First, watch this: C.S. Lewis once observed that, in a world where we’re likely to be so self-focused that we ignore God completely, pain has the ability to soften our hearts and open our eyes to the reality we often ignore. For many, no doubt, this reality hit closer to home than they [...]
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Innovation is one of those buzzwords that everybody likes. What, after all, is there to not like about innovation? It’s innovation! It’s new and exciting. Innovation has made things like the internet (ever heard of it?) possible. And the iPad. And the Macbook Pro on which I am currently typing. Innovation makes life interesting. Just [...]
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On September 11, 2001, extremist Muslims associated with Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden hijacked several airplanes and used them to commit terrorist acts by flying them into several buildings that represented American values. Two such buildings were the World Trade Center. It was a heinous event and absolutely devastating to watch on t.v. I [...]
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Who is to blame? That is the primary question that President of the Catholic League, Bill Donohue, is seeking to answer in his new book Secular Sabotage. And the answer? Secular liberals. Even more, it is a calculated war they are waging in their effort to destroy religion and culture in America. His first chapter, [...]
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By now you’ve heard about the uproar that is ensuing in response to President Obama’s announcement for plans to address the nation’s students. The controversy? Despite the White House’s announcement that the intention is to encourage students to stay in school, many conservatives believe that Obama plans to capitalize on his audience and spread his [...]
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I preached the following sermon on September 6th, 2009 at The Gathering Student Ministries High School youth group. The sermon titled “Imposter Disciples” was an exploration how three different people viewed discipleship (and their modern application) along how their understandings were fundamentally different from Jesus’. Key Verses: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ [...]
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The following article was also published on Wrecked.org on 07/07/09. If you are interested in following the discussion there, please click here. ________ For many of us, whether we would express it this way or not, America is (or close to) a Christian nation. It is true that many of our foundational values as a [...]
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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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I just read this story linked through CNN.com that indicates some parents and others are upset about a school graduation being held in the auditorium of church claiming that the presence of “a huge cross…pews with bibles and hymnal books…” is a clear violation of the Separation of Church and State clause operating in America [...]
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This is the third in a series of six posts that center on some thoughts I had while reading Rob Bell’s Jesus Wants to Save Christians. These entries were originally blogged at Conversant Life sometime during 2008. Read: Part 1, Part 2 ______ Jesus Wants to Save Christians Part 3: Not a Christian Nation There [...]
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