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Christian Living

  • The Slippery Slope of Grace

    xkcd has been one of my favorite webcomics for a long time, and today’s entry is absolutely fantastic. Sure, taking a few seconds to be respectful toward someone about something they care about doesn’t sound hard. But if you talk to hundreds of people every day and they all start expecting that same consideration, it Continue reading

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  • Partisan Spirituality

    Have you ever been part of a congregation that began to internally debate a matter of scripture? I’m not talking about a few people discussing a small disagreement. I mean speakers representing different sides of an issue actually standing before the congregation having a moderated debate. I’m talking about the type of setting where supporters Continue reading

  • A Simple Tip to Make Sermons Stick

    Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth. – II Timothy 2:15 Be honest with yourself. How many sermons do your remember? How long does it take for you to forget the morning lesson after leaving worship for lunch? The fact Continue reading

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  • Joy

    May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. – Romans 15:13 ‘Tis the season — a season of stressing out over family visits, arguments around the dinner table, last-minute gift preparations, frenzied trips to the Continue reading

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  • Thanksliving

    I’ve grown to really like this time of year. Sure, I could do without the Christmas music and mass-consumerism every winter brings, but I enjoy the beauty of the season alongside the charity and thankfulness that permeates this time of year. As a holiday, Thanksgiving may have questionable origins; it may even be built upon Continue reading

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  • Worth & Evangelism

    To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings. – I Corinthians 9:22-23 Today, I’m wrapping up Continue reading

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  • Worth & Others

    Over the last couple of posts, we’ve looked at the value God places on each of us — that you, as an individual, are worthwhile and valuable to God. Knowing we’re valuable to God then changes how we treat ourselves, how we conduct ourselves, and how we present ourselves every day. I’m not simply some office Continue reading

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  • September Twelfth Christianity

    How we respond to tragedy often speaks to who we really are. On September 12, 2001, I and many others saw some of the greatest outpourings of love and support toward all of those affected by the tragedies of the previous day.  Some call September 11 “America’s Darkest Day”, but the days and weeks to Continue reading

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  • Forgive & Forget

    Quoting Jeremiah, Hebrews 8:9 states: I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. Twelve years ago today, I was running late to work when I heard Gold 104.5 DJ Bruce Elscott break the news that the Word Trace Center had been hit by an airplane. The news was Continue reading

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  • Truthiness

    The pilot episode of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report gave me one of the biggest a-ha moments I can remember having while watching a television program.  In the pilot, Colbert introduced the idea of truthiness in a segment called The Wørd (a parody of a certain someone else’s Talking Points segment) and described it as something Continue reading

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