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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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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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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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 [...]
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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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Why Balancing Tension?
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