{"id":5774,"date":"2014-06-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2014\/06\/25\/wednesday-link-list-lessons-from-justin-biebers-mom-strateg\/"},"modified":"2014-06-25T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T08:00:00","slug":"wednesday-link-list-lessons-from-justin-biebers-mom-strateg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wednesday-link-list-lessons-from-justin-biebers-mom-strateg\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Link List: Lessons from Justin Bieber&#8217;s mom, &#8220;Strategic or Stuck,&#8221; and World Cup Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"is-style-article-intro\">\n\tHappy Birthday to  us! While this is list number two-hundred-and-something at Thinking Out Loud, it&#39;s list #52 at PARSE. One year! Time flies when you&#39;re having links.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>\n\t\tSome churches make <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/21\/welcome-to-our-church-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">guests feel welcome all too easily<\/a>, while other people are actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithperceptions.com\/files\/CHURCH_INDEX_Summary_June_1,_2014_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">running metrics on the welcoming factor<\/a>. (Second link opens as a .pdf)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tBaptists may lament a drop in baptisms and new members, but across the road at the Assemblies of God Church, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/as-southern-baptist-mainline-churches-lag-assemblies-of-god-booms-121693\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">things are hopping<\/a>. (Pun intended.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tEssay of the Week: Theology meets parenting in <a href=\"http:\/\/headhearthand.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/18\/daddy-does-god-want-to-save-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Daddy, Does God Want to Save Me?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tOf the more than two hundred kidnapped school girls in Nigeria, some are members of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gospelherald.com\/articles\/51637\/20140617\/terrorist-group-boko-haram-targeting-bible-translators-in-nigera.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">families involved in Bible translation<\/a> in the region.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tAuthorities in Scotland have dropped charges against Christian apologist and <a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2014\/06\/13\/charges-against-evangelist-arrested-for-alleged-homophobic-comments-dropped\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">street preacher Tony Miano<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tContrasts: <a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=12405\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity versus Christians<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tShrunken Sermon: We didn&#39;t invent the doctrine of the Trinity. Like the early explorers to North America, we discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/clarkedixon.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/16\/no-the-trinity-is-not-a-reference-to-me-myself-and-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">something that was there all along<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tPraying for Pop Stars: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayschristianwoman.com\/articles\/2014\/june\/what-i-learned-from-justin-biebers-mom.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Lessons from Justin Bieber&#39;s mom<\/a>. (Be sure to read all 3 pages.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#8230; Meanwhile, earlier this month <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianheadlines.com\/blog\/justin-bieber-baptized-in-new-york-city.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Biebster was baptized<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tDoes the Charismatic\/Pentecostal teaching on prophetic words <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemind.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/do-charismatics-deny-sola-scriptura-due-to-their-view-of-prophecy\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">override <em>sola scriptura<\/em><\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#8230; And some Charismatic types you really <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charismamag.com\/blogs\/fire-in-my-bones\/20608-7-charismatic-characters-who-shouldn-t-be-on-your-ministry-team\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">don&#39;t want on your altar\/ministry team<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tI link rather frequently to Karl Vaters&#39; blog because the reality is that many churches are small(er). In a recent piece, he suggests such churches may be that way by design, or they <a href=\"http:\/\/newsmallchurch.com\/strategic-or-stuck\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">may be failing to move forward<\/a>. (His words: &quot;Strategic or stuck.&quot;)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/gleanings\/2014\/june\/meriam-ibrahim-sentenced-apostasy-released-sudan-christian.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Meriam Ibrahim has been released<\/a> by the government in Sudan; now the ACLJ is petitioning for her and her family&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/beheardproject.com\/meriam#sign\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">safe passage to the U.S.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tAnalogy Avenue: How churches went <a href=\"http:\/\/skyejethani.com\/how-churches-became-cruise-ships\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">from being ocean liners to cruise ships<\/a>. (There&#39;s a big difference.