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Louie Giglio, Francis Chan, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman oh my…

Passion:LA was great. I got to see some old friends from the OC, made some new friends, took in some great teaching from Francis Chan and Louie Giglio, learned a few new songs from Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin, and experienced downtown Los Angeles like I never had.

I love Louie Giglio and Francis Chan’s authenticity, their pursuit of biblical truth, and passion for my generation. They don’t back down from calling us to surrender our lives to Jesus and to take risks for His Kingdom. They speak honestly about the ills of our culture and the dangers we as Christians find ourselves in if we don’t strip ourselves of clinging to the pattern of this world. They care passionately about seeing our generation spend our lives following Jesus and not a religion, and living fully surrendered and not half-hearted like many young people that put on the falsehood of christianity.

I’m excited about Passion’s World Tour to over 15 countries and that they are so focused on helping young people to think Globally as Followers of Jesus. I truly believe the Church in America needs to embody more of this Call to care about the unreached around the world and taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Nations around the World.

To Read more about Passion’s World Tour, click here:
http://www.268generation.com

To Listen to more of Francis Chan’s messages, click here:
http://www.cornerstonesimi.com

Louie Giglio on Passion:LA (Stories and Pic)
http://268blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/la-love.html
http://268blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/beautiful-la.html

Matt Redman’s Experience at Passion:LA
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=120781688&blogID=353383281

Check out Jake Charles’ Experience at Passion:LA:
http://jctheology.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-do-we-change-world.html

Rick Warren, Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central

If you don’t subscribe to Christian Worldview Network yet, I encourage you to check it out for yourself. They have articles, video and audio from some of the most respected Christians around the world. They are continuing an examination of Rick Warren and The Purpose Driven Church Movement. Today, they listed a video from Comedy Central of Rick Warren being interviewed by Stephen Colbert. I encourage you to check out here:

Link: Rick Warren on Comedy Central

In addition, Brannon Howse, the Founder of CWN, has a radio show that looks more in depth at Rick Warren and his beliefs/methods. Here is the latest radio program taking a look at the Topic: “Are Christians that oppose the emergent church, Rick Warren, Joel Osteen and others being unloving and unchrist like? What is the price of unity? Can we get along and go along with those that are contrary to Biblical truth? Are we required to call someone before we publicly talk about what they have publicly written and said? “

See Radio Program here:
http://www.christianworldviewnetwork.com/radio-show-episode.php?EpisodeID=4362

I also encourage you to check out Lighthouse Trails Research, which has a large resource of information on false doctrine from popular “christian leaders”:

http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/index.php?s=rick+warren
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/peaceplan.htm

Let us test everything and cling to what is good. We also have a responsibility to care for our flocks, because Scripture is clear that in latter days, people will have “itching ears” and subscribe to whatever brand of doctrine they want, irrespective of biblical truth.

For the Fame of Jesus alone.

John Piper Responds to Christian document to Muslims

Muslim Clerics and Christian Response

A group of 138 Muslim Clerics originally wrote back in October “A Common Word Between Us and You” to foster conversation between Christian and Muslims about “Loving God and Loving People”. In Response to this document, over 300 Christian Scholars, Pastors, Missions Leaders, and Organizations published their own document through the Yale Center for Faith and Culture to outline some of this Common Ground. These names include:

Bill Hybels, Tony Jones, Brian McLaren, Joseph Cumming, Robert Schuller, John Stott, Rick Warren, and Fuller Theological Seminary, to name a few.

A few months after this original document, “A Common Word Between Us and You”, John Piper has released a video response to this Christian document on his Blog, DesiringGod.org/Blog, expressing both disappointment and surprise over it:

“I just want to register publicly a disappointment with this document, in fact a profound disappointment with the way that it is worded and surprised that some of the people that signed it, some of my friends who signed it, who i would have thought would be more careful in what they lend their support to because what’s missing from this document is a clear statement about what Christianity really is and how we could come together to talk with muslims from our unique, distinctive, biblical standpoint.”

