From the monthly archives:

May 2009

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?    

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Weekly Wisdom

by Dan on May 29, 2009

“Tolerance is the virtue of a Man with no conviction.”         ~ G.K. Chesterton H/T to Steve over at Male Domain for this quote.    

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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 [...]

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The Porpoise-Driven Life

by Dan on May 27, 2009

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

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Weekly Wisdom

by Dan on May 21, 2009

“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 [...]

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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 [...]

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