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  • Growing Church Leaders: Foundational Bible Studies for the Next Generation

    Growing Church Leaders: Foundational Bible Studies for the Next Generation

    Thanks to Andrew and others for their feedback on rebranding the LEAD class. My current best thinking is: Title: Growing Church Leaders Subtitle: Foundational Bible Studies for the Next Generation Volumes: Think Biblically Live Wisely Serve Faithfully I like the idea that we are encouraging existing leaders to teach a…

  • Rebranding the LEAD Class

    While exploring publication options, one key piece of advice that jumped out at me was to choose an appropriate title, since that influences keywords, URLs, and everything else that people will use to find a book. I’ve never been entirely happy with “Leadership Enrichment and Development” because of its extreme…

  • Cleansing Streams Retreat Review

    On November 13th and 14th, Sandhya I attended the Retreat portion of the Cleansing Streams Seminar. Since there isn’t a lot of information about this online, I thought I should document our experience. Plus, God did some significant things in my life that I want to memorialize…

  • Thoughts on Sleep Training and the love of God

    Dear brothers, Long time no write.  I wanted to share some insights I’ve had about God’s Fatherhood based on what I’ve learned from doing Rohan’s sleep training, a la the Ferber Method: http://delicious.com/drernie/ferber We actually trained him (a couple times 🙂 last year, and he’s been sleeping great for over…

  • Wrestling with God’s

    Wrestling with God’s

    Originally written 10:35 PM Friday, September 25th, 2009 Genesis 32 – Passage Lookup – New Century Version – BibleGateway.com Joshua 5 – Passage Lookup – New King James Version – BibleGateway.com [It is dark.  I am alone.  Everything I have and love has been sent ahead of me. In the morning, I…

  • LEAD! Part A, Revisited

    The LEAD! course format evolved considerably during the time I wrote it, especially in the first 3 months. We are working to publish it as a three-volume bible study, which means I need to go back and make the first few lessons consistent with the latter ones. So, I’ll try…

  • Redemption: A Vision in Many Pieces

    Redemption A Vision in Many Pieces Ernest Prabhakar June 8th, 2001 “God, its too big for me to carry!” “I know, my son.” We sat at the bottom of my heart, facing the dark, concrete-like slab which was my need for love, my desire for human intimacy to the fill…

  • Song: Gratitude

    Part 3 of the Guilt–Grace-Gratitude musical trilogy, from my 1996 meditations on The Grace Cycle.

  • Song: That’s Grace

    Part 2 of the Guilt-Grace-Gratitude musical trilogy, from my 1996 meditations on The Grace Cycle.

  • Song: From Guilt to Grace

    The following song is a lyrical version of “Graphical Theology: The Grace Cycle“, part of my burst of artistic exploration in 1996. It was the first element of a trilogy on the Reformation themes of Guilt-Grace–Gratitude, but unlike the other two I never was happy enough with it to put…

  • If Only In My Youth

    If Only In My YouthIf only I had known you     known you, truly known you If only I had known you in my youth…

  • Song: No Longer Alone

    This is a song I wrote back in 1996 in my post-college, pre-Apple days in Pasadena, California. It was for a girl I knew — heck, it fit pretty much all the girls I hung out with and/or was interested in during that decade. I also sang it during a…

  • Unforgiven: A Testimony in Three Persons

    I’m in the process of cleaning up my “personal” site on DrErnie.com, and as part of that I’m moving some of my earlier writings to this site. To start with, I present “Unforgiven”, a more-or-less accurate transcript of the first time God really dealt with me about anger… Unforgiven A…

  • Good News for Modern Nerds

    The Nerd Bible (pdf) started with my sermon notes from 1985 at Park Street Church in Boston, where I was an MIT sophomore…

  • LEAD! C.12 Joy in the Journey

    In Which We Begin to Pursue the End… This is the final lesson in our series, but hopefully just the beginning of your journey in understanding what it means to lead others — and yourself — into the “name” of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. As we proceed to…

  • LEAD! C.11 Discerning Direction

    We all want to know God’s will, but the path to true knowledge (plus the ability to apply it) lies in faithfully practicing all the Disciplines. Memory Verse: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and…

  • State Estimation and The Meaning of Life

    My friend Leland Brown recently found an amazing mathematical theory book called Optimal State Estimation: Kalman, H_infinity, and Nonlinear Approaches, by Dan Simon. In addition to being a great resource for a math problem Leland is working on, Appendix C turns out to have some fascinating meditations on the Christian…

  • LEAD! C.10 World-Changing Worship

    God inhabits the praises of His people, so by worshipping God in spirit and truth we bring His kingdom into our heart, soul, mind, and strength — and our world. Memory Verse: “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”” — John 4:24 (NKJV) Assigned…

  • LEAD! C.9 Confrontation and Confession

    To grow more like Christ, we need to honestly examine our lives to see where we are wrong, then freely confess (“agree with”) to God and others what is right. Memory Verse: “Remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and…

  • LEAD! C.8 Submission and Service

    In Which… The discipline of submitting ourselves to serve others, when done properly, brings us near the heart of Christ — and forces us to confront our pride and sloth. Memory Verse: “verse” — 2 Corinthians 4:1 (NKJV)