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Here are my five favorite blog posts from the week:

Tim Stevens – Frustrated – Tim shares openly and honestly about his frustrations with core church members who do not tithe, and his frustration is because of what they’re missing out on

Vince Antonucci – Vivalaverve, Take One – Vince shares thoughts from the official launch of Verve Church – www.vivalaverve.org

Michael Lukaszewski – Nine Random Church Thoughts –  I really like 2, 5 & 8

Buckhead Church – And the Survey Says… – Jeff Henderson shared the results from Buckhead being evaluated by atheistic first time visitors, a service provided by Church Rater

Brad Lomenick – Making Ideas Happen With Scott Belsky – A great video interview (2 parts) with Scott Belsky, founder and leader of Behance.com and the the99percent.com

Here are my five favorite blog posts from the week:

Church Leader Insights – Field-Tested Advice For Church Planters – Nelson Searcy re-posts a great post from Jimmy Britt

Perry Noble – Top 7 Money Mistakes I’ve Made – Great wisdom on financial matters.  Read the rest of his mistakes here

Tony Morgan – “And” Instead of “Or” – This really needed to be said by somebody and Tony does it well

Tony Morgan – The Loudest Voice – Another great post from Tony.  He had a good week.

Doug Foltz – How Big Should the Launch Team Be? – One of the hardest parts of planting a church, right up there with raising the necessary funds.

Kendra Fleming – Real Life Heroes! – Kendra visited Cape Town, South Africa and is raising $4000 to build 2 classrooms for the children there.  

Brad Lomenick – Are you a CEO of something? – Interesting leadership tactic proposed by Mark Pincus

Ben Arment – How They Started: Captivate Church – A new church plant in Baltimore makes it into Ben's series of posts.

Tim Stevens – If You Don't Protect Your Kids In The Digital World-Who Will? – Tim gives insight into all the things he does to protect his children in a digital world.

Carey Nieuwhof – How to Lose at Success – Great thoughts from Carey about how "the greatest threat to your dependence on God is your current success."

Here are my five favorite blog posts from the week;

Catalyst Space – What Pastors Can Learn from Steve Jobs – Interesting ideas about preaching and communicating taken from Steve Jobs

Bobby Gruenewald – Teens & Technology: A Survey – I've never even heard of a few of those most popular websites, dang.

Rich Barrett – Salary Caps for CEOs? – Great thoughts about God's perspective on rich people.

Seth Godin – No More Big Events – Interesting thought that could have ramifications on church planting. His follow up post is relevant as well.

Tony Morgan – Does the Church Need a Building? – The obvious answer is no, but if it's extremely helpful to reaching unchurched people in your context, then yes.

Here are my five favorite blog posts from the week:

Brad Lomenick – What Makes a Great Team? – Brad talks about qualities of a great team in light of the Super Bowl teams and circumstances surrounding them.

Ben Arment – Calling All Angels – Cool story. I don't think you can believe in Jesus and not believe in angels.

Craig Groeschel – Actions Versus Intentions – Craig talks about how we judge ourselves based on intention and others based on action.  Powerfully true.  

Tony Morgan – Change – Tony lists some characteristics of change, and they are important because of the one he mentiond – organizations that don't change die

Carey Nieuwhof – Shift Responsibility, Fuel Your Growth – Carey asks the question: Who is responsible for your spiritual growth?  Hopefully you're not surprised to find out it's YOU.

The Friday Five is making a return…at least for this week.  Here are the 5 favorite blog posts I read this week:

Seth Godin – Random Rules for Ideas Worth Spreading – It's ridiculous how Seth produces amazing content almost daily.

Ben Arment – The Anatomy of a Crowd – I'm REALLY looking forward to the release of Ben's new book, Church in the Making, where he explores some of the sociological factors in church planting.

Carey Nieuwhof – Crisis Reveals Character – It's been said that crisis or adversity builds character, but even if that's true it definitely reveals true character first.  How we respond depends on if it builds it.

ChurchCrunch – 10 Reasons Why Your Church Should Seriously Consider Google Apps – Google rocks, period.

Ed Stetzer – What is a Missional Church? – Ed posted the same video I posted the other day, and people shared their thoughts in the comments.

It's been a while since I had the Friday Five, but here are my five favorite blog posts from this week:

Here are my five favorite blog posts from the week:

Steven Furtick – You Don't Want To Know – Interesting perspective I hadn't really thought much about before.  I sort of want to know everything

Here are my five favorite blog posts from the week:

Here are my five favorite blog posts from the week: