On the Links

• Flowerdust
  Over the past two years, Anne Jackson has been all around the world writing on her blog about people living in poverty. Her blog touches on more than poverty issues, though. Check it out.
• Leadership Network podcasts
  Here are a few great ministry-related podcasts from Leadership Network. Some of the most recent include: Jim Sheppard, Ed Stetzer, and Larry Osborne.
• World Evangelical Alliance
  This 160-year-old organization connects churches around the world to more effectively share the gospel. You’ll find events, resources, and more on the site.
• Free Christian lyrics and songs
  This is a searchable database of free Christian song lyrics and chords.
• The Teal Trust
  Take an online leadership test and find other church-based leadership tools on this site.

Book Look

• If God is Good
  By Randy Alcorn (Multnomah Books 2009)We will all experience suffering in our lives. In difficult times, people in our congregations often ask, “Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world full of evil and suffering?” In his latest book, Randy Alcorn challenges the “logic of disbelief” and brings a fresh biblical perspective to this ancient question.

Saddleback Sayings

• “The phrase ‘one another’ or ‘each other’ is used over 50 times in the New Testament. We are commanded to love each other, pray for each other, encourage each other, admonish each other, greet each other, serve each other, teach each other, accept each other, honor each other, bear each other’s burdens, forgive each other, sing to each other, submit to each other, and be devoted to each other. All of these commands are what membership in a local body of believers is all about.” – Rick Warren

Bible Bytes

• “He is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone.’”
  
  – Acts 4:11 (NIV)
• “For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.”
  
  – 1 Corinthians 3:9 (NLT)
• “From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”
  
  – Ephesians 4:16 (NIV)

Notes & Quotes

• “A good coach will make his players see what they can become rather than what they are.” – Ara Parseghian
• “Love is blind – marriage is the eye-opener.” – Pauline Thompson
• According to a recent survey, those who claim to have no religion at all are more likely to be male, younger, living in the West, and politically independent. (Source: American Religious Identification Survey 2008 by Trinity College)
• “Love is staying up all night with a sick child – or a healthy adult.” – David Frost