Are you a God-believing Atheist?

Read today's paper and saw a quote from an article stemmed from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: Another finding almost defies explanation: 21 percent of self-identified atheists said they believe in God or a universal spirit, with 8 percent “absolutely certain” of it. Jeff Archer, president of the Atheist...

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Shapevine Interview: Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & Renovo

One last reminder prior to tomorrow for you to join us on Shapevine June 24 at 4 PM EST (1pm PST) for an interview on Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & the Renovo Network.  There will be a time to ask questions and interact with David & I regarding what we've learned, where we've failed...

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Renovo Network

Almost a year ago I posted an intro to the Renovo Network concept, entitled: Transforming Cities – The Church beyond the Spiritual Box.   Since this post we've incorporated the Renovo Group, the Tentmaker Group and Imagine City Group.  We continue to work on the the organization but first we realized it...

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Do you mean no more Rocky Balboa sermon series?

Jun 02, 08 Do you mean no more Rocky Balboa sermon series?

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Culture

A couple years ago, after the success of The Passion of the Christ, several film makers tried to tap into the Christian word-of-mouth marketing.  I cringed (see: Hollywood: Turning the Christian Faith into a Marketing Gimmick) when I saw Rocky's newest film use a faith-based marketing approach.  Marketing for Rocky...

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