More Links about “A Common Word Between Us and You”

MUSLIM Introduction to “A Common Word Between Us and You”:
http://Acommonword.com

CHRISTIAN Response to “A Common Word Between Us and You”: http://www.yale.edu/faith/abou-commonword.htm
http://www.acommonword.com/lib/downloads/fullpageadbold18.pdf

JOHN PIPER Video Blog Response to Christian Response:
http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1032_a_common_word_between_us/

More Articles on JOHN PIPER:
http://missionaryroad.com/tag/john-piper/

JUSTIN TAYLOR Blog Response to John Piper Video:
http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/01/piper-on-common-word-and-response.html

ISLAMIC MAGAZINE Article about “A Common Word…”:
http://www.islamicamagazine.com/Common-Word/A-Common-Word.html

CHRISTIANITY TODAY Response to “A Common Word…”:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/octoberweb-only/143-42.0.html

More on Rick Warren:
http://missionaryroad.com/tag/rick-warren

9 Ways to know the Gospel of Christ is True

John Piper lays out 9 ways to know that the Gospel of Christ is True.

9 ways to know the Gospel of Christ is True:

1. Jesus Christ, as he is presented to us in the New Testament, and as he stands forth from all its writings, is too single and too great to have been invented so uniformly by all these writers.

2. Nobody has ever explained the empty tomb of Jesus in the hostile environment of Jerusalem where the enemies of Jesus would have given anything to produce the corpse, but could not.

3. Cynical opponents of Christianity abounded where claims were made that many eyewitnesses were available to consult concerning the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

4. The early church was an indomitable force of faith and love and sacrifice on the basis of the reality of Jesus Christ.

5. The prophesies of the Old Testament find stunning fulfillment in the history of Jesus Christ.

6. The witnesses to Jesus Christ who wrote the New Testament gospels and letters are not gullible or deceitful or demented.

7. The worldview that emerges from the writings of the New Testament makes more sense out of more reality than any other worldview.

8. When one sees Christ as he is portrayed truly in the gospel, there shines forth a spiritual light that is a self-authenticating.

9. When we see and believe the glory of God in the gospel, the Holy Spirit is given to us so that the love of God might be “poured out in our hearts” (Romans 5:5).

Is retirement in the Bible? Think again…

These are two great videos that were put together by Dontwasteyourlife.com and John Piper. I hope they encourage you to think about your views on Retirement and how God may be calling each of us to live.

Retirement Plan 1

Retirement Plan 2

Planning for Retirement? (Advice from John Piper)

MissionaryRoad.com in full swing

MissionaryRoad.com has officially been launched with a new web design, more photos, more videos, and more opportunities to comment and interact with ease.

I hope however you’ve found this site, you will check out the new home for MissionaryRoad.

For the Fame of Jesus,

Ken

Launch of New Design

This week I will be launching the new MissionaryRoad.com website, which will be more geared towards what is a missionary, what it means to live as a missionary, information on mission agencies, stories, equipping, video content, connecting as a community of missionaries, and other resources to spur on our generation to either GO as a missionary and to SEND missionaries around the world to fulfill the great commission.

If you are a Christian, you are a missionary so I pray this will be a valuable resource for the future!

Thank you for all your support in this. I appreciate you!

Stay tuned.

Ken

“1 Month Around the Country” Update

I am so sorry for not updating my blog yet this week. I have been trying to recuperate from 20 hours of driving in one day that brought us into Phoenix at 5 am Tuesday morning.

As I reflect on what God did on our road trip and the stories we accumulated in 3 major cities, I will be updating you soon. Thanks for your patience as I recover from road-lag.

For the Fame of Jesus,

Ken

The most popular Bible verses online?…What do you think?

The most popular Bible verses according to Topverses have been revealed after an internet survey of 37 million Bible references. The survey results rank every Bible verse by popularity and are published on TopVerses.com website. I’ve listed the top 5 verses below for your review. Does your favorite verse rank in the Top 5? This website looks to be a great resource for both study and play. Hope it’s an encouragement to you, even if your favorite Bible verse may not be referenced.

Top Verses Overall

Rank: 1

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16

Rank: 2

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. -John 1:1

Rank: 3

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. -John 14:6

Rank: 4

Go , and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, – Matthew 28:19

Rank: 5

For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; -Romans 3:23