Posted on August 7, 2009 by Jesse Medina
When we read through the Biblical narrative we find Jesus busy at work doing all sorts of things and one of the things that we find him doing then, that he doesn’t seem to be doing much of now, is healing. Actually, that’s somewhat of a simplified statement. Often, those who travel to other cultures, [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2009 by Jesse Medina
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 up [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2009 by Jesse Medina
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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Posted on May 4, 2009 by Jesse Medina
Just read this article on Wrecked.org called Spotlight Living: Learning to Lead a Quiet Life speaking to the allure of being in the spotlight as Christians and how this plays out in our lives and service to God.
If, like me, you’ve ever had that sense that God has “something big” planned for you, something exceptional, [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2009 by Jesse Medina
Just read an article on NeueMinistry.com titled To Give or To Lend exploring the good that is being brought about in countries around the world through what is called “micro-lending.” As the article explains:
“Micro-lending, it is called. It offers small loans to peasants in underdeveloped countries to assist them in growing their grass-roots businesses. [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2009 by Jesse Medina
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 judged for [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2009 by Jesse Medina
Relevant Magazine is doing a new campaign of sorts called Reject Apathy. The premise, to summarize in my own words, is that talk is cheap.
Let me interrupt my own thoughts for a moment: in the past year, I’ve experienced a significant paradigm shift when it comes to my understanding of salvation, the Kingdom of God, [...]
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Posted on March 21, 2009 by Jesse Medina
Why Balancing Tension?
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