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Review: The Language of God

There might be some who would mock me for attempting to review Francis Collin’s book The Language of God. After all, he’s a well-known scientist and headed up the government-backed Human Genome Project which mapped human DNA. I’m a pastor.…

Jun 18, 2011
Jeff Noble
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Read the book, people.

The March/April issue of Outreach Magazine listed six insights from interviews with Christians in America during 2010 (conducted by the Barna Group): The Christian church is becoming less theologically literate. Christians are becoming more ingrown and less outreach-oriented. Growing numbers…

Jun 5, 2011
Jeff Noble

Review: Sun Stand Still

Stephen Furtick is pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte. He’s a dynamic communicator, and his church has seen wonderful numerical and spiritual growth. It was planted in 2006, and within a year, it was running over 1000. At last report,…

Jun 1, 2011
Jeff Noble

A la carte: Camping’s miss, new website, evolution, Instagram

Glad we’re still here… I think I laughed at my Foursquare screen on Sunday morning. (see pic at right) With Harold Camping being shown to be a false prophet again, you’d think folks would learn that the Bible is completely…

May 28, 2011
Jeff Noble
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Don’t get hell wrong

Francis Chan released a video today that powerfully promotes a book he’s currently working on about hell. It is obviously a response to Rob Bell’s controversial book about hell called Love Wins. I can’t help but think of the words…

May 20, 2011
Jeff Noble

Thanks to my pastors

Great post here by Thom Rainer that makes me want to thank Dr. W.O. Vaught and Gary Turner (both in heaven), Scott Duvall, Roger MacDonald, Sonny Tucker, and Shawn Barnard for being great pastors to me for God’s glory. Each…

May 19, 2011
Jeff Noble

Notes from Refuel 2011: Stephen Furtick

Mark 5. It’s important to be honest before God’s people and not stand before them constantly presenting an unblemished life. Jairus and bleeding woman. Someone else’s miracle can be your discouragement. Imagine Jairus’ heart. Jesus went with him! And now…

May 17, 2011
Jeff Noble

Notes from Refuel 2011: Ed Stetzer

Idolatry… Identity… Conversion. “… you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.”…

May 17, 2011
Jeff Noble

These Pretzels…

It’s one of my favorite episodes of Seinfeld. Every time I hear someone say something with the same cadence of “these pretzels are making me thirsty,” I get it stuck in my head for days. Recently I gave in to…

May 10, 2011
Jeff Noble

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