Bad words. That’s what usually comes to mind for Christians when they hear the reiteration of the commandment that says, “Thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain.” We’ve been taught, or perhaps just picked up unknowingly, that certain word combinations are particularly heinous. Like “Jesus Christ” and “God dammit.” Although, it should be [...]
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Matthew Paul Turner, a blogger who I look up to for his biting sarcasm and genius wit (not to mention his sincerity and love for Jesus), recently tweeted the following question: Rather than pastors, music, production, buildings, programs, or sermons, what if churches were best known for hope/grace? It got me thinking a little. I [...]
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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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