Passion 2010 starts in just a few days, bringing together thousands of college students from January 2 thru 5 for worship, teaching, and community. Here's a clip that takes us back to a Passion Regional conference in Atlanta two years ago.

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John Newton, author of the song Amazing Grace, advises a minister with regard to delivering and responding to criticism.

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Christianity Today Online looks at the massive number of classic Christmas carols that are copyrighted by contemporary musicians who have published arrangements more conducive to today's preferred instrumentation. Aside from church music's corporate influences through radio and the Internet, another factor shapes church musical tastes: As churches shift away from identifying themselves by...

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Chris Tomlin has recorded a segment for Fox & Friends’ Primetime Christmas Special scheduled to air on Christmas Eve at 8pm (Eastern) / 5pm (Pacific). The program is expected to rerun on the Fox News Channel Christmas Day. Other expected guests include Amy Grant, Andrea Bocelli, and Kristin Chenoweth. Tomlin is also expected to appear on the 700 Club at 10AM (Eastern) on Christmas Eve morning.

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Is the phrase "x-mas" disrespectful and another attempt to remove Christ from Christmas? R.C. Sproul of Ligonier Ministries says no, based on the history of the term: ...you have to understand that it is not the letter X that is put into Christmas. We see the English letter X there, but actually what it involves is the first letter of the Greek name for Christ. Christos is the New Testament Greek...

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In a bind because it's just a few days to Christmas and you still need gifts? Consider an Amazon.com Gift Card . You can either e-mail a personalized gift card for immediate delivery, or print a personalized gift card on your home or office printer. No fees, no expiration, and redeemable for books, music, electronics...anything Amazon carries.

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Passion 2010 is just weeks away at the World Congress Center in Atlanta. Listen in to a telephone discussion between Passion founder Louie Giglio and Passion speaker John Piper as they discuss Twitter, Passion, theology, God, sin, suffering, sex, pastoring, ministry, church leadership, innovation, books, and more. It was just three years ago that Dr. Piper spoke at Passion 07 in Atlanta on the...

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To do Santa or not to do Santa....that is often the question faced by parents of small kids each December. So we thought we'd search out some thoughts from friends on the web. Here's the question---and a valid one, regardless of where you may come down on the question: Are we practicing a form of idolatry when we get kids more excited about Santa's gifts than God's great gift of Jesus? By...

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Alpharetta's North Point Church, pastored by Andy Stanley, released another live recording of worship music today. North Point Live: Awake includes both hymns and new songs. Worship artists include Eddie Kirkland, Steve Fee, Todd Fields, Ryan Stuart, Seth Condrey, Cori Moon.

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Video artist James Christerson puts the holidays in perspective. HT: Matt Ballard via facebook

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