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Integrating With Social Networks
This is really more of a test post than anything, but some of my fellow bloggers may find it useful. I’ve been looking for the best way to integrate my WordPress powered blog with the social networks I...
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Book Review: Transforming Church in Rural America by Shannon O’Dell
Transforming Church in Rural America by Shannon O’Dell is a great discussion starter, but don’t expect a blueprint for growing a church in a rural setting. To be fair, offering a blueprint is not...
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Book Review: The Gospel According to Jesus by Chris Seay
What is the Gospel? It should be an easy question to answer, but as is often the case with seemingly simple theological questions, the answer is not as simple as some would like it to be. We have a...
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C.S. Lewis On Becoming Christian
“If you’re thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you, you’re embarking on something which will take the whole of you.” Share/Bookmark
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The Skin Map, Day 1 – CSFF Blog Tour
Well… it’s day one of the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog Tour for the novel The Skin Map by Stephen Lawhead. “What’s a blog tour?” you might ask. That’s a great question that I only learned...
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The Skin Map, Day 2 – CSFF Blog Tour
“Providence” seems to be a recurring theme in The Skin Map. There are several places in the story where you will hear statements like “Providence is on our side” or something very similar. And it is...
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Study to Show Thyself Approved
If you take seriously the study of the Bible, then you will probably benefit from these “10 Commandments of Scripture Interpretation“… http://www.outofur.com/archives/2010/11/10_commandments.html...
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Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
Well, as you might have noticed, it’s been awhile since I posted a new article on my blog. I’m not really sure why I keep it. It’s hard to write something and then put it out there for everybody to...
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What Are We Doing?
I have a friend who has a blog post where he shares a couple of quotes by young people on religion. The thoughts expressed are disturbing if they are in any way indicative of the way others think about...
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Careful What You Say and How You Say It
I had a conversation this morning with a good friend of mine about a range of topics, but mostly theological. Some of the things we discussed would be considered pretty divisive. As I got in the car...
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Ordination Question 15
15.You have agreed as a candidate for the sake of the mission of Jesus Christ in the world and the most effective witness of the gospel, and in consideration of their influence as ministers, to make a...
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Ordination Question 16
16. Explain the role and significance of the sacraments in the ministry to which you have been called. Article VI of The Confession of Faith states, “We believe the Sacraments, ordained by Christ, are...
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Book Review: The Pastor As Minor Poet
Where does a pastor’s voice come from? Not just the voice you hear on Sunday mornings, but the voice necessary to speak healing into our broken world. In his book, The Pastor As Minor Poet: Texts and...
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Pastor, I Need to Find God
“Pastor, I need to find God,” is a statement that is made often in one form or another. It is often stated after a person experiences a crisis and finds they are unable to cope with the situation they...
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Book Review: Radical by David Platt
What would it look like if a person were to forsake their pursuit of the American Dream and instead live their lives as a radical disciple of Jesus? The question assumes that the two are mutually...
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For Your Critics
I don’t know you, but I know what you need to say. How to say what you must say. I said it better. Said it before. Say it like me. Say it with me. Or don’t say it at all. I’ll say It. With you or...
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Identity Crisis
So, you might have noticed that I’ve been really quite for the last couple of years; only two or three blog posts a year. Yeah, I know, that’s not very many. So what’s the point of keeping it active?...
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Okay… this is really getting to be a bit annoying. I manage 4 different sites and 3 of them have been hacked in the last week. One good thing has come from all this… I’ve learned a lot about website …...
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I heard somewhere recently that only seven percent of millennials are self-described Christians. That means that we are in danger of losing an entire generation. If being a disciple of Jesus is as...
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