"Conception to Birth" (Video)

A video I'll be showing in my Nutrition 101 lecture tonight at MSJC (on Fetal and Childhood Nutrition). It's really powerful. Check it out!

Free Audio Book: 'Resolving Everyday Conflict' by Ken Sande

For the month of May, the audio book version of Resolving Everyday Conflict is free at ChristianAudio.

My wife and I have used Ken Sande's The Peacemaker for pre-marriage counseling and for assisting in conflict resolution. It's really amazing to see how the Spirit can transform seemly hopeless conflicts with this clear application of Scripture. I was excited to see (and buy) a copy of Resolving Everyday Conflict earlier this year. It's an abridged version of The Peacemaker and exactly the right size.

If you are not familiar with Ken Sande's biblical conflict resolution material you really should be. This free audio book would be a great place to start. Sande's peacemaking pamphlet should also be in every disciple's toolbox.

Amazingly Big and Amazingly Small (Interactive Site)

You have got to check out this webpage (not viewable on iPhones). I know it sounds strange, but there is something really awe-inspiring about the bigness of creation and the smallness of it. You'll know what I mean when you see it.

What kind of a Being makes things so big and so small?!

HT: Jon Bloom

The Heart of Prayerlessness

It is really easy to make Christians feel bad about their prayerlessness, but it does little to improve their prayer lives if it fails to address the heart.

I think Matt Chandler offers some real Gospel help in his recent message "A Call to Pray". Check it out!

Community: Taking Your Small Groups Off Life Support

As we are thinking through how we will do small groups this fall, I have been reading several books on the subject. By far, the best one in the stack is Community: Taking Your Small Groups Off Life Support (Kindle) by Brad House. It is refreshingly theological as well as practical. Here is a promo video for the book:
The model presented in Community is in use in all of the small groups at Mars Hill Church. Here's a review of the book in Themelios.