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  • Division is Easier: 1 Step to Change the World

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    I read a lot of the same blogs, web sites, and articles that you do. We engage in the same kind of conversations centered around Christianity, the church, and methodology. What breaks my heart about reading these things and engaging in these conversations is what often happens after they’re published or said. Instead of reading…

  • grace.

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    grace. According to Webster, grace means… unmerited, divine, assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification. grace. We can’t earn it. It’s completely unmerited. We can’t be good enough. It envolves divine intervention. We can’t get salvation on our own. It requires assistance. We can’t go get it. It’s given freely. We can’t control it.…

  • Choking Under Pressure

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    Growing up, I loved playing baseball. I was actually kinda good at the game, but there was one particular situation that I almost always failed in… Executing under pressure. I still remember the 2 outs, down by 1 scenario that every baseball player dreams of. What’d I do? I struck out for the first time…

  • The Rocky Path

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    When I was still living at home, my parents decided to remodel their kitchen. They decided that they really liked tile floors and called the tile man. I still remember how careful the tile guy was to be sure that he was laying the tile on a smooth surface. Every few minutes, I’d see him…

  • The Key to Improvement

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    Like a lot of people, when the specs for the iPad 2 were unveiled a few days ago, I found myself saying, “I want one!” Apparently even the iPad’s competitor thought the same thing… “Apple made it very thin (…) We will have to improve the parts that are inadequate,” Lee Don-Joo told Yonhap News…

  • Which Came First? Chicken or Egg?

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    The common question is what came first, the chicken or the egg. I lean toward the chicken since God created it, but that’s not the point of this post. The point? As Christians we have to know what comes first… Jesus or getting our actions right. A lot of Christians want the egg before they…

  • 8 on 8’s – LOVING

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  • Here’s God’s Will for Your Life

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    It’s always been  an often asked question… “What’s God’s will for my life?” In other words, the question is really this.. “What’s God’s specific plan for my life?” “What am I here for?” The question is a solid and valid question, but the answers we often come up with are less valid. People answer this…

  • The Average Christian’s Letter to the Hurting

    The Average Christian’s Letter to the Hurting

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    It seems like many in the church have become disconnected to the outside world. That we’ve forgotten that people still have real hurts, real struggles, and need real love. Sometimes, I wonder if this isn’t how we (me included) come across to a hurting and largely unsaved world. Sometimes, I wonder if this isn’t what…

  • 5 Signs It’s Not About Jesus

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    We live in a messed up world. People have taken something that is so easy and revolutionary and turned it into something complicated and regular. Here are 5 signs that what you have isn’t Jesus, but something else… 1. You believe that people around you are suddenly unworthy of your company because you’re a “Christian.”…