Year 2011

Parchment Reviews, Spiritual Markers

The urgency of discipleship and a review of “Real Life Discipleship”

One of the main reasons I read Jim Putman’s Real Life Discipleship is that it had been given to me as part of a promotional package from the publisher. However, I’d been on the hunt for discipleship materials for study…

Jeff Noble
July 21, 2011
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Shootn the Bull

Yes, yeah, yea and yay

OK, pet peeve time. Brace yourselves. I constantly see people writing the following on blogs, tweets, notes, or statuses: yeah, yea and yay. I’m offering this simple blog post as my contribution to a world gone mad in the affirmative…

Jeff Noble
July 16, 2011
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Campfire Talk

A la carte: Pack your casket, junk DNA, Cydia tweaks, World Cup

Pack Your Casket Another VT collegian offers some profound thoughts as she rediscovered the missional heritage of Southern Baptists this past week. I encourage you to read the whole entry, but consider this from Katie Kochuba’s blog: That fundamental truth…

Jeff Noble
July 15, 2011

Goin' to Town

A la carte: Google Plus, iPhone birthday, jailbreakme 3.0, new blog and Tumblr app

Again, I feel like I must give a shout out to Tim Challies for my a la carte blog entries. He does them each Friday on his blog, and while I’m not that regular (perhaps my blog needs more bran?),…

Jeff Noble
July 8, 2011
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Spiritual Markers

The Same Things

“Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.” (Philippians 3.1) I love the truth of the importance of repetition and reminder. To be reminded…

Jeff Noble
July 7, 2011

Goin' to Town

The process of heading home

Saturday was our last day in beautiful Donastia/San Sebastian. We’ve had an incredible week of new relationships, cultural experiences and family deepening. I truly enjoy leading teams overseas to serve our God by showing His love through helpful ways. The…

Jeff Noble
July 2, 2011

Goin' to Town

Finding Woody Woodpecker

All work and no play makes the Spain team a dull group. Ok, here’s how this story goes… We were riding the subway/train back to our apartment the other day when Darrell claims he saw Woody Woodpecker on the tracks.…

Jeff Noble
July 1, 2011

Church Chew

Churchplanting123.com

For those of you unaware, I’ve started a new website in cooperation with the venerable Darrell Cook. It’s called churchplanting123.com, and it’s already had 5-6 hits! We’re sure that it will bog down the internet as it goes viral. CP123…

Jeff Noble
June 30, 2011

Campfire Talk

The rain in Spain

When we arrived in Donastia on Friday, it was wonderfully cool weather – in the 70s. On Saturday and Sunday, however, it soared into the 90s and was HOT. On Monday evening, however, a storm blew through, and it’s been…

Jeff Noble
June 28, 2011

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