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A movement is held together by a common cause. That’s why movements find it so much easier to adapt their methods to the needs of the hour.

In eighteenth century Industrial Britain, John Wesley considered it a sin for anyone to get saved in anywhere but a church. When he was excluded from preaching in various [...]

This is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporal suffering. “No future bliss can make up for it,” not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory. And of some sinful pleasure they say “Let me but have this and, I’ll take the consequences”: little dreaming [...]

Overnight, news that prominent US evangelical, Ted Haggard, has been forced to step down. He is accused of conducting a three year sexual relationship with a male prostitute and of taking the illegal drug methamphetamine.

NBC: Escort alleges 3 year relationship with Haggard
ABC: Evangelist Steps Down Over Gay Sex Claim

Haggard has stepped aside from his [...]

Blogging: word of mouth on steroids.
Scroble and IsraelEleven tips on blogging from Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, authors of Naked Conversations:
What’s in a name? (Choose a name that will turn up in search engines).Read a bunch of blogs before you start.Keep it simple. Keep it focused.Demonstrate passion.Show your authority.Add comments.Be accessible.Tell a story.Be linky.Get [...]

Blogging is the first technology to enable a simple conversation to go instantly global.
Scoble and IsraelJust finished reading Naked Conversations. Here’s what the authors say sets blogging apart from other forms of communication:

Publishable. Anyone can publish a blog. You can do it cheaply and post often. Each posting is instantly available worldwide.Findable. Through search engines, [...]