Comments for Chuck Scoggins | Web + Print + Video Design http://chuckscoggins.com/blog Sat, 19 May 2012 03:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Getting Started in Church Communications by Jason Willis http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2012/05/17/getting-started-in-church-communications/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Jason Willis Sat, 19 May 2012 03:48:42 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/?p=849#comment-380 Bought it. May not apply to me much, but how can I not buy a book by my friend Chuck? Bought it. May not apply to me much, but how can I not buy a book by my friend Chuck?

]]> Comment on 15 Questions To Ask During A Comm Director Job Interview by Jason Willis http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2012/04/09/15-questions-to-ask-during-a-comm-director-job-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Jason Willis Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:29:23 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/?p=791#comment-379 Great questions! I'll have to pass these along to some other people I know who are looking for jobs. These could be tweaked to work in a lot of non-church situations. Oh, and most importantly.....FIRST!!!!! Miss you Chuck Great questions! I’ll have to pass these along to some other people I know who are looking for jobs. These could be tweaked to work in a lot of non-church situations.

Oh, and most importantly…..FIRST!!!!!

Miss you Chuck

]]> Comment on Creative Mission Trip – Last Day Thoughts by Creative Missions, In Retrospect « MediaBLEEP http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2011/05/27/creative-mission-trip-last-day-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Creative Missions, In Retrospect « MediaBLEEP Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:59:55 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/?p=379#comment-378 [...] Chuck Scoggins – aka “Cscogg,” and my wingman for the week. Read his take on Creative Missions [...] [...] Chuck Scoggins – aka “Cscogg,” and my wingman for the week. Read his take on Creative Missions [...]

]]> Comment on Random Thoughts on Tuesday by Tim Schraeder http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2012/01/17/random-thoughts-on-tuesday-11/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Tim Schraeder Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:59:59 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/?p=735#comment-373 Thanks for sharing about my coaching group. Much appreciated. Keep up the great work man! Thanks for sharing about my coaching group. Much appreciated. Keep up the great work man!

]]> Comment on Random Thoughts on Tuesday by Chuck Scoggins http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2012/01/17/random-thoughts-on-tuesday-11/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Chuck Scoggins Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:32:21 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/?p=735#comment-372 Well stated, Mike. Your analysis here is exactly what I was trying to get at. In my original tweet, I was responding to someone who flippantly said, "God doesn't care who wins the next election." I think that God isn't concerned (worried, freaking out, afraid, etc) about the outcome because, as you eloquently stated, his plans cannot be thwarted - particularly by our human efforts. However, saying that he isn't worried or isn't concerned is quite a different thing than saying he doesn't care. He cares about everything! He does care about who wins. He does care about who loses. Does that mean we should claim Tebow as "God's quarterback" or Newt as "God's candidate?" I think not (if he is, God kind of failed to show up for "his team" in the last Broncos game, huh?). Is it up to us to know who God wants to win and lose and how, exactly, he'll use those circumstances? Nope. But to flippantly say he doesn't care is to be blasphemous to the other extreme. One of my favorite quotes is by John Ortberg: "God doesn't care about your spiritual life...he just cares about you." Obviously Ortberg isn't saying that God doesn't care about how we grow spiritually...he does! But, what Ortberg is getting at is how God uses every circumstance in our life - whether "spiritual" or not - to draw us closer to him. I know your heart and knew what you were getting at in your tweet...which is why I wanted to post it for everyone to think through! Thanks friend! Well stated, Mike. Your analysis here is exactly what I was trying to get at. In my original tweet, I was responding to someone who flippantly said, “God doesn’t care who wins the next election.” I think that God isn’t concerned (worried, freaking out, afraid, etc) about the outcome because, as you eloquently stated, his plans cannot be thwarted – particularly by our human efforts. However, saying that he isn’t worried or isn’t concerned is quite a different thing than saying he doesn’t care. He cares about everything! He does care about who wins. He does care about who loses. Does that mean we should claim Tebow as “God’s quarterback” or Newt as “God’s candidate?” I think not (if he is, God kind of failed to show up for “his team” in the last Broncos game, huh?). Is it up to us to know who God wants to win and lose and how, exactly, he’ll use those circumstances? Nope. But to flippantly say he doesn’t care is to be blasphemous to the other extreme.

