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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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I received two comments in the last few days that have reeked of anti-intellectualism, a dangerous heresy that infiltrated fundamentalist Christianity, Pentecostalism, and now many mainstream evangelical churches. I posted a video recently encouraging Christians to think, and a post about how most Christians cannot explain their faith that precipitated a lot of this. This [...]
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Are you wasting your life living out a Christian spin on the American dream, or are you living radically for Christ and His commission to spread the Gospel? H/T: Truth Matters
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I’ve been reading Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate by Jerry Bridges lately, and the first sin he discusses is that of ungodliness. Bridges begins by pointing out that pride is not the root of all sin, as is often taught. Pride may be the trunk from which all other branches of sin grow, [...]
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I was reading Veith’s blog, and he posed a profound question: … Even worse than living as a Christian in an anti-Christian culture is living in a culture where Christianity is tolerated…. [Here is] a quotation from Luther: “No persecution is the ultimate persecution.” Why is that so? That’s a great question. Why is no [...]
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iGens are emerging adults, the 20-somethings that everyone seems to be talking about. I happen to be one of them. My good friend Dick Rockenbach sent me a great article entitled Storming the Castle by Scot McKnight. McKnight says that “Reaching ‘iGens’ means breaking through inflated self-esteems.” I couldn’t agree more. He points out, … [...]
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A recent South Park episode depicted Mohammed in a bear outfit, and MuslimRevolution.com published this statement: “We have to warn Matt (Stone) and Trey (Parker) that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show.” Reuters reports that “the website posted a graphic photo [...]
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Spotlight on Bible Translation from Dan O'Day on Vimeo. About 2,200 languages still have no translation of the bible. Several of these languages have no written form, and thus an alphabet must be created and taught to native speakers. Will you support bible translation?
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I was listening to a podcast on Issues Etc. earlier this week and I was struck by a profound thought. The title of the podcast was “The Vocation of Minister.” I’d normally link directly to it but the site appears to be down as I’m writing this, nothing will load. The guest speaker was talking [...]
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Today is the first day of Lent, a 40 day season of the historical church year leading up to Easter, also metaphorically corresponding to the 40 days Jesus was tempted while fasting in the desert. Originally, Lent was a period of intense fasting and prayer that believers went through prior to being baptized at the [...]
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This is a great poem by Taylor Mali that has been turned into a short video. I saw this at Extreme Theology and thought I’d share it: Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo. Perhaps some of the reasons that Christian music sucks stem from postmodern nonsense?
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Thanks for all the recommendations. I did end up finding a couple artists I enjoyed. I couldn’t help but post this video. I saw it at Extreme Theology and just had to post it. This guy is very honest and authentic about his feelings toward Christian music, and I tend to agree with him:
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I got a bunch of iTunes gifts cards for Christmas, and I have found a couple albums I am currently enjoying, but for the most part, a lot of Christian music sucks. Almost every worship song is playing the same 1-6-5-4 chord progression in the key of E, and most Christian sub-genres look and sound [...]
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It seems that Christophobia is rampant these days. Nothing causes such a stir as two simple words: “Jesus Christ.” Have you ever noticed that if a chaplain closes a prayer “in Jesus’ name,” it makes headlines, but if a religious leader prays to Allah, Benevolent Spirit, Jehovah, etc. no one bats an eye? Why is [...]
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Happy New Year! A new year is upon us, and resolutions have already been made – and broken. Why do we often fail at our resolutions? Why do we continually make more resolutions despite how often we fail at bringing them into fruition? I was reading my new devotional book yesterday and ran across this [...]
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I remember listening to Kurt Cobain singing “come as you are” in the 90′s. I also remember hearing dozens of churches latch on to this statement. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think people need to be all polished up before coming to Jesus, nor do I think folks need to dress up on [...]
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery wrote, “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood, and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” Recently I wrote about institutional vs. organic church planting and addressed how institutions have failed to create [...]
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Look no further. Up until now, I’ve been recommending vCHURCHES as an inexpensive and effective utility for church website creation. But I ran across something better recently: Clover. Here’s a 60-second video showing you its capabilities: Clover 60 Second Video from Clover on Vimeo. If you’re in the market, you’ll definitely want to check this [...]
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