Imagine the Word

If You Abide In My Word, You Are Truly My Disciples

2011-04-19T17:15:00.000-04:00

If You Abide In My Word, You Are Truly My Disciples

Psalm 46:10

2011-03-21T10:19:00.000-04:00

Pause long enough to remember who is big enough..."Be still and know, He is God"

Exploring Christianity Explored

2011-03-18T12:01:00.001-04:00

I have been running Alpha in our Church for over five years and have found it to be a challenging and fruitful ministry. But lately I have been looking into a similar work called "Christianity Explored". Here are some of the distinctives of the program and a short trailer.

* It’s an evangelistic program grounded in the exposition of Mark’s Gospel
* It offers a clear exploration of sin so that the sheer wonder of God’s grace can be understood
* It gives an honest explanation of the cost of following Jesus
* It presents a compelling portrait of the identity, mission and call of Christ

I ordered the program today. I'll let you know what I think after giving it a look about.

Lost and Found

2011-03-18T09:55:00.002-04:00

If your lost, your wanted. You don't throw lost things away, you look for them till they are found. Lost? Your wanted...by God.

Discipleship and Memorization Korean Style!

2011-03-17T11:19:00.002-04:00

At SaRang Community Church in Seoul Korea, every lay leader is trained not only in topical memorization of Scripture but also in total recall of Romans 8! The senior pastor memorizes, and everyone else in the church feels they should too.

Way to go SaRang CC!

"I know of no other single practice in the Christian life more rewarding, practically speaking, than memorizing Scripture. That's right. No other single discipline is more useful and rewarding than this. No other single exercise pays greater spiritual dividends!" - Charles Swindoll

Ephesians Clip

2011-02-24T11:51:00.001-05:00

Ephesians clip by This is a short audio sample of a presentation of the book of Ephesians by heart, this Summer at Zarephath Christian Church. www.imaginetheword.com

Imagine this

2011-02-05T17:04:00.000-05:00

In our culture imagination is the least developed faculty, we let others do the imagining for us.

the imagination is almost, not quite, the same thing as faith. That which connects what we see and don’t see. When imagination is combined with trust and participation in the unseen, it becomes faith. But imagination is the training ground for that.

Eugene Peterson.

The word of God is THE great rehabilitator of our imagination, helping us to see AND participate in the reality of the unseen.

I just launched a new website for Imaginetheword.com!

2011-02-01T17:12:00.002-05:00

I just launched a new website for Imaginetheword.com! This is something we have needed to to for a long time, and we were gifted with the funds to make it happen and happen it did! We built the site on a cloversite platform. Clover is a great company, they put website creation and maintenance within the hands of creative non-technical people in a way that few others do. I researched pretty thoroughly and haven't found anything that even comes close to what Clover offers. If your interested, drop me a line and I can tell you more, they specialize in Church ministries, non-profits and small businesses. Check em out at Clover Sites and tell them Hunter sent you!

Bono sings the oldies...really old!

2011-01-25T16:34:00.000-05:00

the e100 challenge!

2011-01-24T12:46:00.002-05:00

Scripture Union, doing a great job engaging the Church in the word of God. Way to go SU!

Tidal Bore, in Alaska.

2011-01-14T19:19:00.003-05:00

They can ride these things for up to five miles!

The Rickshaw Arrives!

2011-01-10T15:45:00.000-05:00

Replenishing & Reorienting for 2011 | The Noble Heart

2011-01-07T09:13:00.001-05:00

Replenishing & Reorienting for 2011 | The Noble Heart

The Rickshaw Commeth!

2011-01-03T19:03:00.001-05:00

Wow. One amazing milestone has been reached today, we have purchased the rickshaw! that's right, we have purchased a pedicab pickup that will be customized into the World's First Rickshaw Theatre! The good folks at Main Street Pedicab in Broomfield, Colorado had a truck assembled and ready to go, so we said "We'll take it"! This has been a dream for years, and it's amazing to see it coming about. This Summer by God's grace, we will be on the streets of New York!

More milestones to come, funds for the customization of the Rickshaw, and for the covered trailer, but for this one step, we are grateful. Thanks to all who have given and prayed toward this project, your desire to see this work come about has been nothing less than inspiring.

The Iceman Commeth:

2010-12-21T21:03:00.001-05:00

Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo created this great public installation of hundreds of icemen figures. I love outdoor and public art.

God is Looking

2010-12-16T12:09:00.002-05:00

"When God wanted to say the biggest thing he ever said, his eyes ran to and fro throughout the whole earth, looking for...a young girl hardly more than a teenager, whose heart was perfect toward him. For the eyes of the Lord roam to and fro throughout the whole earth, looking for the man, the woman, boy or girl, whose heart, being perfect toward him, he may show Himself strong, on their behalf."

- Major Ian Thomas

Are you poor in spirit, mourning, hungry for righteousness, merciful, peace-loving, persecuted and pure in heart? God is looking for you, looking to show Himself strong, on your behalf.

Merry Christmas!!

"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall he comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake"

- Matthew 5:3-11

A recent arrangement from my wife.

2010-12-15T11:20:00.003-05:00

Lord, I Want to be a Christian in My Heart by barnesofheather

An arrangement from an old classic by my beautiful bride! take a listen.

Mission Adventure

2010-12-07T12:16:00.000-05:00

The New Zealand Bible Society takes Inspiring young people with Bible Engagement to a whole new level. Heck, sign me up!!!

John Piper - How do you choose what Bible passages to memorize?

2010-12-07T11:10:00.001-05:00

Piper says "My main reason for memorizing scripture is not to teach anybody anything, but to fight unbelief in my life, to fight discouragement in my life" Great reason!

MCA Video, mcanyc.org Video, Manhattan Christian Academy

2010-12-02T13:06:00.000-05:00

I'll be performing here next week, looking forward to bringing the book of Jonah to these students.

Recollecting Our Self | The Noble Heart

2010-11-30T12:27:00.000-05:00

Recollecting Our Self | The Noble Heart
A great blog post by Gary Barkalow, reflecting on Thomas A Kempis who writes, “He who learns to live the interior life and to take little account of outward things does not seek special places or times to perform devout exercises. A spiritual man quickly recollects himself because he has never wasted his attention upon externals. No outside work, no business that cannot wait stands in his way. He adjusts himself to things as they happen.” You will want to read the whole thing.

Powerful

2010-11-26T15:55:00.000-05:00

3/4 Give

2010-11-25T10:24:00.000-05:00

3/4 give. Consider using your social media time to give something away.

One way of making your use of social media purposeful and redemptive is to use the majority of your content as an opportunity to give something away. Things like: the word of God, encouragement, something humorous, a recommendation, encouraging news, a point of interest, referring people to a helpful resource etc.

And by bringing the more banal updates to a minimum, things like "eating toast" or "waiting in line", etc and so forth. Although eating toast with the right folks can be quite encouraging :)

Truth - North Korean Testimony | The Lausanne Global Conversation

2010-11-18T10:51:00.002-05:00

Truth - North Korean Testimony | The Lausanne Global Conversation

A New Work In Newark!

2010-11-12T11:17:00.001-05:00

Somerset Christian College is opening a new campus Newark. Somerset Christian is the only accredited Christian College in New Jersey! He's the God of the city!