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evangelism is like halloween.
oh, that's bound to get me in trouble. I can hear it: "sacrilege!" "blasphemy!" "heathen!" or maybe you're thinking I've completely lost it. evangelism. is like Halloween? For those of ...
I made a mistake.
I didn't anticipate that assumptions would be made about what God had revealed to me before I could get to that part of the story. I didn't anticipate that those ...
F5. How many people like me? F5. How many people like me?
Yesterday I gave something up. I realized it was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. But I didn't give up this "something" for Lent. I haven't observed Lent for decades, ...
favorite child.
“Christ-centered Church.” I do not think it means what you think it means.
Lemme 'splain. No, there is too much. Lemme sum up. When I talk about "preaching Christ" I am NOT talking about preaching "everybody is a sinner and they need Jesus ...
#smartaleckid
the gospel is more than evangelism.
Today, my pastor preached an evangelical sermon . . . Not one person left my church today without hearing how their lives could be changed by placing their faith in ...
a metaphor for awakening.
In the middle of everything that was happening, I was struck with a memory that cut through 25 years. Buried in my mind, probably nestled somewhere between the lyrics of ...
going through the motions.
Consider this analogy. In a way, churches are like families. And when our family culture is all we know, we think our family is normal. Until we're exposed to another ...
the wisdom of the wise.
"Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is a human commandment ...
desperate prayers. “mean” prayers.
So I prayed. I prayed desperate prayers. Some might call them “mean” prayers . . . And as I prayed all of this, I doubted. Not that God could, but ...
conversations with a born-again atheist: an atheist’s testimony (part 2)
Below is part 2 of AtypicalAtheist's response to my question: "How did you – a self-professed born again Christian – become an atheist?" ...
desperate.
Corporate prayer is safe and appropriate to the occasion...Conversations are about the logistics and scheduling of programs and service...I couldn’t remember ever being convicted or personally challenged by a sermon ...
conversations with a born-again atheist: an atheist’s testimony (part 1)
Below is PART ONE of AtypicalAtheist's response to one of two questions I posed to him in my previous email. "How did you – a self-professed born again Christian – ...
the assumption of Christ.
My church is firmly grounded in the assumption of Christ. That is not a typo. I am not a victim of autocorrect. I intentionally typed “assumption” not “ascension.” My church ...
