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from Mark Driscoll’s Blog:

There is an ongoing debate as to the purpose of the sermon and whether it should focus on converting the lost or maturing the saved. The apparent conflict between preaching for seekers and preaching for believers is resolved simply by noting that both need to repent of sin and trust in Jesus to live a new life empowered by the Spirit. Therefore, a sermon can and should effectively communicate to both audiences, and it will if the preacher is able to go after the root of sin and explain Christian jargon in order to speak the “tongue” of the hearer. This includes saying the name of Jesus and making him known.

Very interesting debate.  Driscoll did a good job of defending the existence of Satan, and most importantly he clearly presented the Gospel.

Watch the debate on the ABC News website.

Also, check out the Mars Hill website for “8 Things to Know About Nightline’s Satan Debate“.

Here’s an interesting take on email . . . make it more like SMS or Twitter by keeping emails to a certain number of sentences.

Screen-shot from http://two.sentenc.es/

One of my favorite podcasts is Ira Glass’ This American Life.  Here are a couple of videos of him discussing storytelling.

Ira Glass on Storytelling #1

Ira Glass on Storytelling #2

Ira Glass on Storytelling #3

Ira Glass on Storytelling #4

(HT: Between Two Worlds)

RT @desiringgod: “[the church's] primary purpose is..to put man into the rt relationship w/ God, 2 reconcile man 2 God” http://bit.ly/10qwUZ

Three great videos of Tim Keller Lectures. See them below or at the following links:
Tim Keller – Preaching the Gospel [video]
Tim Keller – The City [video]
Tim Keller – Cultural Transformation [video]

Tim Keller – Preaching the Gospel from Newfrontiers on Vimeo.

Tim Keller – The City from Newfrontiers on Vimeo.

Tim Keller – Cultural Transformation from Newfrontiers on Vimeo.