March 9th, 2011 
alandanielson Originally Posted March 3, 2010. Reposted March 9, 2011. ———————————————————————— Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv preached a great message about the book of Hosea and it reminded me of a short film called “Oversold”. A good friend of mine named David Cowan and his business partner Paul Morrell produced this incredible film which is a modern [...]
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Tags: Bible Study, Curriculum, Hosea, pornography, Short Films 
No Comments » February 24th, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted 02-01-2010. Reposted 02-24-2011. —————————————————————— No pastor or church leader would use a phrase like this blog post’s title to promote a discipleship curriculum or program. It sounds like a silly infomercial, not to mention it’s utterly unbiblical. Sadly though, the way we promote discipleship in our churches frequently and unintentionally sends this kind of message. [...]
Posted in Spiritual Growth Tags: classes, Curriculum, Discipleship, Leadership, Spiritual Formation, workshops 5 Comments » November 15th, 2009 alandanielson In the wake of a struggling economy and the senseless killings at Fort Hood, Americans are asking the question, “Why is all this bad stuff happening?” The Old Testament book of Habakkuk addresses this very issue. Here are some previews of a three week small group study we put together at LifeChurch.tv about the book [...]
Posted in Small Groups, Spiritual Growth Tags: Alan, bad, Curriculum, Danielson, do, dvd, dvds, economy, fort, free, group, groups, habakkuk, happen, hood, recession, small, struggling, things, video, why No Comments » October 29th, 2009 alandanielson I recently received a copy of “Sacred Roads” a small group curriculum written by Heather Zempel. Heather is a friend and one of the sharpest small group and discipleship minds in the country. I’m also honored to serve with Heather on a board of editors for www.smallgrouptrader.com (formerly www.smallgroupexchange.com). Since she was kind enough to provide [...]
Posted in Small Groups, Spiritual Growth Tags: Curriculum, dvd, group, groups, heather, lifeway, review, roads, sacred, small, study, threads, zempel 2 Comments » August 30th, 2009 alandanielson This is a re-post from my old blog, but I thought is was timely so I’m posting it again as new. ——————————— Small groups inevitabely get a little stale. Group boredom is a death sentence. Even if your group isn’t stale right now, it probably will be sometime in the future. Many times groups think [...]
Posted in Small Groups, Spiritual Growth Tags: bored, boring, Curriculum, excited, exciting, group, groups, Jesus, lame, mission, small, stale, tired No Comments »
