The title is to be said in your best whiny voice possible, maybe even shed a few tears or throw a temper tantrum. Yesterday, while finishing up Amy Spiegel’s book Letting Go of Perfect, I came across a familiar passage of Scripture that speaks of Moses hitting a rock to get the water to pour [...]
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Relationships Required, Paige Benton Brown
I am certain that these notes will not do this workshop justice; it was so rich with the grace and wisdom that come only from years of serving in the trenches of ministry.~Bekah Paige Benton Brown: Relationships Required She recommends Paul Tripp’s book, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, for a fuller explanation of much of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review: Letting Go of Perfect (Amy Spiegel)
This book, Amy’s first one that has just hit the presses, is one that every woman could read and obtain laughter, wisdom, and gospel implication…no matter what stage of life she is in. Usually you can’t say that about women’s books: they are geared toward one woman or another: wife, mom, empty nester, single, divorcee, [...]
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Don Carson Revelation 21 and 22 This sermon is bound to be a review. Revelation 21 and 22 reference themes from throughout the Bible. Revelation rarely quotes the OT, but nearly every verse alludes to it. The symbolism in apocalyptic writing seems strange to us, almost science fiction. Why did God choose [...]
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Kathleen Nielsen Scripture, when read rightly, will lead us to worship. Revelation 4 Where? There are a few different answers to this question. We’re at the end of the Bible. The consummation of Scripture. Sometimes Revelation is so difficult for us because we don’t know the well the rest of the Bible. There are threads [...]
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Nancy Leigh DeMoss Be careful that the Gospel never becomes so commonplace that we become stale. Good theology should always lead to doxology and transformation! How have you seen God in a new light? How have you been given a fresh vision of God this weekend? How does that vision shed light on the path [...]
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Jenny Salt 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 Direction: Having a “feeling” that we should go left when the GPS unit says go right. We feel like we know which way to go, but we so easily lose our bearings. From where do we get our bearings for life? If we gain them from the world, we will [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Training Women to Teach the Word Panel
Panel Members: Jenny Salt: Carrie Sandom: Colleen Gallagher: Deb Lorentsen: Kathleen Nielsen: Opening Thoughts: Charles Simeon Trust… Chicago. Training Bible Teachers. Proclamation Trust… UK. Reading the Bible out loud, long portions every day. Local churches that preached and taught expositionally. We are not good readers of anything today, and we need to learn how to [...]
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Word-Based Ministry to Women with Nancy Guthrie What is going to be your disctinctive quality in your ministry to women? Your consistent aim? The one thing that’s going to mark your ministry? Fun? More real and personal, relaxed… Love it, but not in the driver’s seat. Story? Is your testimony all you have? Is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Carrie Sandom, Plenary Session Four
Carrie Sandom Psalm 40 Emily was a believer who found herself in an affair with an unbelieving, married co-worker. Her guilt was no longer as intense as it once was, and that scared her more than the fact that she was involved with a married man. She was ensnared, and she knew it. Joan was [...]
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