Let’s Be Young Again… EPIC FAIL

by Dan on September 2, 2010

And yet another ridiculous antic from Pastor Steve Munsey.

Of course all you have to do to be young is wear a tight graphic tee and a pair of jeans….

H/T: Museum of Idolatry

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Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes…

August 30, 2010

It’s become a common cliche to ask a person to try walking a mile in someone else’s shoes, but I think that’s really hard for most of us, if we’re honest. Last week I pointed out that every life has a story, and few of us take the time to learn others’ stories. Learning to [...]

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Short Reader Survey

August 26, 2010

Please consider filling out a short reader survey (only 10 questions). I’d like to hear your input, even if you don’t read prayeramedic.com all that much anymore. I’d like to know why. Please be honest and blunt, your identity is anonymous, and the survey is being handled by a third-party service to ensure this. Here’s [...]

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Every Life Has a Story… What’s Yours?

August 23, 2010

Every life truly does have a story, as this short video from Chick-Fil-A reminds us: I think it’s all-too-easy for me to forget that everyone has a story, and I am often quick to judge someone without knowing their story. This is especially hard when someone acts out of their pain. The old quote is [...]

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Weekly Wisdom

August 21, 2010

I would not give a penny for your love of truth if it is not accompanied with a hearty hatred of error. – C.H. Spurgeon

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Soldier Surprise Homecoming Video

August 19, 2010

Tiffany posted this on Facebook the other day, and it’s a very powerful film showing moments where service members made surprise homecomings. Make sure your tissue is handy…. As moving as these homecomings are, imagine this one: “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth [...]

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Your religion is nothing more than man’s failed attempt to turn faith into a science

August 16, 2010

“Your religion is nothing more than man’s failed attempt to turn faith into a science.” I actually said these words to a theology professor in 2003 shortly before my complete disillusionment with Christianity. I was tired of being fed dead, theological answers to life’s living, breathing problems and experiences. Don’t get me wrong, theology is [...]

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Weekly Wisdom

August 13, 2010

“God never clothes men until He has first stripped them, nor does He quicken them by the gospel till first they are slain by the Law. When you meet with persons in whom there is no trace of conviction of sin, you may be quite sure that they have not been wrought upon by the [...]

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Bureaucracy: The Real Problem

August 12, 2010

I saw this post about bureaucracy being the real problem over at Mike Baker’s blog. Mike writes: The greatest allies of a failing bureaucracy are not the bureaucrats; they are the common people who believe that the bureaucracy could be used for good if only it was steered in the right direction. Bureaucracy isn’t a big [...]

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Authentic Worship

August 9, 2010

First watch this short, humorous video: As a former attendee of a Pentecostal church, I couldn’t help but laugh. Many of these apply to most traditions these days. I’d really like to focus on one word, however: authentic. I’ve given examples of inauthentic / fake worship before, but what does authentic worship look like? The core [...]

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The Smallest Church in America

August 1, 2010

Recently I visited the smallest church in America. Yes, I’m being serious. Here’s a few more shots I took: And here’s inside the building: It’s actually even smaller than it looks in the photos. I was driving down a backwoods highway in Georgia and saw the sign and had to stop. I was really surprised [...]

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Casa De Fe

July 29, 2010

I had a hard time making it to the end of this video; I was very overcome by emotion. I served in the Army with Dwight Martin (one of the teachers shown in the video) and have been following his missionary journey ever since he left the service. I wasn’t prepared to see the amazing [...]

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Luther not welcome in Lutheran churches

July 25, 2010

This was a neat read, I had to link to it. I don’t care if you hate Lutherans or denominations in general, the whole article was worth it for these quotes: I once was blessed to meet the greatest Luther scholar of the 20th century, in person, Roland Bainton, in the early 80′s after a [...]

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Win a prize for inviting a friend to church!

July 21, 2010

I didn’t know whether I should cry or vomit when I saw this. This is a video clip from First Baptist Church right here in Hammond, Indiana: Be sure to catch the part around minute 2:12 where Pastor Jack Schapp points out that each visitor cost the church $12.50. I’m sure your neighbor will feel [...]

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Which is Your Church?

July 21, 2010

A simple question (see image below): H/T: Extreme Theology

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How to fill the pews (with false converts)

July 19, 2010

This video captures some of the problems with the church growth movement. The main issue is pragmatism, the belief that if it works churches should use it! If it doesn’t, ditch it. First of all, how do we define progress? In the church growth movement, no matter what they tell you, the metric for success [...]

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For Sale: The Gospel

July 17, 2010

I think this is true of Christianity in general, not just American Lutheranism. Read this quote: “The optimism and synergism prevalent in America have made such inroads into American Lutheranism that the Augsburg Confession’s ‘where and when it pleases God’ has for practical purposes been given up. Evidence of this is the uncritical taking over [...]

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Death in His Grave

July 15, 2010

Check out this song by John Mark McMillan: Death In His Grave (Performance Video) from john mark mcmillan on Vimeo. I love this song. Here’s the lyrics: Though the Earth cried out for blood Satisfied her hunger was Her billows calmed on raging seas for the souls on men she craved Sun and moon from [...]

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The Church is failing…

July 11, 2010

I’m getting sick of always hearing about what the Church is doing wrong from people who offer no solutions other than to give up on it. The bottom line is, the Body of Christ isn’t going away – it is Christ’s Bride whom He loves and for whom He died. Whether She meets in houses, [...]

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Greeting Card Theology and Church Growth

July 8, 2010

We have a couple of large churches in our area that are rapidly growing. I’ve attended a few services at some of these churches and a couple of them seem to have one thing in common: greeting card theology. Part of this is because talented communicators have learned that people are more likely to remember [...]

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Objective and Subjective Justification

July 7, 2010

Charles Lehmann over at Drowning Myself Whenever I Can has begun a great new weekly series focusing on key theological doctrines, beginning with the foundational truths of objective and subjective justification. Charlie is unashamedly teaching Lutheran doctrine, but these truths of justification are foundational to the Christian faith and to all denominations (despite the fact [...]

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