God Space – Part 2

MikebeNOBLE, Book Reviews

In my first blog about God Space I talked about the “WHY” behind sharing the gospel. In this one, I wanted to spend a little bit of time talking about the “WHO” and the “HOW.” The WHO is pretty simple, right? Everyone in our lives who doesn’t know Jesus as their savior and is living a life apart from Him. … Read More

The Rise and Fall of American Churches

MikebeNOBLE, Book Reviews

This blog is in response to the podcast, “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill,” but I think applies to many similarities that are happening throughout churches all across America. I want to preface this blog with a couple of things… I haven’t even finished all of the episodes of this podcast yet from Christianity Today, but had a few … Read More

God Space

MikebeNOBLE, Book Reviews

I’m going to start sharing some thoughts from a book I’m going through by Doug Pollock called God Space. This blog is almost a pre-cursor to some deeper context I hope to dive into. There seems to be a bit of a theme to my posts now. Not going to apologize for it, because I’ve figured 1 thing out in … Read More

Clear Mind – Read a Book

MattbeDRIVEN, Book Reviews

As you pulled away from the distractions you probably began to feel freed up to think and ponder new ideas of your own. Instead of constantly consuming news, social media, tv shows, and other low levels of entertainment, you began to think more about things that are truly important to you. Clearing your mind creates space for the consumption of … Read More

Season 1 Book Recommendations

MattbeDRIVEN, Book Reviews

One of our favorite questions to ask guests is what books do you recommend? Below is a summary of all the books that were mentioned and recommended by our guests over the past year. Enjoy! Christianity The Resurrection of the Son of God – N.T. Wright Act Like Men: 40 days to Biblical Manhood – James MacDonald Systematic Theology – … Read More

The Purpose Driven Life (Days 38-40)

MikeBook Reviews

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren Day 38: Becoming a World-Class Christian How do you think like a world-class Christian? Shift from self-centered thinking to other-centered thinking Shift from local thinking to global thinking Shift from here and now thinking to eternal thinking Shift from thinking of excuses to thinking of creative ways to fulfil your commission Pray Ending: … Read More

The Purpose Driven Life (Days 36-37)

MikeBook Reviews

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren Lots of content here, so splitting these last 5 days into 2 blogs… Purpose 5: You were made for a mission Day 36: You were made for a mission 1 part is shared with other Christians – share the name of Jesus 1 part is unique to each of us – using our … Read More

The Purpose Driven Life (Days 31-35)

MikeBook Reviews

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren Day 31: Understanding your shape Last 3: Exploring your abilities Every ability can be used for God’s glory They can also be used to sin, which is why we need to focus on God’s Word Examine what you’re good at and what you’re not good at Using your personality Again, we are all … Read More

The Purpose Driven Life (Days 26-30)

MikeBook Reviews

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren Day 26: Growing through Temptation Every temptation is a chance to do good God develops the fruit of the spirit in your life by presenting you with the exact opposite situations in your life We can’t be good if we’ve never been tempted to be bad We can’t be faithful if we haven’t … Read More

The Purpose Driven Life (Days 21-25)

MikeBook Reviews

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren Day 21: Protecting your church 6 ways to do this: Focus on what we have in common, not our differences 1 Lord, 1 faith, 1 purpose Personal differences should never influence these things Be realistic in your expectations Love the church despite the imperfections Reconciliation, not running is the road to stronger character … Read More