Stories

How do you teach the Bible to people who don’t believe the Bible and may not be very interested in what the Bible has to say?  The last couple weeks I’ve shared a few ideas, and most are especially for teaching pessimistic people. This strategy works for cynical people, and everyone else too. Stories. Stories…

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No Photocopiers In Acts

I recently went through the book of Acts in my Bible reading time. Love reading about the early church – who they were, how they functioned, how they reached people. And one of the the patterns I noticed was the lack of patterns. I don’t see much of a “model for ministry” appearing. Compare Peter’s…

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Vault Alumni: Jesus Was Homeless

Bryan and Amy Stallings never intended to start a church. In 2008 they felt God lead them to offer Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless and those who live in the weekly and extended stay motels in their hometown of Branson, Missouri. Then they started delivering lunches to those same people. Today they provide 720 meals…

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Live For Greatness

Have you seen the new slogan for Rolex? Live For Greatness I realize Rolex are one of the world’s most expensive watches, going for around $1,000 to $100,000 but even still, I had no idea greatness comes so cheap. Really? Wearing a Rolex means I’m living for greatness? The sad thing is that for a…

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Vince Recommends…

Have you seen The Pitch? It’s a new reality show on AMC, and it’s probably not for everyone, but it is for me. The idea is that two rival advertising agencies each get to make a pitch to win a new account, the same account. The accounts are actual, famous companies, who are really looking to…

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