Books
« Previous EntriesVisioneering - Andy Stanley
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008I recently began reading Stanley’s Visioneering: God’s Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Vision. So far, as one might expect, this has been a really helpful read. I thought I would share some of the bullets along the way for you.
Building Block (book outline of sorts)
Activate: The Four Fs - Facilitate
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008The Last step in the Groups process from Activate is to actually facilitate your group (remember Big idea #10: Apprentice…Not Expert).
Facilitate Principle #1: Training Group Leaders
Group Leaders Training
Half-day training per semester will allow you to laser focus your training and maximize your leaders time.
Training is different than selection (training comes after apprenticing and selection).
Holding your [...]
Activate: The Four Fs - Form
Friday, June 6th, 2008Form Step #1: Make the Big Ask
Big Ask Principle #1: If you don’t ask, you won’t receive.
Big Ask Principle #2: Leading a group is not an obligation…it is an opportunity.
Big Ask Principle #3: Asking people to lead helps them climb the leadership ladder.
Setting the Bar - What will be your requirements for a leader?
Your Calendar [...]
New Book on Worship (new to me)
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Allen Ross has a book on worship, Recalling the Hope of Glory, that looks really interesting to me. Has anyone read it?
I found this quote about the premise of the book: The premise of this book is that “worship refers to the appropriate responses to the revelation of the holy God of glory” (link). [...]
Activate: Rethinking Small Group Methodology
Monday, June 2nd, 2008So far I’m really liking Activate (only finished with the first section). Here are their big ideas.
Big Idea #1: Think from the Inside Out…Not from the Outside In
Conventional Wisdom: Take care of those on the inside first.
Reality: Small groups that focus on serving their own members rather than on reaching out to others quickly [...]
Book: Silos, Politics, & Turf Wars
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Just finished up Patrick Lencioni’s Silos, Politics, & Turf Wars one of his leadership fables. Great read and very helpful for where we find ourselves at the moment. The basic idea is that organizations who find their backs against the wall must work together in concert to survive. In these moments of [...]
Building Leaders - Empowerment
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008I just finished Malphurs chapter The Challenge of Empowerment in Building Leaders (co-written with Will Mancini). You need to rush out and buy this book. It has been great to this point and so far their chapter on empowerment is worth the price of the book. Great stuff.
Here are some thoughts throughout [...]
Mark Dever: The Gospel and Personal Evangelism
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008I just finished up Mark Dever’s book, The Gospel & Personal Evangelism this morning. It was a helpful little book (only 120 pages long).
Chapters:
1. Why Don’t We Evangelize?
2. What Is the Gospel?
3. Who Should Evangelize?
4. How Should We Evangelize?
5. What Isn’t Evangelism?
6. What Should We Do After We [...]
Jimmy Swaggart Commentary Set (Update)
Friday, April 11th, 2008*A Friday afternoon interlude*
First off I discovered that ABC’s price on the set is quite competitive. So for anyone looking to buy, that’s the place to go.
But before you head over there is something you might want to know. I don’t know if you realized this but apparently Swaggart was a part of several scandals. [...]
Used Books Rule
Friday, April 11th, 2008I made several great finds at Redeemed Books & Music today (Thursday). Found several commentaries I need for upcoming teaching series this summer. And found a few things I didn’t realize I needed.
I am going to compare prices on a few more things they had to see if they’re worth [...]