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tSecond-guessing the Teacher: Why <em>did<\/em> Jesus make Judas the treasurer when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/blog\/posts\/why-was-judas-carrying-the-moneybag\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">there were better choices<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tIt&#39;s possible your church website is already powered by WordPress. Why not go the next step and <a href=\"http:\/\/ithemes.com\/2014\/06\/09\/donations-with-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">use WP to take donations<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tAndy Stanley armchair quarterbacks the Southern Baptist Convention <a href=\"http:\/\/gregatkinson.com\/andy-stanley-takes-on-the-sbc-via-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">on the issue of revival<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tTim Challies joins the many writers who have looked closely into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/the-bestsellers-jesus-calling\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">publishing phenomenon, <em>Jesus Calling<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t2013 stats are out, and while philanthropy for environmental causes, education, and the arts was up; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithvillage.com\/article\/6b9d203e9944431d87d7d9edf0436c46\/religious_giving_is_down_even_as_philanthropy_improves\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">religious giving was down<\/a> &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#8230; But if your missions committee wants to get more bang for its buck; &quot;&#8230; as a native African missionary, my team and I can do more effective work in evangelism with $10,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tillhecomes.org\/10k-vs-100k-african-missions\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">than a visiting missionary can do with $100,000<\/a>.&quot;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#8230; Or perhaps people need to &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/thoughtsaboutnothing.com\/the-pain-of-giving\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">give &#39;til it hurts<\/a>.&quot;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tMost talked about this week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jessicamisener\/why-i-miss-being-a-born-again-christian\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Why I Miss Being a Born-Again Christian<\/a>. (For more from both sides, Google the title along with the word &quot;response.&quot;)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tWhat can your church <a href=\"http:\/\/www.premierchristianity.com\/Past-Issues\/2014\/July-2014\/Why-your-church-should-love-the-World-Cup-even-if-you-don-t\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">learn from World Cup fever<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tChurch Profile: <a href=\"http:\/\/ib2news.org\/2014\/06\/19\/youll-never-believe-whats-drawing-millenials-to-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Capitol Hill Baptist Church<\/a> is drawing Millennials.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tNot new, but new to me: <a href=\"http:\/\/passiontranslation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Passion Bible Translation<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tPoint\/Counterpoint: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redletterchristians.org\/gay-thing-worth-splitting-church-definitely-definitely-yes\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Is the gay issue worth splitting a church<\/a> over?<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tI don&#39;t think I&#39;ll ever sort out all the various Baptist groups; especially when <a href=\"http:\/\/calvinisedpipe.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/americanpresbyterianfamily001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Presbyterians are this complicated<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tOn kids sitting still in church; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/blog\/john-calvin-wriggling-worship\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">wiggling or wriggling during worship<\/a>. (Sit still while you read it.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tQuotation of the Week: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiscipleshipLab\/status\/480897210712739843\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Looking for a leader or a babysitter<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tFor your faith to be viable, is it necessary for there to have been two actual people named Adam and Eve? Albert Mohler and N.T. Wright <a href=\"http:\/\/brianjones.com\/2014\/06\/believe-adam-and-eve-actual-historical-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">would disagree on this one<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tFive paragraphs. Six theological conundrums. And they&#39;re <a href=\"http:\/\/thesidos.blogspot.ca\/2014\/06\/a-news-story-with-breathtaking-amount.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">not all gender issues<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThe Newsboys&#39; declaration of faith, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FtPmX7e_Rpw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">&quot;We Believe&quot;<\/a> is number one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.praisecharts.com\/search\/WhatsHot\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">this week at Praise Charts<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tWould a Christian hire a hit-man to kill his wife? It&#39;s not a riddle, but if it were the answer might be &quot;No, he would have to stop being a Christian first.&quot; An update on the <a href=\"http:\/\/christandpopculture.com\/christian-rock-star-prison-lay-dyings-tim-lambesis-pitfalls-music-fandom\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">lead singer of the band As I Lay Dying<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tLink to more links: If you like your links on a single theme, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2014\/06\/19\/blogging-the-apocalypse\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogging the Apocalypse<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tSome of those other Christian link writers pad their lists with cute cat videos, but after one year at PARSE, I can honestly say we would never <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G4Sn91t1V4g\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">do that here<\/a>. (Especially if the feline is shilling for a cat food conglomerate.)<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-article-bio\">Thursday through Tuesday, Paul blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinking Out Loud<\/a>, both writes and steals devotional material at <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity201.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity 201<\/a>, and provides hints of the following week&#39;s link list on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulW1lk1nson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Birthday to us! While this is list number two-hundred-and-something at Thinking Out Loud, it&#39;s list #52 at PARSE. One year! Time flies when you&#39;re having links. 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