Monthly Archives: October 2014

WHAT A LOCAL CHURCH CAN BE AND DO

I am currently reading Scot McKnight’s terrific, new book, Kingdom Conspiracy.  Stay tuned for my interview with Scot. 
In Scot’s book, he mentions Pastor Wayne Gordon.  Watch the ministries of Lawndale Community Church.  Wonderful example:

ONLINE LEARNING

Daniel Bonevac teaches philosophy at the University of Texas.  Our youngest son, Chris, who has majors in classics and philosophy, is currently taking a class with him.
Bonevac taught a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to 35,000 people!  He mentioned in the interview below that a Stanford class on artificial intelligence had nearly 170,000 folks enrolled!
I am not sure yet what to think about MOOCs, but it does seem to be the, or a least a wave of the future.

PERSEVERE AND BE READY!

“Man of God, if you want to serve God and cannot find the propitious occasion, wait awhile in prayer and your opportunity will beak on your path like a sunbeam.  There was never a true and valiant heart that failed to find a fitting sphere somewhere or other in His service. Every diligent laborer is needed in some part of His vineyard. You may have to linger, you may seem as if you stood in the market idle, because the Master would not engage you, but wait there in prayer, and with your heart boiling over with a warm purpose, and your chance will come. The hour will need its man, and if you are ready, you as a man, shall not be without your hour.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon
HT: George Grant