten.
wordle :: why believe in a god?
After several back-and-forth comments with an atheist (and a few others), my last post (including comments) got up to over 5,600 words pretty quickly. That is some serious content! I encourage you to check out the conversation, but for those of you that prefer not to read the entire post and comments, I thought a wordle would help [...]
why believe in a god?
Most definitions of God aren’t scientifically testable. They are philosophical abstractions, logical contradictions, imprecise spiritual notions, or subjective feelings. So there appears no way to show that this or that particular god idea is true or false, or even makes much sense. Moreover, most people don’t even want their god idea to be scientifically testable, [...]
fireproof your marriage and the love dare
I have led small group studies for several years, and I can honestly say that the most memorable and rewarding ones have been the groups that my wife and I have led on the topic of marriage. Trust me, we certainly are not experts on the topic, and we probably never will be perfect in [...]
resource review :: solomon summaries
I love to read. In fact I have a bookshelf full of stuff that I plan to read, but just don’t have the time for! Apparently, I am not alone. And this is one of the big reasons that the Goodman’s started an exciting new resource that they like to call the Solomon Summaries. Heather and Chris [...]
resources :: small footprint, big handprint
Small Footprint, Big Handprint: How to Live and Love Extravagantly By Tri Robinson / Ampelon Publishing If you’ve spent most of your life chasing “The American Dream,” God may have a different plan for you. He may be calling you to simplify so that you can follow Him more closely. Tri Robinson felt this call [...]
cool video resources
As a ministry leader, I regularly have the opportunity to teach to the young adults (20-somethings) that I lead. And in doing so, I am always looking for great resources to use as illustrations and/or discussion starters for our discipleship time. One of the cool resources that I’ve found is Sermonspice.com. Sermonspice offers tons of [...]
the name of God
Do you know your God by name? Do you understand the various names used to describe who God is, especially though the Old Testament? Well… you should. The names used to describe God are important to our understanding of who He is. I’ve been doing a little studying on this topic, and thought that I [...]
surrender and serve
I wake up nearly every Sunday morning and prepare myself for church by shaving, showering, and picking out nice-enough clothing that I won’t offend anyone else who might be there judging me for what I wear. Then after nourishing myself with a breakfast bar that I eat while getting my son ready, we all rush [...]
the truth about prayer in school
I am encouraged by recent stories from the “See You At The Pole” day on September 26th. To me there are few things as cool as seeing younger generations standing up for what they believe in, and making a public statement such as this. However many believe that prayer, and God, is being forced out [...]
book review: blue like jazz
There are a few books that I feel like have really shaped my faith, and affected my Christian walk. Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz is one of those books. As I read this book, which started out for me almost like a random assorment of cleaverly written essays, I found myself getting sucked into Miller’s [...]
