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This post is the product of a series of conversations with Mike Baker and a recent post by Daniel and Heather Cosby entitled “Demolition of the Heart…”. In Daniel and Heather’s post, they wrote: “Over the last year or two, we have spent considerable energy trying to expose and dismantle the beliefs surrounding this worldly-derived [...]
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That’s the message from Seth Godin in his book Tribes. But not in the sense of choosing to err, but rather the colloquial usage, acting like a leader and ‘standing out’ from the rest. I just read a great blog post over at backyardmissionary.com about this. Some notable quotes from his post (which are from [...]
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“We are satisfied by our decent little life. We are pleased with our good habits; we take them for virtues. We are pleased with our little efforts; we take them for progress. We are proud of our activities; they make us think we are giving ourselves. We are impressed by our influence; we imagine that [...]
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The word ‘missional’ has been tossed around quite a bit in Christian circles lately, but by the looks of it, few have actually grasped its meaning. The only action I’ve seen taken missiologically is a small sign near the exit of a local church saying, “You are now entering the mission field.” This is actually [...]
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“[I am] glad that the Father was not as merciful to His Son as He was to Abraham’s son.” - Charles Lehmann
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Here’s a short (7 minute) video I put together highlighting some prominent American preachers and their teachings. Tiffany and I are going to begin posting vlog posts (video blog posts) alongside written posts. My wife is much more of a visual learner, and I prefer to read. So in order to effectively communicate with both [...]
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“Discernment is not telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it is the difference between right and almost right.” - Charles Spurgeon
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Well, this is the first blog post on my new Macbook! Just had to point that out. Lately I have found myself in MANY conversations about life, God, philosophy, psychology, and more. One individual I have been chatting with is Mike Baker, author of BOLL: The Lutheran AAR Center. Mike and I discussed Adolf Koberle’s [...]
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“Sin is a fundamental relationship; it is not wrong doing, it is wrong being, deliberate and emphatic independence of God. The Christian religion bases everything on the positive, radical nature of sin. Other religions deal with sins; the Bible alone deals with sin.” – Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest
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The early church was persecuted heavily, particularly under the reign of Nero (who fed Christians to the lions in the Coliseum). How must have early followers preached to attract so many new followers to the faith in such a difficult time? Why would anyone come to faith in Christ when it meant almost certain death? [...]
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This is one of those occasions where I’ve read a blog post that is absolutely genius and needs to be shared. Geoff Surratt, owner of the blog Inner Revolution wrote an amazing post entitled Harvesting without planting. You have to read it! It’s rather short and quoting it would only spoil it, go read it [...]
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Yesterday Tiffany and I visited yet another church. It was fairly nice, but like most churches, it just struck us as being very fake, it didn’t feel authentic. The worship leader talks a lot like a stoned hippie: “Let’s just focus on the King this morning…”, “Can you feel the Spirit as we magnify our [...]
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