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UPDATE: I posted a lengthy discussion of this issue entitled ‘American Jesus: A Manifesto’. I’ve been hearing a lot about this lately. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying it’s wrong to use a prayer to help people confess Christ, but to convince people that they are saved simply because they pray a prayer is [...]
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… and if it is and you know me, call me.
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I saw this video over at David Helbig’s blog. All I can say is wow. Some profound thoughts from an atheist, and true thoughts. . . .
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I’ve been interacting with @karyoberbrunner on Twitter, and he’s been telling me about his great new book entitled The Fine Line: Re-envisioning the Gap between Christ and Culture. From the Back Cover: What Does It Mean to Be in the World but Not of It? The Answer May Surprise You. Christ-followers are supposed to be [...]
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Daniel and Heather offered a great reminder of the persecution going on around the world at their blog, Like a Mustard Seed. I almost wept when I read it, check it out. We need these reminders. In the comments, I wrote “Wow, this post almost had me in tears. I am ashamed that it did [...]
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You may be surprised to know that my wife is interested in cryptozoology. She sent me an email with this article this morning. Tiffany writes: This is like a cryptozoology thing (although I don’t remember hearing the name of this animal). They realized that this animal actually exists!! Read the article it is cool. This [...]
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Recently I posted a video entitled What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? I got a lot of good reactions from the video, and it’s best you watch it prior to reading this post, although not necessary. It really made me (and many others) think about how scary church marketing tactics really are — and [...]
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Apple launched an advertising campaign you may be familiar with called Mac vs. PC. I stumbled across a parody of these videos called “Christ Follower vs. Christian” that I thought was pretty entertaining. Don’t worry, this is not becoming a video log (vlog), I will still be writing more great content, but some things are [...]
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I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I saw this video. It does a great job exposing how church marketing sucks, and how it scares people (myself included). You have to see this! Does this remind you of any churches you know of?
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I’ve spoken before about the tensions in our faith: Law and Gospel, Sinner and Saint, etc. I also talk about it some in the About page on this site. I have been participating in a really good conversation lately in the comments section of one of Daniel and Heather’s blog posts entitled, Reflecting on the [...]
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Here’s a timely message: I saw this at Truth Matters, thanks Ike!
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I was disgusted to find that radio stations are already playing 24 hours of Christmas music — and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet! I saw this YouTube video over at Karla Meachem’s blog Empowering Christian Women, it brings up some great thoughts: It concludes by demonstrating that Santa is all about me and materialism, while [...]
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Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing(Psalm 146:3). For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the [...]
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I normally write more thought-provoking, lengthy articles and such. But pardon me while I rant a moment about this. From the Christian Post: An eighth grader at a New Jersey middle school was sent home Friday after he dressed up as Jesus Christ for Halloween. Alex Woinski, 13, wore a white robe, red sash, sandals, [...]
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The title conveys quite a bit. Tiffany and I own a television, but we haven’t paid for any programming (nor do we use an antenna) for over a year now. Our TV is thus a glorified movie player — we have no channels. I don’t say that to toot my own horn, but to make [...]
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