Re:Word Weekly – 1/13/2012
Re:Word is Zondervan Blog's new weekly collection of articles regarding words or the Word. We re-tell these stories because they're exciting, surprising, useful, or nourishing.
Stumbling upon the stories below felt like finding little luminous treasures. We couldn't resist sharing them with you! Enjoy…
Photo by Rich Tatum, used with permission.
1. The two most disarming words you can use in a tense conversation about Christians, as told by a friend of Philip Yancey (NIV Student Bible).
2. Is Pornography the Same as Cheating asks author Sheila Wray Gregoire? Further Reading: The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex
3. 10 thoughts on Tim Tebow from Pastor Nathan Busenitz, including "5 Reasons I like Tim Tebow" and "5 Concerns I have about Tebow Mania." (via Tim Challies, Challies.com) Further Reading: Tim Tebow's memoir, Through My Eyes
4. For writers & aspiring writers: Want a birds-eye view of whether your story has forward momentum? Create an "Emote Pacing Chart." (via DiAnn Mills, author of The Fire in Ember)
5. Punchy thoughts on Jesus's masculinity. (via Scot McKnight, author of The King Jesus Gospel)
6. Via Qideas.org – Many non-Christians are more willing to have a spiritual conversation than a Jesus conversation. Wait, is there a difference? Ron Martoia offers a long but worthy piece on natural, conversational evangelism called Spiritual Conversations: Understanding the Cultural Language. Further Reading: The Next Christians Group Study, Being Countercultural Group Study
7. A timely collection of posts about gender, hierarchy, equality, and marriage collected by Rachel Held Evans (Evolving in Monkey Town).
- Adam Forrest, special thanks to Rich Tatum.
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