We are fed by feeding
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Yelling (bleep) at church and other lessons about gravity
We’re all human and sometimes we blurt out words…
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Rapture Teaching: Is it Harming the Church?
Can we spend too much time looking at the end times stories and waste the time were were supposed to spend bearing fruit?
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Sanctuary of the Self
“The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner: which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” – Flannery O’Connor
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Religionless Christianity and a Practical Faith
I haven’t written in a while. Perhaps it is a personal rebellion against writing too much. Maybe it is a fear of saying too little. I made some notes for 12 different blog posts while I was in Africa over the summer but the ideas of Christianity as a practical faith and Bonhoeffer’s concept of…
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How was your day?
Are you living in a trance? Take a giant step into real life.
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What is Fasting?
There is a saying in business circles that serves as a warning against doing business with people solely based on an appearance of faith. There are several colorful iterations of the saying but it basically says if you want a bad experience, pick up that business card with the cross or fish on it. Putting…
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Kicking The Dog (or how to say you’re sorry)
I watched a sermon online over the weekend that reminded me of a saying from my years in Biblical counseling. Apologies don’t contain conditional language. In the sermon, which I can’t find now, the pastor mentioned four types of apologies from a source he’d studied. For the sake of explanation, and because I can’t find…
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Climbing our pedestals
Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Philippians 2:3 I read a tweet recently which asked why so many churches of a certain background were so attracted to narcissist leaders. I won’t mention the particular background in question but I did…
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Perception is a bad measure of reality
I’ve been really busy the last few months. I’m not complaining. I love the people I work with and love the people we serve even more. Still, it’s good to have a moment to contemplate life. My mind is usually buzzing with a dozen different ideas at once, so contemplation, that moment where God says…
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A Bunch of Things About Truth
I’ve been really busy the last few months and I haven’t written anything here or on any of my other blogs. I have written some articles for work but I’ve neglected these periodic online head cleanses and I have missed them. Blaming it on being busy is really not a good excuse. Except for when…
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Emails from the Great Beyond
Thoughts on the afterlife after getting spam email from a dead friend.
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What is the best Bible?
I have a lot of great memories gained from growing up in church. Some things, however, brought me brief moments of terror as a child but I can laugh about them now. I can remember the pastor at our Baptist church calling on men in the congregation to lead prayer. For several years, I thought…
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