{"id":7115,"date":"2013-08-21T07:01:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T07:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2013\/08\/21\/wednesday-link-list-saddleback-smuggling-dying-out-loud\/"},"modified":"2013-08-21T07:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:20:16","slug":"wednesday-link-list-saddleback-smuggling-dying-out-loud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wednesday-link-list-saddleback-smuggling-dying-out-loud\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Link List: Saddleback Smuggling, Dying Out Loud, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg 359w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=127,169 127w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=254,338 254w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=267,356 267w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=324,431 324w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=82,110 82w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=164,218 164w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=309,412 309w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=173,231 173w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=347,462 347w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35671.jpg?resize=120,160 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><span class=\"image-credits\">LiquidLibrary<\/span><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>All the news that&#8217;s fit to link.<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why should the devil have all the good parties? An expert in block parties suggests that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missioalliance.org\/known-for-our-parties-god-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians should host the best street events<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s hard to find a place where fracking isn&#8217;t a hot environmental issue. What if your church could register claim to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/politics\/10245697\/Church-of-England-in-fracking-land-grab.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">mineral rights underneath the church building<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Duck Dynasty star Jase Robertson is kicked out of the Trump hotel when it&#8217;s assumed he is a homeless man, in <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/toddstarnes\/top-stories\/duck-dynasty-star-kicked-out-of-trump-hotel.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">another case of &#8220;facial profiling.&#8221;<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dara Maclean&#8217;s video for &#8220;Wanted&#8221; is powerful both musically and lyrically, but the critics think the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8C-povr7b6k\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">glamor\/fashion element is overplayed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;re not sure if it&#8217;s a King James Bible or just a generic Bible, but by 2015 you&#8217;ll be seeing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/gleanings\/2013\/august\/american-bible-society-bible-joins-xxx-as-top-level-domain.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">.bible as an internet domain name<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Last year over 13,100 churches participated in a growing national movement and on average saw a 38% increase in their attendance on <a href=\"http:\/\/backtochurch.com\/participate\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Back to Church Sunday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Much of the week&#8217;s news focus was on Egypt, where the Defense Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2013\/08\/16\/egyptian-military-chief-vows-to-rebuild-coptic-churches\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">vows to rebuild damaged churches<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>What if we saw the Bible less as a prison sentence and more like a permission slip? Check out a 2-minute sermon highlights video where Steven Furtick takes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenfurtick.com\/sermon-clips\/why-most-people-hate-sermons-on-giving\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a fresh approach to financial giving<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>When it comes to role of women in the early church, one author believes that part of the story has been &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2013-08\/09\/christian-women-airbrushed-from-history\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">airbrushed from history<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s a former Saddleback worship leader doing in a Canadian jail? It could have something to do with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benedictionblogson.com\/2013\/08\/18\/us-worship-leader-in-milton-jail-cant-make-bail-or-pay-a-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">things allegedly found in his luggage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Alise Wright drives nearly an hour to attend a church where, by her own admission, <a href=\"http:\/\/alise-write.com\/when-you-dont-fit-in-at-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">she doesn&#8217;t fit in<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>With great regret, in the wake of the loss of his wife and publishing ministry partner on May 8th, Keith Brenton announces <a href=\"http:\/\/keithbrenton.com\/2013\/08\/11\/a-farewell-and-thanks\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the shuttering of Wineskins Magazine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Rick Warren is raising awareness, but one Canadian blogger thinks the church is generally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apperson.blogspot.ca\/2013\/08\/christians-and-mental-health-what-are.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">skittish when it comes to mental health issues<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A popular devotional blog provides some background to the forthcoming book <em>Dying Out Loud<\/em> by Shawn Smucker, the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailyencouragement.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/08\/dying-out-loud\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">story of missionaries Stan and Ann Steward<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>When viewers phone in to respond to a Billy Graham television program, they don&#8217;t know where the calls are being answered. A call center might actually be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charismanews.com\/us\/40634-chiropractic-clinic-becomes-telemissions-base-for-billy-graham-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a transformed Savannah, Georgia chiropractic clinic<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The former Crystal Cathedral, now Christ Cathedral \u2013 home of the world&#8217;s 4th largest church organ \u2013 begins $53 million in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/catholic-diocese-undertaking-53-million-renovations-project-of-crystal-cathedral-102582\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">renovations to bring it up to Catholic standards<\/a>, I&#8217;m guessing.<\/li>\n<li>You may call them board members, or even, as one church in my area does &#8220;The Directorate.&#8221; But there&#8217;s still good application in this article <a href=\"http:\/\/oneinjesus.info\/2013\/08\/in-reply-to-patrick-meads-the-problem-with-elders-part-7-getting-rid-of-bad-elders-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">about the ordination of elders<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>On the other side of the pond, it&#8217;s not just Presbyterians, but Anglicans who have trouble with <a href=\"http:\/\/ugleyvicar.blogspot.ca\/2013\/08\/christs-satisfaction-of-wrath-whats.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">that verse in In Christ Alone<\/a>. [Note: BCP = Book of Common Prayer]<\/li>\n<li>The more the merrier: By the time you read this it&#8217;s already eight days old, but <a href=\"http:\/\/philvischer.com\/the-phil-vischer-podcast\/episode-64-guest-sara-groves\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Vischer Podcast #64 <\/a>with Sara Groves and Todd Groves ranks as one my favorites.<\/li>\n<li>Worship Department: First, we followed the CCLI Top 25 song charts by country; but now there&#8217;s also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.praisecharts.com\/top-40-chord-charts-in-july-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Praise Charts chart<\/a>. (Not a typo!)<\/li>\n<li>A Chattanooga, Tennessee pastor offers five reasons why discipleship should <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9marks.org\/blog\/why-disciple-groups\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">take place in small groups<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Not sure how long this will be there, but the full 70-minutes of Nick Vujicic&#8217;s <em>Life Without Limbs<\/em> video is currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithfulnews.com\/main\/view\/304359\/Nick-Vujicic-Life-Without-Limbs-in-Resources-and-Sermons-Christian-news-FaithfulNews\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">available to watch online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Church History Department: Yes it was his real name. Pentecostal pioneer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smith_Wigglesworth\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith Wigglesworth<\/a> passed away in 1947, but like many classic authors his books still sell and he is<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/S_Wigglesworth1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"> still tweeting<\/a>.   (C. S. Lewis tweets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CSLewisU\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">several times a day<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<li>Ask the Doctor: A flashback to last year, where Dr. Russell Moore answered, Should a Christian wedding photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/2012\/12\/11\/should-a-christian-photographer-work-at-a-same-sex-wedding-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">shoot a same-sex marriage ceremony<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Who needs videos of cute cats when you can join 600,000 people online and watch an Oklahoma pastor&#8217;s sermon where he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2013\/september\/should-pastors-rebuke-parishioners-from-pulpit.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">takes a strip off some of his congregants by name<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul><p>Well, we could just keep on going, but we might lose some of you around link #50. 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