Happy Thanksgiving… and thanks to Adam McLane for the video!
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happy Thanksgiving
Posted on November 26, 2008 by branjohns
Cleanliness is next to Godliness…
Posted on November 24, 2008 by branjohns
How many of you have heard that saying? Is it true? How does being clean fit in to the overall theme of being like God? How does soap make us more like Christ?
I’m not sure it does. But as I read through the middle portions of Leviticus cleanliness is mentioned all around. So maybe it [...]
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Big Event Progression
Posted on November 21, 2008 by branjohns
I just participated (well listened in on and chatted online) in a youth ministry talk concerning big events. There were several different ideas about big events. Do they work? Are they worth the hassle? I believe they can work, but there must be a progression and a purpose behind them.
As I stated in my [...]
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Why go to a Deep and Wide philosophy?
Posted on November 18, 2008 by branjohns
All we really want is a Simple, Deep, Purpose-Driven, Wide methodology of youth ministry, right?
As a student of Dr. Allen Jackson’s at NOBTS, we had a week long class where all we did was map out our philosophy of youth ministry. We had to come up with a model that we would use in our [...]
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Christgiving or Thanksmas?
Posted on November 12, 2008 by branjohns
Today neither my wife nor I had to work. Both our places of employment were closed for veteran’s day, so after I made this week’s announcements video, we left for a fun filled day in Chattanooga. We went to Sticky Fingers and stuffed our faces, then on to rat around the mall for a while. [...]
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my facsimile band name
Posted on November 7, 2008 by branjohns
More so than Steve the Jerk (who was a real band, we played in front of a few people – I promise), I’ve come up with a fake band name. Well not really. There’s no band here, just a name. I found this on Marko’s blog (you can check the blogroll or go here) Anyway, [...]
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Crazy Love teaser…
Posted on November 5, 2008 by branjohns
I said I would review the book “Crazy Love” by Francis Chan, and I still plan on doing it. I got distracted last week and did not read as much as I had planned (at lease a chapter daily-Ted Dekker took over my reading again…). Anyway, I just finished the 4th chapter in Crazy Love, [...]
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Nov. 4, 2008
Posted on November 5, 2008 by branjohns
I am deeply saddened by the election. Before I get any hate mail about my last sentence, let me explain. My sadness has absolutely nothing to do with who won the election. I believe Obama can be a very competent president. I also believed the same for McCain. No my mood is not directed by [...]
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