{"id":6214,"date":"2014-03-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2014\/03\/26\/wednesday-link-list-three-free-sins-church-basement-coffee\/"},"modified":"2014-03-26T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T08:00:00","slug":"wednesday-link-list-three-free-sins-church-basement-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wednesday-link-list-three-free-sins-church-basement-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Link List: Three Free Sins, Church Basement Coffee, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"is-style-article-intro\">\n\tWe&#39;re back with another mid-week link meeting! Here&#39;s what your brothers and sisters from random parts of the big &#39;C&#39; church were up to this week:<\/p>\n\t\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What&#39;s the difference between a canoe and a Christian in a restaurant? A canoe tips. [Rim shot!] Now a website is dedicated to giving food servers a chance to describe their experiences with church people at <a href=\"http:\/\/sundaysaretheworst.com\/stories\/?cat=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Sundays Are The Worst<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pastors: Be careful what you offer in a sermon, especially if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2014\/03\/23\/sunday-sermons-and-tattoos\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">it&#39;s not in the church budget<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Marketing Christianity: A special offer from pastor and radio host Steve Brown allows you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keylife.org\/articles\/three-free-sins\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Free Sins<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>A funeral director whose blog deals with how we face death offers suggestions as to the proper etiquette of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calebwilde.com\/2014\/03\/grief-online-the-dos-and-donts-of-internet-etiquette\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">dealing with loss on the internet<\/a> &hellip; <\/li>\n\n\n<li>&hellip; The same author once noticed that at funerals, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calebwilde.com\/2011\/03\/why-99-9-of-pastors-agree-with-rob-bell\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">almost all pastors are universalists<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>A secular news website looks at the various blogs that highlight survivor stories of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/23\/survivor-bloggers-join-forces-to-reveal-christian-fundamentalist-abuses.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">spiritual abuse in fundamentalist sects<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Strange Cloud Conference: It doesn&#39;t sound like John MacArthur will be buying a ticket for <a href=\"http:\/\/theaquilareport.com\/113946\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the <em>Heaven is For Real<\/em> movie adaptation<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Gay Christians in same-sex marriage are now<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2014\/march-web-only\/world-vision-why-hiring-gay-christians-same-sex-marriage.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"> eligible for employment at World Vision<\/a> &hellip; <\/li>\n\n\n<li>&hellip; but the World Vision shift brings a quick response from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/2014\/03\/24\/on-world-vision-and-the-gospel\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Baptist ethics writer Russell D. Moore<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pastors often suffer from depression. Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lifeway.com\/pastorstoday\/2014\/03\/11\/7-ways-the-lord-uses-depression-in-the-life-of-a-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">seven ways God can use that<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Essay of the Week (1): When it comes to personality tests, I think I&#39;m an HIJK. Is that a thing? Anyway here&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/morganguyton.us\/2014\/03\/03\/why-english-majors-make-lousy-fundamentalists\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Why English Majors Make Lousy Fundamentalists<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Essay of the Week (2): Two lesbians walk into a church. No, it&#39;s not a short story and there is no punchline. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charismanews.com\/opinion\/43109-when-two-lesbians-walk-into-a-church-seeking-trouble\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">But there is quite an ending<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Houston Crime-Stoppers will pay you $25,000 for information leading to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/houston\/article\/25K-reward-offered-to-solve-bold-600K-theft-at-5338797.php?cmpid=hpbn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">an arrest in the theft of $600,000<\/a> at Joel Osteen&#39;s Lakewood Church.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>For a member of The Newsboys, his involvement in the movie <em>God&#39;s Not Dead<\/em> is the continuation in a chain of events begun when <a href=\"http:\/\/billygraham.org\/story\/billy-grahams-legacy-continues-through-gods-not-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Graham visited Australia in 1959<\/a> &hellip; <\/li>\n\n\n<li>&hellip; while the movie&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.moviefone.com\/2014\/03\/24\/box-office-gods-not-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">opening weekend landed it in the top five<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>With everyone in the U.S. thinking basketball, I thought we&#39;d take a different route and offer this delightful <a href=\"http:\/\/montanawestusa.com\/index.php?route=product\/product&amp;path=77&amp;product_id=2195\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">religious gift idea for the football fan<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>The British Law Society is one step closer to a legal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/religion\/10716844\/Islamic-law-is-adopted-by-British-legal-chiefs.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">system that accommodates Islamic law<\/a>. (Wait, what?)