And then there are those whose lessons about heaven consist primarily of who will be there and who won’t be there. (p. 25) … It’s very common to hear talk about heaven framed in terms of who “gets in” or how to “get in.” (p. 50) The Emergent church peeps all play a familiar tune [...]
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As you may or may not know, I desire to someday be a pastor. I’ve wanted to be one (and have felt called to be one) for probably around ten years now. It is what led me to obtain a degree in Pastoral Leadership Studies. Long story short, I’m not one…not yet. But I do [...]
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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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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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We Christians have many mantras that guide our lives. Sometimes, our mantras are derived from the very petty (like bumper stickers) and sometimes from the Bible (which we consider to have a mystical authority for the believer and sometimes we use unhelpful language to describe this authority, but that will be an article I write [...]
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This is the fifth 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, Part 3, Part 4 ______ Jesus Wants to Save Christians Part 5: God [...]
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Just read an article on Wrecked.org about a street preacher on a college campus. The article is titled Why I Don’t Want To Be A Christian Anymore. Check it out. Now, I’m not a big fan of street preachers (or televangelists for that matter) and I’m not sure that I’d go as far as to [...]
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A friend and I were talking recently about cussing around Christians and non-Christians and we both realized an interesting dynamic: we’re both more comfortable cussing around Christians than we are around non-Christians. No, I did not mess up on that sentence. You see, around other Christians especially Christian friends, we know that we won’t be [...]
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