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What Difference Can a Poor College Student Make?
Posted by MK | Filed under Ministry
As it turns out, quite a bit. I wrote last week a little of my experience at Passion 2011. As a part of that experience, students were challenged to “Do Something Now.” Here are the results, from the Passion blog: For us at Passion, being a movement for Jesus means loving the things He loves [...]
What’s Been There All the Time
Posted by MK | Filed under Ministry
This spring, I’m excited to be a part of something incredible that’s been going on for a while. Secret Church, which is coming from the ministry of David Platt and The Church at Brook Hills, is going to be available as a live simulcast to churches all over the world. Right now, I’m slated to [...]
MissionShift Conference
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry
I’m excited to be a part of the MissionShift Conference July 12-15 for alot of reasons, not the least of which hearing guys like Alan Hirsch, Matt Chandler, JD Greear, and Ed Stetzer speak. But the biggest reason I’m excited to be leading a workshop there is because of the subject matter of the conference. [...]
Robertson McQuilken's Promise
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry, Videos
A little background to this story. When she was 58 years old, Muriel McQuilken was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. At the time, her husband, Robertson, was the president of Columbia Bible College and Seminary, world renowned as a New Testament scholar and speaker. They had been married for 40 years. She lost her basic skills to [...]
The Results Fit the Expectations
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry
There is an ongoing argument in most educational circles about the level at which one is supposed to teach. The two sides of the argument go something like this: “We must teach to the lowest level present in order to ensure that no one is left behind.” “We must intentionally teach slightly over people’s heads [...]
And the Winners Are…
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry
I’ve been collecting names for a drawing to win 2 copies each of the leader kit to my Bible studies, The Tough Sayings of Jesus and The Tough Sayings of Jesus 2. Each kit contains the book, a leader guide to facilitate a small group, and 4 videos that coordinate with each session of the [...]
Digesting Passion
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry
I was in Atlanta, GA, last week along with 23,000 college students and leaders after experiencing Passion 2010. I had the prililege of serving there as a community group leader, which means I did a morning and evening Bible study time with a group of about 500 students. What an incredible time of encountering the [...]
Tough Sayings Giveaway
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry
I wanted to call your attention today to 2 small group Bible studies I’ve written for Threads called The Tough Sayings of Jesus and The Tough Sayings of Jesus 2. Along with the Bible study book, each of which contains 4 interactive sessions, each one focusing on a difficult saying of Jesus, there is a [...]
Passion 2010
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry
The Passion Conferences have played a huge role in my spiritual development as a college student and young adult. It was at Passion I first heard John Piper speak. It was at Passion that I first heard about God’s desire for His own glory. It was at Passion I first got upset with John Piper [...]
Communion
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry, Videos
This is a video we produced at Threads as part of the leader kit for our upcoming release called Sacred Roads by Heather Zempel. I think it’s a great resource to use to bring about a reflective mood surrounding the taking of Communion. If you want to use the video in your ministry, you can [...]
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