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The Covers Have Landed!

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Carl Simmons

Those of you who like pictures more than text will enjoy this post. 🙂 Because the new From Disciples to Disciplers covers are here, courtesy of the illustrious Marion Simmons…. Enjoy….   Granted, the covers for Seasons 1-3 won’t be … Continue reading →

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Once More into the Breach

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Carl Simmons

Happy New Year, y’all. While I continue to await good news from other sectors, there is something I can take into my own hands here—since that’s where they were thrown back into…. This time last month, Seasons 4-6 of the … Continue reading →

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From the Head to the Heart (but not quite to the hands)

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Carl Simmons

Even though this book comes up short on the how-to’s of spiritual formation, it does a good job of provoking you to get off your butt and actually pursue it. However, you’ll probably want to do that long before you … Continue reading →

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It’s the End of the World as Paul Knew It

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Carl Simmons

As C. Marvin Pate points out from the get-go, “[The apostle] Paul was a product of three worlds: Greco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian.” This collision of worldviews (and the sub-worldviews within — e.g., Caesar-worship, Stoicism, Platonism, and especially the “Judaizers” so … Continue reading →

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The Mystery in the Mess

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Carl Simmons

(Sounds like a Bones episode, don’t it? Anyway…) Some devotional books are dedicated to helping you feel better about your life each day…. My purpose here is to embrace the mysteries of God and then proclaim by faith that, despite … Continue reading →

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Ambition and Its Discontents

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Carl Simmons

Ambition is a tricky thing. It can be the “divine discontent” that drives us to accomplish great things for God, or it can be… well, we’ve all seen what it can be. And as a result, many of us don’t … Continue reading →

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Get Real, Get Right

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Carl Simmons

I think (hope?) that by now most Christians realize that evangelism isn’t about delivering some canned presentation—let alone about smashing nonbelievers to bits with our “unassailable” arguments—but about sharing the hope we have in Christ, the hope He has given … Continue reading →

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Doing the Impossible by God’s Grace

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Carl Simmons

Near the beginning of this book is an anecdote regarding the late evangelist D.L. Moody, which is worth reprinting here: A newspaper reporter once wrote, “I can see nothing whatever in D.L. Moody to account for his marvelous work.” When … Continue reading →

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And the Word Became the Word

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Carl Simmons

This book expands upon an idea so obvious that we usually miss it: that Jesus was intimately acquainted with the content of the Old Testament. He knew it as a Jew; He knew it as a member of the Godhead … Continue reading →

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Keeping Preaching Biblical AND Creative

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Carl Simmons

There’s a lot of materials out there for pastors to “spice up their sermons”—and admittedly those people will be (and should be) attracted to this book. What sets this one apart from many of those books is the desire to … Continue reading →

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