Francis Chan is not a very good writer. His vocabulary is simple and concise, his sentence structure bland and ordinary. In many ways, his writing is reminiscent of your standard preacher who appeals to cliches such as the fact that you could die at any second and that today should be lived as though it [...]
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Imagine this view of heaven: It is one where we Christians get off scotch free, told “well done my good and faithful servant,” and are invited into paradise. We, unlike our unbelieving counterparts, are not judged at all. In place of our names and our sins is the name of Jesus and his righteousness, his [...]
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This past Friday at work I was working on a special project that allowed me to opportunity to be off the phones all day. As someone working in a call center taking up to 80 calls a day, this was great news! As I work, I will typically plug in the old earbuds – sometimes, [...]
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Just had an article published on Wrecked entitled Stop Leaving the Church – I think this is one of my best! Please check it out and I would actually really love to hear your feedback if you have any. Teaser: “Leaving the church is nothing new; Christians have been doing it since its inception. In [...]
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Ever feel like God has abandoned you? Me too. We both need this picture:
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My friend Jeff Goins just posted a blog entry asking the reader to consider if they might not be full of crap. To be full of crap is to say one thing, but to be another. It is hypocrisy, but not just in sinning. Hypocrisy is present at any time our actions do not line [...]
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In my previous blog post, I spoke briefly about the relationship between the Church and the State. I’ll dive a little more into that in this post. I just learned about a Bible that is being put out by Thomas Nelson publishers entitled the American Patriot’s Bible (picture to the right). Many Christians find the [...]
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