This page contains the resources that I have found useful in my personal and professional life. Admittedly, it is an eclectic list. It contains everything from quotes and books that I like to podcasts, videos, and slideshows.
If you don’t want to scroll through the entire list, you can click on one of the links below and filter the resources by specific category.
I will update this list as I discover new resources. If you have a resource you think I should add, please email me.
Fifty Shades of Grey—What are Christian Leaders Saying? – http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/christian-trends/fifty-shades-of-grey-what-are-christian-leaders-saying.html
One commenter on this article asked the above question. ‘Would you take Jesus to see this movie?’ I thought it was a great question so I pass it along with the article link.
My answer to the question?
If you think you would, something is way wrong with your experience in God.
According to Relevant Magazine, one out of every four Christians are Charismatic or Pentecostal according to Pew Research Center.
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. – Thomas Edison
Question: “Would it be possible to discuss God’s manifestation into flesh, and the triune God. I’m confused, or misled in my understanding. Essentially, some say God was Jesus all the time; yet, others he is the son and his father.” – Mary Gentry
“Instead of wondering what your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” – Seth Godin
Most of the accomplishments I’ve achieved in life I began to attempt before I was really ready. When I was teaching pastors leadership in 1984 and they asked for ongoing teaching, I wasn’t ready to give it to them. But during a conference with thirty-four people in Jackson, Mississippi, I decided to pass around a legal pad and get the contact information for anyone who wanted to receive a monthly leadership tape. All thirty-four signed up. Was I ready to start a monthly leadership subscription series? No. Did I start it anyway? Yes. When I needed to raise money to relocate my church, did I know how to do it? No. Did I start to do it anyway? Yes. When I founded EQUIP to teach leadership to people in countries around the world, did I have a proven strategy to get it done? No. Did we get started anyway? Yes. Nobody ever got ready by waiting. You only get ready by starting. – John Maxwell
Integrity is like virginity, once it is gone, it is gone for good.
Your life is a result of the choices you make… If you don’t like your life it is time to start making better choices.
Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts (Baker Academic, 2011)
I was so ‘over the top’ excited when I came across this volume. Scholars who believe in miracles and the moving of the Holy Spirit are rare birds indeed. Craig Keener is an academic and professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. Keener has done meticulous research into the subject of the veracity of miracles. His scholarly conclusion? The age of miracles has not passed as so many in academia have tried to tell us. This is a voluminous ‘wordy’ account but well worth having in your library.
A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition (University of Chicago Press, 2001)
A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, is also known as BDAG from the authors initials. This is the top of the line Greek lexicon in existence today and my go to study tool for word definitions. The lexicon gives you an extensive list of how New Testament words are used not only in the New Testament, but in the Greek literature of biblical times. Semantically, words can change meaning depending on time and usage. One of the particular strengths of BDAG is that it gives variations of definitions as a word is used in different verses, so what you end up with is the correct contextual definition. Sell all that you have and buy this gold mine of a resource!
The Master Is Calling (Whitaker House; 2 edition, 2000)
I have read many books on the subject of prayer from the plethora of E.M Bounds, to the stirring passion of Leonard Ravenhill to the always essential Andrew Murray. But Lynne Hammonds book, because of it’s pragmatic nature in this arena, has been a great find. If you would like to learn to work with the Holy Ghost in prayer, The Master’s Calling; Discovering the Wonders of Spirit Led Prayer will pave the way. The book courses with practicality in this essential Christian discipline. The chapter entitled ‘Good Things Come to Those Who Wait’ is by itself worth the price of the book.
Nice site with good testimonies on faith and healing. I especially enjoyed this testimony on the miracle of fire in the furnace.