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God hates the sin, but loves the sinner?

Posted on : 30-05-2009 | By : Dan | In : Deception

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I just found out that the origin of the quote, “Hate the sin, love the sinner,” came from Gandhi. Makes you wonder how much of cliche Christianity is counter-scriptural, doesn’t it?

 
 

Weekly Wisdom

Posted on : 29-05-2009 | By : Dan | In : Weekly Wisdom

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“Tolerance is the virtue of a Man with no conviction.”
        ~ G.K. Chesterton

H/T to Steve over at Male Domain for this quote.

 
 

Francis of Assisi NEVER Said, "Preach the Gospel at All Times; When Necessary, Use Words."

Posted on : 28-05-2009 | By : Dan | In : Deception, Fun

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I just found out that Francis of Assisi NEVER Said, “Preach the Gospel at All Times; When Necessary, Use Words.” That kind of shocked me, since it is one of the most quoted statements in evangelicalism these days. I guess even he knew that it really is important to share the Gospel using words. 1 Corinthians 15 is a great place to start. See Christianity Today for more.

 
 

The Porpoise-Driven Life

Posted on : 27-05-2009 | By : Dan | In : Fun

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I saw this over at Cyberbrethren and thought it was hilarious. It does a good job making light of Christian fads.

 

 

Weekly Wisdom

Posted on : 21-05-2009 | By : Dan | In : Weekly Wisdom

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“The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.”
        ~Tim Keller

 
 

Where in the world is Dan?

Posted on : 10-05-2009 | By : Dan | In : Fun, News

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Here’s two photos. See if you can guess where I was at this weekend. No cheating! (You can click the images to view them in full size).

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And here is a closeup of the club house (hint hint) behind me:

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So, where was I this weekend?

 
 

Weekly Wisdom… TWO for the price of one!

Posted on : 04-05-2009 | By : Dan | In : Weekly Wisdom

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Two quotes this week! I am very busy this week so maybe no posts… we’ll see. Without further ado, your two quotes to ponder:

“We have sometimes rejoiced greatly when we have had as many as a hundred added to this Church in a month, yet I have gone away and said to myself–’What is that hundred, after all? It is not sufficient to keep pace with the increase of the population.’ It makes us very sad to know that the increase of sinners far exceeds the increase of the converts to God.”
        ~ Charles Spurgeon

The “main problem churches face is not that they are culturally out of touch, but that they are theologically out of tune.”
        ~ Pastor Tullian Tchividjian