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  • Knight Club: Levels of Love

    The first rule of Knight Club: you must talk about Knight Club. In the comments on my first Knight Club post, my friend Jor Bratko talks about “raising adults”, and points out that: the legitimacy of my authority like all legitimate authority comes from love: the care of the other…

  • Knight Club: The Knight’s Code

    The following is based on 1 – Introduction – The Training of a Knight – Age of Chivalry – Thomas Bulfinch, adapted surprisingly little to match the challenges of a preschool boy in modern America. Knights: Respect their elders Serve the church Help their friends Protect the weak I added the…

  • Knight Club: Where Fathers and Sons Learn to Win Life’s Most Important Battles

    Recently our church has been wrestling with what it means to be “missional” — a family on mission together.  My wife and I have been struggling with the same question, particularly with regards to raising our precocious (and sometimes rebellious) 3-and-5/6ths year-old son Rohan.  I knew he needed to be…

  • Partially Examined Assumptions from PEL #46: Plato on Ethics & Religion

    Dear Partially Examined Life podcasters, Like Skepoet, I was very impressed by your recent episode on Plato’s “Euthyphro.”  And yes, Seth, I deeply appreciated your perspective on Judaism. In particular, it helped me realize that modern Christianity in practice actually functions the way you describe Judaism (with decisions made by a…

  • Partially Examined Questions

    Dear Mark, Seth, and Wes, Thanks for the shout out on the The Partially Examined Life blog. First of all, I want to apologize for my snarky and apparently misleading comments on your Facebook page; let me know when I’ve expended $10 worth of annoyance and I’ll make another donation. 🙂 Now that…

  • Falling Up

    I am falling, falling. It is neither hot not cold, I feel nothing. I see nothing. Just falling, falling. Down, down, down… I wake up. I am lying on my back in a field of wild grass. The smell of earth fills my nostrils. The air is warm, springlike. The…

  • John Isaacs Sermon

    Exploring His Excellencies: His Wisdom 27:55 John Isaacs Kingsway Spoken Word 1 5/25/09 10:39 PM Exploring His Excellencies: Hi by John Isaacs Listen on Posterous Posterous test

  • Sermon: “Road to Joy” – A Boundaries Remix

    Presented at Kingsway Community Church on May 1, 2011 BoundaryRemix.ppt Download this file BoundaryRemix.pdf Download this file “Road to Joy” A Boundaries Remix Ernest Prabhakar KingsWay Community Church May 1st, 2011 ———————————————————————————————————————

  • Growing Church Leaders now on Amazon

    I should have mentioned this awhile ago, but I am very excited to have my new book available on Amazon.com <http://amzn.to/growchurch> in both softcover and Kindle editions. Amazon.com: Growing Church Leaders: A Study in Practical Holiness (9781449707620): Ernest N. Prabhakar: Books

  • 2010 in review

    The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 5,400…

  • The Headship of Christ

    Slides from my sermon at Kingsway Community Church in San Jose, delivered on November 7, 2010. Also features very cute pictures of my new baby daughter, Anjali Ruth Prabhakar. Meditations on the role of the head in relation to the body. Explores how the headship of Jesus impacts the Body…

  • How to Fix California

    Our presentation How To Fix California is currently being featured on the SlideShare homepage by their editorial team.

  • Growing Church Leaders final cover image

    I hope to approve the final galley proof later today, which means it should be available for purchase at Amazon et al within a couple weeks. Expected retail price is $25 — not bad for a 200 page bible study.

  • Introduction: The Road to Holiness

    “Holy, Holy, Holy”: Growing Church Leaders Introduction: The Road to Holiness They [the four living creatures] do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” — Revelations 4:8b I did not intend to write about holiness.  My goal…

  • Why Growing Church Leaders?

    It is time for a revolution in how the church nurtures new leaders. As Jim Downing of the Navigators points out, Jesus trained his disciples by imparting: Knowledge, through teaching Character, by modeling and example Skills, through guided experience While knowledge can be learned anywhere, character and skills are best…

  • Back Cover Copy for Growing Church Leaders

    Growing Church Leaders is a way for those who are mature to train the next generation of leaders in their churches to think biblically, live wisely, and serve faithfully. This course is designed to help senior leaders guide a small group of faithful men and women in: * Memorizing Bible…

  • Immigrant, Physicist, Storyteller, Transformational Christian

    Autobiographical Blurb for the book jacket of Growing Church Leaders

  • Marital Dispute Resolution Process

    The goal of this process is to help you build the habits and trust necessary to safely and consistently resolve conflict in your marriage. Please review this together, then sign and date it. You are of course free to amend this by mutual consent at any time, but I encourage…

  • About Growing Church Leaders

    Growing Church Leaders is a tool for pastors and others in active ministry who want to nurture the next generation of leaders to: think biblically live wisely serve faithfully Each of those three topics is covered in a separate module of twelve lessons each.   Every lesson includes: scripture to…

  • GCL A.6 Father’s Kingdom: His World, His Image

    The overriding theme of our journey has been exploring what it means to be “baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” Having dealt (however superficially) with the ontological aspects of that “name”, we now focus on the narrative aspects. In particular, we will focus on the…