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Click on the pictures below for direct links to these excellent resources!

Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO)   Bob is the Area Director for Northern Ohio with the CCO--a college ministry that works cooperatively with colleges, universities and churches to help college students understand the Lordship of Christ in their lives, especially in the development of a Christian worldview. Check out the excellent "Resource Exchange" for resources on Bible study, Christian perspective & worldview, evangelism, multiethnic ministry, book reviews, articles helpful for the GodLife relationship and the annual "Jubilee Conference."


  Christianity Today The best resource for all news from a Christian perspective

  Bible Gateway Look up any Bible Verse in many different translations

Off the Map  A vast resource on evangelism for the 21st Century

Hearts & Minds Books  The best bookstore in North America. Period. The owner, Byron Borger, has tremendous insight into the best Christian books available today.  Read his reviews and his recommendations by topic. In this age of mega-super-bookstores, this is one independent bookstore I want to support! Any book is shipped to your home.

Books & Culture For Christian engagement with literature and culture

Sojourners  Christians for justice and peace

Comment Magazine  Neo-Calvinistic ideas from The Work Research Foundation - seeking to influence people to a Christian view of work and public life. Excellent articles on a Christian worldview that impacts all aspects of life in the here and now.

Relevant Magazine  written for and by twentysomethings, key resource for anyone who wants to understand and reach those in our current culture

Brian Walsh  is one of the leading thinkers in Christian Worldview and college ministry. Here you'll find articles on postmodernism, worldview, and spiritual formation.

Evangelicals for Social Action

 Evangelical Environmental Network  a network of organizations and individuals including World Vision, World Relief, InterVarsity, and several leading evangelical leaders.

N. T. Wright Page  Access to articles, sermons, and audio by one of today's best biblical scholars

Leonard Sweet offers articles, resources, and opportunities for growth at "Advances"

Access to articles from the late Stan Grenz

Includes both a comprehensive bibliography of his Lesslie Newbigin's and a wide-ranging collection of texts written by him

James K. A. Smith - in the borderlands between philosophy, theology, ethics, aesthetics and politics

GinkWorld   postmodern thoughts on ministry

Next Reformation   Len Hjalmarson has an excellent website for understanding church for a postmodern era.

Emergent Village     the central site of the emerging church conversation

  Brian McLaren's website with articles and insights 

  THEOOZE  a postmodern Christian community

   NEXT-WAVE Charlie Wear's excellent e-zine on church and culture

  XXXChurch   the "goofballs" who minister to pornographers and those struggling with porn. Download their X3 Watch, a FREE accountability program to help with online integrity

ONE--the campaign to make poverty history

know justice, be justice   Joel Daniel Harris has accumulated an ever-growing list of web-related resources around justice issues. 

Compassion International  Releasing children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enabling them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.

World Vision  Christian relief and development organization working for the well being of all people, especially children.

  World Relief   The relief and development arm of the National Association of Evangelicals

RENOVARE  The model for our Spiritual Formation Groups

  The ministry of John Piper


The ministry of John Eldredge

  FamilyLife   Tips on parenting and help with your marriage

Online Prayer Labyrinth

 

 

Online Prayer Labyrinth

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Trinity Evangelical Divinity School   - Where Bob went to seminary

Neal Morse  - Bob's favorite recording artist, Neal Morse

               

Ministry Transformation- The Emerging Church  Personal Transformation- Spiritual Formation  World Transformation- Social Action

Interact with Bob Robinson about the emerging church, spiritual formation, or social action by e-mailing vanguard church with your comments.