<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Meanwhile, Jewish News Service is reporting that in countries where they are a minority, there has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jns.org\/news-briefs\/2014\/3\/17\/former-lebanese-president-mideast-christian-exodus-approaching-biblical-proportions#.Uy83BaKwWei\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a major exodus of Christians<\/a> in the face of religious extremists.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>So who&#39;s up for a good debate? On Moody Radio a look at the decline of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.credomag.com\/2014\/03\/18\/altar-calls-fred-zaspel-debates-nathan-finn\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">altar calls in Baptist churches<\/a>. (Click the link for the 54 minute program.)<\/li>\n\n\n<li>YMin: One of the big challenges to youth ministry is the reality that <a href=\"http:\/\/sosaysced.com\/2014\/03\/24\/what-school-do-you-go-to-the-dividing-wall-between-students-in-youth-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the kids all attend different schools<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Intermission: A pause while we pay a <a href=\"http:\/\/christandpopculture.com\/holy-relics-church-basement-coffee\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">tribute to church basement coffee<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Thanks for the Complementarian: Is Cedarville University planning to <a href=\"http:\/\/anthonybsusan.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/18\/i-will-not-suffer-a-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">restrict a particular course to women only<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Jamie the Very Worst Production Consultant breaks her Non-Disclosure Agreement and tells <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theveryworstmissionary.com\/2014\/03\/a-voice-in-desert.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">what was going on in the desert<\/a> that day.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Analogy of the Week: To this writer, <a href=\"http:\/\/kudzuvine.org\/archives\/1256\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">fellowship is like oxygen<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>While reading Brad Lomenick&#39;s latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradlomenick.com\/2014\/03\/17\/young-influencers-list-march-edition-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">list of young influencers<\/a>, I learned that on Hillsong&#39;s popular song &quot;Oceans,&quot; the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taya_smith\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">lead vocal belongs to Taya Smith<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Since PARSE is part of Leadership Journal which in turn is part of Christianity Today, I&#39;m sure they weren&#39;t happy with this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankschaeffer\/2014\/03\/the-only-difference-between-the-late-fred-phelps-and-the-evangelical-establishment-not-to-mention-christianity-today-magazine-is-that-fred-had-the-guts-to-act-on-his-evangelical-convictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">shot taken by Frank Schaeffer<\/a> &hellip; <\/li>\n\n\n<li>&hellip; but I did think that Karen Spears Zacharias had an insightful, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/karenspearszacharias\/2014\/03\/21\/fred-phelps-life-of-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">deeper look at the late Fred Phelps<\/a> and what he is now experiencing &hellip; <\/li>\n\n\n<li>&hellip; and in Fred&#39;s home town of Topeka, Kansas,<a href=\"http:\/\/cjonline.com\/news\/2014-03-20\/extended-family-tree-family-fred-w-phelps-sr\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"> the local newspaper provides a family tree<\/a> of sorts.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Source Unknown Department: <a href=\"http:\/\/victhevicar.blogspot.ca\/2014\/03\/made-me-smile-cellphones-in-church.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Every pastor&#39;s prayer<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>A Spanish church occupied the first floor and basement of a building that was <a href=\"http:\/\/theaquilareport.com\/church-among-two-buildings-destroyed-in-harlem-explosion\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">destroyed in the New York City gas explosion<\/a>. Some church members perished in the blast.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Book Review: A look at <em>Renegade Pastor<\/em>, a book encouraging those in ministry <a href=\"http:\/\/joshuareich.org\/2014\/03\/22\/book-notes-renegade-pastor\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">not to settle for average<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Time Warp: Michael W. Smith is <a href=\"http:\/\/theundergroundsite.com\/michael-w-smith-set-to-release-new-album-sovereign\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">releasing a new album<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Here&#39;s another infographic from Josh Byers, this one showing the harmony of the Gospels&#39; telling of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshbyers.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/the-passion-week-infographic\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the Passion Week narrative<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Internet Diversions Department: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jessicamisener\/27-sure-signs-you-grew-up-evangelical\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">27 indicators you grew up Evangelical<\/a>. (Yes, I know, the <em>whole internet <\/em>is a diversion.)<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Finally, specialization has hit the automotive fish industry. Now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessmaccallum.com\/MacCallum\/Sample_Fishes.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">your car icthus can have special meaning<\/a>. (Including a <a href=\"http:\/\/stuffchristianslike.net\/2014\/03\/22\/new-jesus-fish-southern-baptists\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Southern Baptist fish icon<\/a>.)<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-article-bio\">Stay in touch with Paul Wilkinson during the week on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulW1lk1nson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\"><em class=\"citation\">Twitter<\/em><\/a> or at <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\"><em class=\"citation\">Thinking Out Loud<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#39;re back with another mid-week link meeting! 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