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You Can’t Say This Enough
John Piper writes about a conversation with his wife, Noël, when he was preaching a series on marriage a few years ago. After a couple ...
Does God Really Want a Team to Have a Senior Leader?
This content is for those that have signed up for Leadership Coaching with Pastor Mark. Please sign in at ...
From Filthy Rags to Robes of Righteousness
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/23/Rags_To_Robes.jpeg You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ...
Jesus Wants to Trade
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/22/Jesus_Wants_To_Trade.jpg When Jesus touched or was purposefully touched, there was a lot happening. ...
Atheists Need Your Help
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/21/Need_Your_Help.jpeg Perhaps you’re aware of a new version of atheists called, reasonably ...
Four Reasons Why Marriage Is God’s Doing
The most foundational thing we can say about marriage is that it is God's doing. John Piper explains, "A glimpse into the magnificence of ...
Why Your Self-Image Won’t Make You Happy
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/21/Are_You_Happy.jpg We are all concerned about our images. Hipsters work hard to look like they ...
My Response to the Vote on Jason Meyer
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4402/original.jpeg?1337612181Last night, in a special All-Church-Strategy Meeting, 792 of ...
This Changes Everything
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/21/This_Changes_Everything.jpeg Have This Mind I’ve often said that there’s one passage of ...
How Zephaniah Helps Us Feel the Glad Love of God
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4393/original.jpeg?1337548154John Piper says it's almost too good to believe. Hear Zephaniah's ...
Safe and Uncondemned for the Glory of God
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4389/original.jpeg?1337468015It was almost nine years ago when Owen Shrameck died. His parents, ...
Why the Church and the Community Need Shepherds
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/20/shepherds.jpg What do you see when you walk around your city? What do you feel? How will you ...
Got Music?
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/19/gotmusic.jpeg How many of you were around back in the day during the old school Mars Hill bands? How ...
“Fifty Reasons” eBook – Free in Eight Languages
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4392/original.jpg?1337291628If you've explored our Resource Library, you've likely discovered ...
Your Problems or Your Purpose: Where Is Your Focus?
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/18/whereisyourfocus.jpeg How you approach your job or your ministry makes a difference in how effective ...
Behind the Blog: We Have Thor
Josh Etter joins today's episode of Behind the Blog for the background of how we learned about the amazing story of Ian & Larissa. Tony talks ...
5 Things Mentors Should Model
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/17/5_Things.jpeg Dave Kraft writes about his early mentor Warren Myers, what he learned from this man ...
Far Too Easily Pleased
Americans, Daniel Boorstin once observed, suffer from extravagant expectations. In his much quoted 1962 book The Image, or What Happened to the ...
Announcing Our 2012 National Conference
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4376/original.jpg?1337006716We invite you to join us for our 2012 National Conference, September ...
Far Too Easily Pleased
Americans, Daniel Boorstin once observed, suffer from extravagant expectations. In his much quoted 1962 book The Image, or What Happened to the ...
Should Christians Believe in Evolution?
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/16/Evolution.jpeg In the previous post in this series we examined the concept of a worldview and how, ...
Letter to a 12-Year-Old Girl About the Eternal Destiny of Those Who Have Not Heard the Gospel
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4387/original.jpeg?1337181273Dear [Sarah], You asked what happens to people who live far away ...
“I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/16/I_Cant_Get_No.jpg Sin isn’t just a personal thing—it’s a cosmic thing. While the ...
The Avenger
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/photos/images/4384/original.jpg?1337094770Four superheroes unite in "The Avengers Initiative" — ...
Jesus Loses No One
http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2012/05/16/jesuslosesnoone.jpeg “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I ...
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[null]Committed resources capex hit $261bn in April, up 34pc on yearThe Australian[{}]COMMITTED capital investment in Australia's already ...
Extra-terrestrial hunter Jill Tarter retires from search for intelligent life ...
[null]Extra-terrestrial hunter Jill Tarter retires from search for intelligent life ... and ...
Burger King’s black truffle burger follows caviar topped dim sum
[null]Burger King's black truffle burger follows caviar topped dim sumThe Australian[{}]TOFU flecked with gold flake, foie gras pudding, ...
Jean Pakter Dies at 101; Women’s Health Advocate
[null]Jean Pakter Dies at 101; Women's Health AdvocateNew York Times[{}]Abortion was still illegal during Dr. Pakter's early years in public health, and she had the task of compiling reports about the commerce in abortion. These reports provided some of the few reliable estimates in the country about the number of women ...
