04.04.04 vol. 1 - no. 1
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The whole congregation of believers was united as one--one heart, one mind! No one said, "That's mine--you can't have it." They shared everything.
Acts 4:32 The Message
I want to say a special thank you to everyone who stayed on the list through all the inactivity of our site over the last few years. This time we are back and back to stay.
Thanks for your continued support and encouragement
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Len Evans
What's New at Free Youth Ministry?
Uh, almost everything! Here are a few highlights
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- Interview with Tony Jones
(hit the interview section on the home page)
- Freebie of the Month
(Win an autographed copy of Soul Shaper = go to the Freebie of the Month section)
- Cartoon of the Month
(Enjoy a laugh with these great original cartoons by Dave Weiss)
(Use these for your wallpaper at your own risk)
Need 2 Read Articles
Leaders are Readers
- The Latest 5 by Tony Jones
Well, since I read 2-4 books a week in the doctoral program, that¹s always changing, but here you go:
- Moral Education by Emile Durkheim
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The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber
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The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
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GenX Religion by Richard Flory and Donald Miller
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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
- The Greatest 5 by Tony Jones
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
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Godric by Frederick Buechner
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein
Simple Tools for Brain Surgery
by Bill Jack of World View Academy www.worldview.org
"Our Foundation"
Most people don't wear signs advertising their worldview. While some readily confess a certain faith, many more appear uncertain or apathetic. How can we recognize a person's worldview, if they can¹t express it themselves?
Simple. Just like any home, a worldview has a foundation. This foundation is a person's answer to two basic questions:
What is the nature of man?
And, what is the nature of God?
The way a person answers these two questions provides the basis for what they believe about everything else. Discover a man's answers to these questions, and you discover the way in which he views the world.
Everyone has a worldview, because everyone makes certain assumptions about the nature of man and the nature of God.
LEAVE EARLY
There is a "lateness acceptability" factor in our lives that tells us that if we are late some of the time because of the weather, the traffic, or for personal reasons, then it's okay because everyone is late some of the time. And being late is a time waster.
But it just seems to me that if you are late some of the time, like everyone else, it makes you look average.
Get to where you need to be, on time, by leaving early. Take whatever is keeping you from leaving until the last possible moment with you and do it on the other end.
Leave early. Arrive on time. Stand out from the crowd.
Coca-Cola's Mall Propaganda Lounges
Coca-Cola Company and Westfield Corporation Inc., are working together to create special spaces for teens at malls called Coca-Cola Red Lounges. The lounges feature custom-built furniture, a medial wall with plasma screens and glass-front vending machines featuring Coke products. The lounges will feature programming developed specifically for teens from FUSE, G4, Sony, ESPN Video Games, and Twentieth Century Fox. The goal is for these lounges to be experiential places for teens to hang out with friends and learn about new movies, music and games. Currently there are Coca-Cola Red Lounges at a mall in the Chicago area and the Los Angeles area.
--WonderGroup Youth University, Volume 26, February 21, 2004
The Price of Baldness Vanity
Of those 80 million follicularly challenged men and women, $2 billion was spent in 2003 on medications, medical procedures, and wigs.
--The National Hair Journal, Newsweek, February 9, 2004
The Gilligan Reality Show
TBS is putting together their own reality show based on Gilligan's Island. A real skipper and his first mate, a millionaire couple, movie star, Kansas farm girl and a professor are being put on an island and filmed. The show will air in June.
--USA Today, March 3, 2004
For an expanded version of stats and stories you can use, go to the homepage and hit the "411" link
Faith Funnies
"It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it."
G.K. Chesterton
The elderly priest, speaking to the younger priest, said, "It was a good idea you had to replace the first four pews with plush bucket theater seats. It worked like a charm. The front of the church fills first". The young priest nodded, and the old priest continued, "And you told me a little more beat to the music would bring young people back to church, so I suppose the rock 'n roll gospel choir you brought in was another good idea. We are packed in to the balcony". Thank you, Father," answered the young priest. "I am pleased that you are open to the new ideas of youth."
"Well," said the elderly priest, "I'm afraid you've gone too far with the drive-thru confessional."
"But, Father," protested the young priest, "my confessions have nearly doubled since I began that!"
"I know, son," replied the elderly priest, "but the flashing neon sign, Toot n' Tell or Go To Hell" cannot stay on the church roof!"
Dr. H. A. Ironside, longtime pastor of Chicago's Moody Church, was told by a lady that she expected to get to heaven by faith plus her good works. "It's like rowing a boat," she explained. "It takes two oars to row a boat; otherwise you go around in a circle." Dr. Ironside replied, "That's a good illustration except for one thing: I'm not going to heaven in a rowboat!"
Used by permission of http://www.godlaughs.net
Words to Minister By
"The greatest crisis in the world today is a crisis of leadership, and the greatest crisis in leadership is a crisis of character."
Howard G. Hendricks
"I didn't become a Christian because of some philosophy about life, I became a Christian because of what Jesus did."
Rich Mullins
"If you think you are seeing the same show all over again seven times a week, you're crazy. Every morning you wake up to something that in all eternity never was before and never will be again. And the you that wakes up was never the same before and will never be the same again."
Frederick Buechner
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The whole congregation of believers was united as one--one heart, one mind! No one said, "That's mine--you can't have it." They shared everything.
Acts 4:32 The Message
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