All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face . . . Psalm 44
. . . through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Revelation 22
What does Jesus's parable about seeds have to do with the church? Makoto Fujimara spoke in January at the Gathering in Chapel Hill about this parable, and gave Spirit-inspired insight about the church representing the soil, or terrain, in the parable. A link to the sermon is below, as well as the passage itself.
Read more: Culture Care: Tilling The Soils of Culture Makoto Fujimura Mark 4:1-9 (The Gathering)
Promise, Problem, Providence--Richard Foster speaks 
about God's way of tranformating grace at Wheaton College chapel. This was the first day of a three day talk by Foster. Below are links to the audio and video of this presentation.
http://espace.wheaton.edu/media/wetn/chap11-12/mp3/111102Foster.mp3
http://espace.wheaton.edu/media/wetn/chap11-12/111102Foster.mp4
What does it mean to follow Christ? Tim Keller discusses God's love, and the holiness of God, the otherness of God, and Christ's call to follow him, acting as the Good Samaritan did.
http://media1.wts.edu/media/audio/tk104_copyright.mp3
Luke 10:25-37 New International Version (NIV)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[a]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[b]"
Jamie Munson of Mars Hill Church spoke at the Sticky Teams Conference in October (2010) about how Jesus' role as Prophet, Priest, and King applies to church leadership. Below is a link to his talk, with a question and answer session.
Q&A:
http://download.theresurgence.com/files/2010/12/29/20101229_prophet-priest-king-q-a_sd_audio.mp3
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