One of my favorite quotes is by John Ortberg: “God doesn’t care about your spiritual life…he just cares about you.” Obviously Ortberg isn’t saying that God doesn’t care about how we grow spiritually…he does! But, what Ortberg is getting at is how God uses every circumstance in our life – whether “spiritual” or not – to draw us closer to him.

I know your heart and knew what you were getting at in your tweet…which is why I wanted to post it for everyone to think through! Thanks friend!

]]> Comment on Random Thoughts on Tuesday by Mike http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2012/01/17/random-thoughts-on-tuesday-11/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Mike Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:58 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/?p=735#comment-371 A bit of an expanded take: I think what I was trying to get at - despite the lack of nuance required by a 140-character limit - isn't so much to say that God flatly doesn't "care" about elections or game outcomes, etc., but instead that thinking within that frame can sometimes lead us to trouble. You're right, of course, when you say that he uses both wins and losses (and in-betweens, for that matter) in all areas of life to continue sanctifying believers. Clearly, this is true, and in that sense he *does* care about outcomes. But where I get nervous - and I'm not saying this was what you were doing - is when we ask ourselves the natural followup question: "Ok, so if God cares about the outcome...who does God want to win?" To try to answer that question with any degree of certainty - which we all do at times, I think - is to substitute pride and possibly even blasphemy when we should approach such questions with a spirit of immense humility and grace. Plenty of verses warn us against assuming God's motives. Isaiah 55:8-9 reminds us, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD." Paul says in Romans 11, "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!" In reality, we know next to nothing about how God intends to bring about his plan for the world. So... maybe "God's athlete" will be the next Joe Montana and maybe "God's party" will win the next election. Then again, maybe not. Material success is not necessarily a sign of God's blessing. One of my favorite verses is Genesis 50:20 where Joseph tells his malicious brothers, "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good," which reminds me that even when people I consider enemies of God prosper, I can rest assured that even evil is only a tool that God uses to accomplish his good plans. Praise God for that! :) A bit of an expanded take:

I think what I was trying to get at – despite the lack of nuance required by a 140-character limit – isn’t so much to say that God flatly doesn’t “care” about elections or game outcomes, etc., but instead that thinking within that frame can sometimes lead us to trouble.

You’re right, of course, when you say that he uses both wins and losses (and in-betweens, for that matter) in all areas of life to continue sanctifying believers. Clearly, this is true, and in that sense he *does* care about outcomes. But where I get nervous – and I’m not saying this was what you were doing – is when we ask ourselves the natural followup question: “Ok, so if God cares about the outcome…who does God want to win?”

To try to answer that question with any degree of certainty – which we all do at times, I think – is to substitute pride and possibly even blasphemy when we should approach such questions with a spirit of immense humility and grace. Plenty of verses warn us against assuming God’s motives. Isaiah 55:8-9 reminds us, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.” Paul says in Romans 11, “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” In reality, we know next to nothing about how God intends to bring about his plan for the world.

So… maybe “God’s athlete” will be the next Joe Montana and maybe “God’s party” will win the next election. Then again, maybe not. Material success is not necessarily a sign of God’s blessing. One of my favorite verses is Genesis 50:20 where Joseph tells his malicious brothers, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good,” which reminds me that even when people I consider enemies of God prosper, I can rest assured that even evil is only a tool that God uses to accomplish his good plans. Praise God for that! :)

]]> Comment on 11 Big Lessons I Learned in 2011 by trip http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2011/12/26/11-big-lessons-i-learned-in-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-367 trip Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:26:51 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/?p=685#comment-367 I Loooooooooooooooove It! I Loooooooooooooooove It!

]]> Comment on Social Media Has No ROI by Aaron Latina http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2011/12/14/social-media-has-no-roi/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Aaron Latina Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:36:10 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/?p=648#comment-362 Chuck, there are some great insights here. Thanks for posting. Makes me look at my social marketing differently. Chuck, there are some great insights here. Thanks for posting.
Makes me look at my social marketing differently.

]]> Comment on How People Choose by Matt http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2011/12/08/how-people-choose/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Matt Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:36:37 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2011/12/06/how-people-choose/#comment-349 I just read that book a couple months ago. Fascinating stuff. I just read that book a couple months ago. Fascinating stuff.

]]> Comment on How People Choose by Aaron Latina http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2011/12/08/how-people-choose/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Aaron Latina Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:30:20 +0000 http://chuckscoggins.com/blog/2011/12/06/how-people-choose/#comment-348 Great post! More choices doesn't mean better. Great post! More choices doesn’t mean better.

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