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The Cost of Discipleship

by Shannon Mimbs on March 1, 2010 · 0 comments

in Resources

An excellent resource is available at christianaudio.com for FREE:  the audio version of The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  Check it out!

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Religion Saves for free

by Shannon Mimbs on February 9, 2010 · 0 comments

in Resources

For all the Mark Driscoll readers/listeners out there, christianaudio.com offers his book – Religion Saves: And Nine Other Misconceptions – as the FREE audio download of the month (courtesy of Mark and Crossway Publishers).  While I disagree with various (significant) theological positions which Mark holds, he nonetheless is a brother in Christ who is determined [...]

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Corinth who?

by Shannon Mimbs on February 6, 2010 · 0 comments

in Education, Resources, Seminary

Hey folks,
Just a heads up concerning a great resource that’s now available.  A dear friend of ours just finished a commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians that has been published through SPCK.  D and I had the wonderful opportunity to contribute to the resource by working on the study/discussion questions at the end of every [...]

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Check This Out

by Shannon Mimbs on November 3, 2009 · 0 comments

in Education, Resources, Seminary

There are a few resource sites that I’ve come across recently that I think will be of benefit.  One is by a Th.D. student at Duke University, Andy Rowell, which provides great resources (e.g. excellent audio lectures from classes and conferences).  The address is www.andyrowell.net/.
Also, iTunes has available an entire semester of Introduction to the [...]

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FYI

by Shannon Mimbs on July 17, 2009 · 0 comments

in Blog, Resources

Howdy, folks. We hope that everyone is doing exceptionally well.  As for us, we’re still unpacking things in the new place.  However, things are cleaning up quite nicely (thanks to the marvelous insights of Dr. D). 
We’ve decided to step out into another communications venture.  As many of you know, I recently [...]

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Quick Question

by Shannon Mimbs on July 14, 2009 · 9 comments

in Book Review, Resources, Theology

Just a quick question?  If you were stranded on an island (like in the show, Lost) and you could have two books (not including the bible or “island survival guides”), which ones would you choose?  and why?
Peace    

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Ministry of the Word

by Shannon Mimbs on February 20, 2009 · 0 comments

in Church, Education, Resources, Seminary, Sermon

Christian Greetings.  :-)
There is a new listing of chapel messages (audio) available on the Church of God Theological Seminary website.  I would draw your attention especially to the Clarence J. Abbott Lectures in Biblical Studies by Dr. R. Hollis Gause (“Sabbath and Spirit Baptism in Eschatological Perspective”).  (Eschatology deals with studying the “end times.”)  [...]

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To Image or Not to Image

by Shannon Mimbs on February 11, 2009 · 2 comments

in Book Review, Church, Discernment, Resources, Theology

Christian Greetings!
In conclusion to our survey of chapter one of Vondey’s, People of Bread: Rediscovering Ecclesiology, I have listed his six principles of using biblical images.  

Principles for the Use of Biblical Images:

Images must emerge from within the community of faith.

The images must emphasize the ecumenical unity of the Church.

The images must complement one another [...]

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Imagine That

by Shannon Mimbs on February 9, 2009 · 3 comments

in Book Review, Church, Discernment, Resources, Theology

Continuing our exploration of chapter one of Vondey’s work, People of Bread: Rediscovering Ecclesiology…
Vondey explores three functions of images: imaginative, illustrative and instrumental.
Imaginative function of Images – Herein, images serve “as vehicles of emotions, associations, and feelings; they serve not only as an informative but also an expressive medium” (p. 18).  Meaning, they help to [...]

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