‘Poisonous gas attack’: 130 schoolgirls fall ill
[null]'Poisonous gas attack': 130 schoolgirls fall illSydney Morning Herald[{}]Some 130 girls and three female teachers have fallen ill ...
ALP considers freeing up online betting
[null]ALP considers freeing up online bettingThe Australian[{}]COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy says he is seriously considering changes to ...
ACCC clears AGL bid for Loy Yang
[null]ACCC clears AGL bid for Loy YangThe Australian[{}]THE ACCC has cleared the AGL bid to buy the remaining 67.5 per cent of Victoria's Loy ...
Is the Church Becoming Less Catholic?
[null]Is the Church Becoming Less Catholic?New York Times[{}]That said, there is more to the Catholic Church's position on abortion than Maureen Dowd cares to acknowledge. The church views abortion as the murder of innocents and thus as an absolute evil, so “absolute intolerance” is not an inappropriate response ...
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Queensland Health wins major IT excellence award
[null]Queensland Health wins major IT excellence awardThe Australian[{}]QUEENSLAND Health, which had been reeling from massive problems with its ...
Oil below $US90, copper loses year’s gains, coffee at 21-month low
[null]Oil below $US90, copper loses year's gains, coffee at 21-month lowThe Australian[{}]A SELLING wave swept across energy and commodity ...
Stocks eye gains as Wall St rebounds
[null]Stocks eye gains as Wall St reboundsSydney Morning Herald[{}]Austalian stocks face a positive start after a late rebound on Wall St restored ...
We were right on death threat emails
[null]We were right on death threat emailsThe Australian[{}]THE ABC delayed reporting on 11 potentially embarrassing emails until after it ...
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Does It Mean Anything that a Record Low Are ‘Pro-Choice’?
[null]Does It Mean Anything that a Record Low Are 'Pro-Choice'?New York Times (blog)[{}]Asked to pick one of the two labels applied to the abortion debate, a full 50 percent said they were pro-life, whereas only 41 percent said they were pro-choice, down from the previous low of 42 percent recorded in May of 2009. Republicans are the most ...
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Why office chatter is bad for the bottom line
[null]Why office chatter is bad for the bottom lineSydney Morning Herald[{}]The walls have come tumbling down in offices everywhere, but the ...
Egypt votes in 1st free presidential polls
[null]Egypt votes in 1st free presidential pollsSydney Morning Herald[{}]AP More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak's ...
The trouble with cannabis
[null]The trouble with cannabisSydney Morning Herald[{}]Dope use is increasing, as is the surrounding debate, writes Amy Corderoy. Depending on ...
Trevor O’Hoy takes charge of Redcape
[null]Trevor O'Hoy takes charge of RedcapeThe Australian[{}]NEWLY appointed Redcape chairman Trevor O'Hoy says he will spend his first few ...
Big Ben running out of time with Reds
[null]Big Ben running out of time with RedsThe Australian[{}]REBELS boss Steve Boland has categorically ruled out any prospect of Reds Test centre ...
$1bn fund lures private equity
[null]$1bn fund lures private equityThe Australian[{}]SINGAPORE-BASED private equity group Crest Capital Asia will pour $100 million into what ...
Perron trumps Gina if Rio Pilbara deal gets tick of approval
[null]Perron trumps Gina if Rio Pilbara deal gets tick of approvalThe Australian[{}]WHEN Rio Tinto's board sits down in the next few months to ...
News trio called on hacking ‘lies’
[null]News trio called on hacking 'lies'Sydney Morning Herald[{}]THREE former executives of Rupert Murdoch's British publishing arm, ...
Australian shares tumble on China slowdown fears
[null]Australian shares tumble on China slowdown fearsThe Australian[{}]AUSTRALIA'S sharemarket fell 1.25 per cent amid forecasts for easing ...
Web to aid health service delivery
[null]Web to aid health service deliveryThe Australian[{}]THE internet could soon start to accelerate inter-governmental collaboration on delivery ...
Arrest threat to PNG judges
[null]Arrest threat to PNG judgesThe Australian[{}]THE effective government of Papua New Guinea says it will arrest the three judges who ordered ...
Port Botany docks impede productivity
[null]Port Botany docks impede productivityThe Australian[{}]LOGISTICS problems at the Port Botany docks facility are the single biggest ...
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